Football league in South Wales
Football league
The Cardiff Combination Football League is a football league covering the city of Cardiff and surrounding areas in South Wales . The leagues are at the seventh, and eighth levels of the Welsh football league system .
The most successful club in the league's history is Caerau (Ely) , with ten top division titles.
Divisions
The league is composed of three divisions.
Member clubs 2023–24
Premier Division
Aberystwyth Exiles
Caerau (Ely) (seconds)
Cardiff Hibernian
Cathays Conservatives
CF Dragons
Llanishen Wanderers
Radyr Rangers
Thornhill AFC
Tiger Bay AFC
Division One
Aberystwyth Exiles (reserves)
AFC Rumney (combination team)
Caerau (Ely) (thirds)
Cardiff Central
Cardiff Hibernian (seconds)
Cathays Conservatives (reserves)
Cathays United
CF Roath Lions
K&H Forever Young
Llanishen FC
Pontprennau Pumas
Promotion and relegation
Promotion from the Premier Division is possible to the South Wales Alliance League , with the champion of the league playing the other tier 7 champions from the South Wales regional leagues via play-off games to determine promotion.
Champions - Top Division
The top division has been called the Senior Division or Premier Division throughout its history. A full set of the champions can be found below.[2]
1940s
1940–41: Fairoak
1941–42: Grange Albion
1942–43: No competition
1943–44: No competition
1944–45: No competition
1945–46: Grange Albion
1946–47: A – Cardiff City Colts; B – Cogan British Legion
1947–48: Fairoak
1948–49: Fairoak
1949–50: Fairoak
1950s
1950–51: Fairoak
1951–52: Cogan
1952–53: Cogan
1953–54: Fairoak
1954–55: Roath Rangers
1955–56: Roath Rangers
1956–57: Roath Rangers
1957–58: The Nomads
1958–59: Roath Rangers
1959–60: Roath Rangers
1960s
1960–61: Roath Rangers
1961–62: The Nomads
1962–63: Caerau (Ely)
1963–64: Bell Rangers
1964–65: Roath Rangers
1965–66: Roath Rangers
1966–67: Roath Rangers
1967–68: Cardiff Draconians
1968–69: Gabalfa Grasshoppers
1969–70: Ely Rangers
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2000–01: AFC St Mellons
2001–02: Heath Park United
2002–03: AFC Butetown
2003–04: Avenue Hotspur
2004–05: AFC Butetown
2005–06: Baybridge
2006–07: Avenue Hotspur
2007–08: Thornhill United
2008–09: Adamsdown Athletic
2009–10: STM Sports (promoted to the South Wales Amateur League)
2010s
2010–11: Cardiff Hibernian (promoted to the South Wales Amateur League)
2011–12: RAFA[3]
2012–13: Avenue Hotspur[4]
2013–14: FC Zenith
2014–15: STM Sports Old Boys
2015–16: Thornhill
2016–17: STM Sports Old Boys
2017–18: STM Sports Old Boys (promoted to SWAL through play-off finals)
2018–19: Fairwater
2019–20: Fairwater[5]
2020s
2020-21: Not contested - Covid 19 pandemic
2021-22: Fairwater (promoted to SWAL through play-off finals) [6]
2022-23: Cardiff Hibernian
2023-24: Cardiff Hibernian
Number of top flight championships by club
Caerau (Ely) – 10 titles
Roath Rangers – 9 titles
Cardiff Draconians – 8 titles (4 as Gabalfa Draconians)
Fairoak – 7 titles
Ely Rangers – 5 titles
Avenue Hotspur – 3 titles
Cardiff Hibernian – 3 titles
Fairwater – 3 titles
STM Sports Old Boys – 3 titles
AFC Butetown – 2 titles
Anthony's – 2 titles
Butetown YC – 2 titles
Cogan – 2 titles
Grange Albion – 2 titles
The Nomads – 2 titles
Adamsdown Athletic – 1 title
AFC St Mellons – 1 title
Baybridge – 1 title
Bell Rangers – 1 title
Cardiff City Colts – 1 title
Cavalier – 1 title
Cogan British Legion – 1 title
Ely West End – 1 title
Gabalfa Grasshoppers - 1 title
Heath Park Avenue – 1 title
Home Guard (Ely) – 1 title
FC Zenith – 1 title
Rafa – 1 title
STM Sports – 1 title
Thornhill – 1 title
Thornhill United – 1 title
Whitchurch – 1 title
Whitchurch Hospital Grasshoppers – 1 title
References
External links
National teams
League system
Men
Tier 1–3 Tier 4–6 Tier 7–10 Defunct leagues
Women
Domestic cups