Competition: | Welsh Premier League |
Season: | 2014–15 |
Winners: | The New Saints (9th title) |
Relegated: | Prestatyn Cefn Druids |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | The New Saints |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Bala Town Airbus Newtown |
League Topscorer: | Chris Venables (25 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Bala Town 8–1 Carmarthen Town |
Biggest Away Win: | Cefn Druids 0–5 Aberystwyth Town |
Highest Scoring: | Bala Town 8–1 Carmarthen Town |
Matches: | 192 |
Total Goals: | 656 |
Longest Wins: | 8 matches The New Saints |
Longest Unbeaten: | 30 matches The New Saints |
Longest Winless: | 10 games Bangor City Prestatyn Town |
Longest Losses: | 5 games Cefn Druids |
Prevseason: | 2013–14 |
Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
Updated: | 14 March 2015 |
The 2014–15 Welsh Premier League (known as the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 22 August 2014. The New Saints claimed their ninth Welsh top flight championship on 14 March 2015 after a 3–0 win against nearest rivals in the table Bala Town.
Afan Lido were relegated out of the Welsh Premier League the previous season, while Cefn Druids were promoted as winners of the Cymru Alliance.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
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2,000 |
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsors | |
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Ian Hughes | Cambrian Tyres | ||||
Gardner Aerospace | |||||
Colin Caton | Aykroyd's | ||||
Pentraeth Kia | |||||
McGinley Support | |||||
Huw Griffiths | AtWill Pubs | ||||
Think Accounting | |||||
Chris Hughes | NEO/EOM | ||||
Jarred Harvey | Blanco's | ||||
G & G Foods | |||||
VanTruck | |||||
Carl Darlington | Derma V10 |
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league is split into two groups at the end of January 2015 – the top six and the bottom six.
Top sixBottom six
Teams who finished in positions fourth to seventh at the end of the regular season took part in play-offs to determine the third participant for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
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Rank | Player | Team | Goals | |
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1 | Chris Venables | Aberystwyth Town | 28 | |
2 | Martin Rose | Port Talbot Town | 18 | |
Jason Oswell | Newtown | |||
4 | Greg Draper | The New Saints | 17 | |
Lee Hunt | Bala Town | |||
6 | Michael Wilde | The New Saints | 16 | |
Tom Field | Airbus UK Broughton | |||
8 | Luke Bowen | Port Talbot Town | 14 | |
9 | Mark Connolly | Bala Town | 13 | |
Ian Sheridan | Bala Town | |||
11 | Lee Healey | Cefn Druids F.C/Bangor | 12 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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Chris Venables4 | 5–0[2] | ||||
Mark Connolly | 8–1[3] | ||||
Aaron Bowen | 3–2[4] | ||||
Luke Boundford | Aberystwyth Town | 6–3[5] | |||
Lee Healey | Cefn Druids | 3–1[6] | |||
Martin Rose | Aberystwyth Town | 3–0[7] | |||
Chris Hartland | Carmarthen Town | Bangor City | 3–3[8] | ||
Tom Field | Aberystwyth Town | 3–2[9] |
4 Player scored 4 goals
The league's rules are contained as a section of the Handbook of the Football Association of Wales.[10]