2007–08 Welsh Premier League

The 2007–08 Welsh Premier League was the 16th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 17 August 2007 and ended on 19 April 2008.^[1] The league was won by Llanelli, their first league title.

Welsh Premier League

Season	2007–08
Champions	Llanelli
Relegated	Llangefni Town
Champions League	Llanelli
UEFA Cup	Bangor City The New Saints
Intertoto Cup	Rhyl
Matches played	306
Goals scored	982 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rhys Griffiths (40)
Biggest home win	Llanelli 8–0 Port Talbot Town Carmarthen Town 8-0 Connah's Quay Nomads
Biggest away win	Connah's Quay Nomads 0-7 Bangor City
Highest scoring	Caersws 2-7 Rhyl
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Llanelli (C)	34	27	4	3	99	35	+64	85	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	The New Saints	34	25	3	6	85	30	+55	78	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Rhyl	34	21	6	7	60	24	+36	69	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Port Talbot Town	34	17	8	9	57	48	+9	59
5	Bangor City	34	15	10	9	62	31	+31	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
6	Carmarthen Town	34	15	9	10	59	47	+12	54
7	Neath Athletic	34	15	9	10	57	52	+5	54
8	Haverfordwest County	34	14	5	15	61	59	+2	47
9	Aberystwyth Town	34	13	7	14	57	45	+12	46
10	Welshpool Town	34	12	10	12	49	52	−3	46
11	Airbus UK Broughton	34	11	9	14	36	44	−8	42
12	Cefn Druids	34	12	2	20	45	66	−21	38
13	Newtown	34	9	10	15	47	66	−19	37
14	Caernarfon Town	34	10	6	18	42	74	−32	36
15	Connah's Quay Nomads	34	9	7	18	42	85	−43	34
16	CPD Porthmadog	34	7	6	21	48	70	−22	27
17	Caersws	34	6	8	20	37	72	−35	26	Spared from relegation[b]
18	Llangefni Town (R)	34	7	3	24	39	82	−43	24	Relegation to Cymru Alliance

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Via 2007–08 Welsh Cup
2. Caersws FC not relegated due to Welsh Football League First Division champions Goytre United refusing promotion.

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	BAN	CNR	CAE	CMR	CQN	POR	HAV	LLA	LLG	NEA	CDR	NEW	PTA	RHL	TNS	WEL
Aberystwyth Town		0–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	6–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–4	0–0	5–1	2–3
Airbus UK Broughton	1–1		1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1
Bangor City	1–0	5–0		5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0
Caernarfon Town	1–0	0–3	0–4		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–2	3–4	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–7	1–1
Caersws FC	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1		1–2	3–4	2–4	1–2	0–5	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–7	1–2	0–3
Carmarthen Town	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–3		8–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	5–2
Connah's Quay Nomads	1–2	1–0	0–7	1–0	1–0	4–3		1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–5	1–3	3–3
CPD Porthmadog	2–6	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–3		0–2	2–4	2–4	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1
Haverfordwest County	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	6–2	3–2		1–4	5–1	1–2	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–0
Llanelli	1–0	1–0	0–2	5–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–2	4–2		5–0	3–3	1–0	5–0	8–0	2–1	4–0	3–0
Llangefni Town AFC	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–4	2–1	1–5		4–2	2–0	2–3	4–1	0–3	0–3	0–1
Neath Athletic	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0		3–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–5
Cefn Druids	0–2	4–1	1–6	5–1	4–0	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–5	2–1	0–2		3–0	0–1	1–4	1–0	0–2
Newtown	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	4–2	1–4	3–5	2–1	3–0	1–0		0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2
Port Talbot Town	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–3	5–1	5–1		1–2	1–0	1–1
Rhyl	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	5–0		0–1	1–1
The New Saints	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	6–0	0–3	3–1	4–1	6–2	3–0	7–1	3–1	3–0	6–0	2–1	1–0		2–0
Welshpool Town	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–3

Source: ^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Rhys Griffiths	Llanelli	40
2	Marc Lloyd-Williams	Rhyl & Newtown	23
3	Martin Rose	Port Talbot Town	19
	Ashley Stott	Rhyl	19
5	Danny Thomas	Carmarthen Town	18

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
September	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Andy Moran	Rhyl
October	Deryn Brace	Carmarthen Town	Chris Venables	Welshpool Town
November	Neville Powell	Bangor City	Luke Sherbon	Aberystwyth Town
December	Ken McKenna	The New Saints	Wes Kilgannon	Connah's Quay Nomads
January	John Hulse	Rhyl	Rhys Griffiths	Llanelli
February	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Ross Stephens	Welshpool Town
March	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Darren Thomas	Llangefni Town

References

1. "Wales 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

External links

• Soccerway
• rsssf
• Welsh Premier League Football