Women’s football: Llangefni get promotion green light

Four North Wales women’s football teams which operated in Tier 3 of the pyramid this season have earned the qualification needed to compete at a higher level.

Llangefni Town, Wrexham Foresters, Kinmel Bay and NFA have all been successful with their FAW Women’s Tier 2 Licence Applications for the 2026/2027 season.

The FAW’s First Instance Body gave the four teams the thumbs up today.

Llangefni are the 2025-26 North Wales Coast Women’s League champions, while Foresters are strong favourites to land the Central Wales North Ladies League title, currently sitting top of the table with a 100 percent record.

Kinmel Bay finished runners-up in the Coast League, with Rhyl-based NFA likely to end up in fourth spot. At present, the composition of the Adran North and South Leagues in 2026-27 have not been finalised.

Hopefully, Llangefni AND Foresters can both go up, but depending on what happens to Berriew, we could end up with a promotion play-off which would be ridiculous with two such good champions (one of them champions-elect) wishing to progress.

The Genero Adran Leagues could easily accommodate a nine-team Adran North. They cannot use the odd-number get-out as they operated with seven this season and have done so before. Common sense please!

Of the seven teams which competed in the Tier 2 Adran North this season, six have retained their Tier 2 licence – CPDM Bangor, CPDM Y Felinheli, Connah’s Quay Nomads, Flint Town United, Llandudno and Llanfair United. Only Berriew have failed at the first attempt.

Airbus UK Broughton of the Central Wales League withdrew their application for a Tier 2 licence.

Awarded FAW Women’s Tier 2 Licence Applications for 2026/2027 season (20 clubs)

Existing Tier 2 North clubs:
CPDM Bangor
CPDM Y Felinheli
Connah’s Quay Nomads
Flint Town United
Llandudno
Llanfair United

Existing Tier 2 South clubs:
Cardiff Met
Carmarthen Town
Cascade YC
Llanelli Town
Penybont
Pure Swansea
Taffs Well

Existing Tier 3 clubs:
Cambrian United
Kinmel Bay
Llangefni Town
Llanrumney United
NFA
Penydarren BGC
Wrexham Foresters

Refused FAW Women’s Tier 2 Licence for 2026/27 season (4 clubs)

Berriew – Refused on Social and Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure and Personnel & Administration
Cwmbran Celtic – Refused on Personnel & Administration
Goytre AFC – Refused on Sporting, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure, Personnel & Administration, Legal and Financial
Trefelin BGC – Refused on Sporting, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure, Personnel & Administration, Legal and Financial

Withdrawn FAW Women’s Tier 2 Licence Applications for 2026/2027 season (2 clubs)

Airbus UK Broughton
Ammanford

• Those clubs who have been refused a Licence by the First Instance Body, have ten days in which to submit an appeal with the appeals body meeting on the 19 May 2026.