2018–19 Welsh Premier League

The 2018–19 Welsh Premier League was the 27th and final season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The New Saints are the defending champions. The season fixtures were announced on 27 June 2018.^[1] The season began on 10 August 2018. Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups at the end of January 2019 – the top six and the bottom six.

The season ended on 26 April 2019.

The bottom placed team from the previous season, Prestatyn Town, and Bangor City, were relegated to the Cymru Alliance for the 2018–19 season. Despite finishing 2nd the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body decided to revoke Bangor City's Tier 1 and UEFA licence^[2] meaning that they would automatically drop down to the second level of Welsh football. This meant a reprieve for Carmarthen Town who had finished second bottom and would otherwise have been relegated.

Bangor and Prestatyn were replaced by Llanelli Town and Caernarfon Town, champions of the 2017–18 Welsh Football League Division One and 2017–18 Cymru Alliance respectively. Caernarfon Town are playing in the Welsh Premier League for the first time since the 2008–09 season, while Llanelli Town are a new side, replacing the original Llanelli AFC who were relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season and then wound up in the high court. The arrival of Barry Town United the previous season means that both of the former South Wales 'giants' are now back in the Welsh top-flight. In addition, Cardiff Met remain and Carmarthen Town were reprieved, so the balance of power is slowly shifting from what was for a while, an almost predominantly North Wales-based league.

Aberystwyth Town

Barry Town United

Bala Town

Caernarfon Town

Cardiff Met.

Carmarthen Town

Cefn Druids

Connah's Quay Nomads

Llandudno

Llanelli

Newtown

The New Saints

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Locations of the 2018–19 Welsh Premier League teams

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
Aberystwyth Town	Neville Powell/ Matthew Bishop	Declan Walker	Acerbis	Cambrian Tyres
Bala Town	Colin Caton	Chris Venables	Macron	Aykroyd's
Barry Town United	Gavin Chesterfield	Jordan Cotterill	Macron	RIM Motors, LDS Motor Factors
Caernarfon Town	Sean Eardley	Nathan Craig	Errea	Gofal Bro Cyf., Parc Gwêl y Fenai
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Christian Edwards	Bradley Woolridge	Errea	Cardiff Metropolitan University
Carmarthen Town	Neil Smothers	Lee Surman	Legea	ATB Davies & Son, Castell Howell Foods
Cefn Druids	Huw Griffiths	Neil Ashton	Errea	Wrexham Lager
Connah's Quay Nomads	Andy Morrison	George Horan	Macron	Gap Personnel
Llandudno	Iwan Williams	Danny Hughes	Adidas	Bengal Dynasty
Llanelli Town	Andy Hill	Joe Clarke	Macron	Gravell's Motors
The New Saints	Scott Ruscoe	Paul Harrison	Legea	RUK Group
Newtown	Chris Hughes	Jay Denny	Errea	Nidec Corporation

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.

Teams that finish in positions third to seventh at the end of the regular season will participate in play-offs to determine the third participant for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, who will qualify for the preliminary round.

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Andy Morrison	Connah's Quay Nomads	Henry Jones	Bala Town
September	Gavin Chesterfield	Barry Town United	Callum Morris	Connah's Quay Nomads
October	Scott Ruscoe	The New Saints	Robbie Patten	Barry Town United
November	Neville Powell	Aberystwyth Town	Nathan Craig	Caernarfon Town
December

• Official website
• League rules^{[permanent dead link‍]}