# 2022–23 Cymru South

The 2022–23 Cymru South season (also known as the 2022–23 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid. Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis.
Llantwit Major were the defending champions from the 2021–22 season but were denied a Tier 1 license, so runners-up Pontypridd Town were promoted in their place.
Barry Town United were relegated from the 2021–22 Cymru Premier, returning to the second tier after their five-year spell in the top flight. Abergavenny Town and Pontardawe Town were both promoted as champions of the Ardal SE and Ardal SW respectively, while Ardal SW runners-up Ynyshir Albions defeated Ardal SE runners-up Abertillery Bluebirds in the Ardal Southern play-off to also earn a promotion place.

## Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs; 12 clubs not promoted or relegated in the previous season, 3 clubs promoted from the Ardal Southern Leagues, and 1 club relegated from the Cymru Premier.

### Stadia and Locations

| Team | Home City | Home Ground | Capacity |
| Abergavenny Town | Abergavenny | Pen-y-Pound Stadium | 1,500 |
| Afan Lido | Aberavon, Port Talbot | Marston's Stadium | 3,000 |
| Ammanford | Ammanford | Recreation Ground | 500 |
| Barry Town United | Barry | Jenner Park | 2,650 |
| Briton Ferry Llansawel | Briton Ferry | Old Road | 1,000 |
| Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C. | Clydach Vale | King George V New Field | 900 |
| Carmarthen Town | Carmarthen | Richmond Park | 2,500 |
| Cwmbran Celtic | Cwmbran | Celtic Park | 350 |
| Goytre United | Goytre, Port Talbot | Glenhafod Park Stadium | 1,500 |
| Llanelli Town | Llanelli | Stebonheath Park | 3,700 |
| Llantwit Major | Llantwit Major | Windmill Ground | 1,000 |
| Pontardawe Town | Pontardawe | Parc Ynysderw | 1,000 |
| Swansea University | Swansea | Sketty Lane | 1,500 |
| Taff's Well | Taff's Well | Rhiw'r Ddar | 2,930 |
| Trefelin BGC | Velindre, Port Talbot | Ynys Park | 1,000 |
| Ynyshir Albions | Ynyshir | Ynyshir Oval | 2,000 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Trefelin BGC | Richie Ryan | Mutual consent | 3 May 2022 | Pre-season | Andrew Mumford | 13 May 2022 |
| Llantwit Major | Karl Lewis | Resigned | 25 April 2022 | Pre-season | Stevie Campbell | 22 May 2022 |
| Pontardawe Town | Andrew Stokes | Signed by Pontypridd Town | 16 May 2022 | Pre-season | Garry Taylor | 23 May 2022 |
| Abergavenny Town | Sean Wharton | Sacked | 17 September 2022 | 10th | Nick Morgan | 17 September 2022 |
| Swansea University | Wyn Thomas | Sacked | 21 September 2022 | 16th | | |
| Barry Town United | Gavin Chesterfield | Signed by Cardiff City | 5 November 2022 | 1st | Lee Kendall | 6 November 2022 |
| Goytre United | Mark Pike | Sacked | 27 November 2022 | 16th | Karl Lewis | 28 November 2022 |
| Cambrian & Cyldach | Scott Young | Resigned | 7 December 2022 | 7th | Richie Ryan | 21 December 2022 |
| Trefelin BGC | Andrew Mumford | Mutual consent | 2 March 2023 | 10th | Michael Waters | 4 March 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Barry Town United (C, P) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 25 | +53 | 78 | Promotion to Cymru Premier |
| 2 | Llanelli Town | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 62 | |
| 3 | Briton Ferry Llansawel | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 60 | |
| 4 | Carmarthen Town | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 52 | |
| 5 | Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 47 | |
| 6 | Afan Lido | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 47 | |
| 7 | Llantwit Major | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 45 | |
| 8 | Cwmbran Celtic | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 38 | |
| 9 | Pontardawe Town | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 37 | |
| 10 | Ammanford | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 33 | |
| 11 | Taff's Well | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 32 | |
| 12 | Goytre United | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 32 | |
| 13 | Abergavenny Town | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 32 | |
| 14 | Trefelin BGC | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 27 | |
| 15 | Swansea University (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 26 | Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW |
| 16 | Ynyshir Albions (R) | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 67 | −34 | 24 | Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW |
* ↑ Trefelin BGC were reprieved from relegation after no team was relegated to the 2023–24 Cymru South from the 2022–23 Cymru Premier or moved to the 2023–24 Cymru South from the 2022–23 Cymru North.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABT | AFL | AMM | BAR | BFL | CCV | CAR | CBC | GOU | LLI | LTM | PNT | SWU | TAW | TRE | YNA |
| Abergavenny Town | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Afan Lido | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Ammanford | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Barry Town United | 5–2 | 8–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Briton Ferry Llansawel | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| Carmarthen Town | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Cwmbran Celtic | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Goytre United | 2–1 | 2–5 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Llanelli Town | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Llantwit Major | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Pontardawe Town | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Swansea University | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| Taff's Well | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Trefelin BGC | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–3 |
| Ynyshir Albions | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | — |