JD Cymru Premier records best-ever year for attendances
The JD Cymru Premier attracted 91,356 supporters to matches in 2025, the highest figure for a single calendar year in the 12-team era of the Welsh top-flight.
The total represents a 19% increase on 2024’s figure of 76,355 and is the largest single-year attendance since 1997, when the league featured 21 and 20 clubs across the 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons respectively.
The biggest crowd of 2025 came in May at Ogi Bridge Meadow, where 1,717 fans watched Haverfordwest County defeat Caernarfon Town 3–1 in the play-off final to qualify for Europe.
A crowd of 1,516 attended Colwyn Bay’s fixture against Connah’s Quay Nomads at the Blue Turtle Arena on the opening weekend of the 2025/26 season, marking the highest attendance for a non-play-off fixture since December 2011.
The league also recorded its strongest ever midweek average attendance, with 554 fans per match on 23 September, excluding Boxing Day fixtures.
Jack Sharp, FAW Head of Domestic Leagues, said: “It has been really encouraging to see the year-on-year growth in attendances in the JD Cymru Premier.
“One of our key priorities as part of the JD Cymru Premier strategy is to increase the number of fans at matches and while we are aware that there is still plenty of work to do, the attendance figures in 2025 indicate real potential and show the growing enthusiasm that there is around the country for our national league.
“We must use this as a platform as we move into 2026, when a new format and brand for the JD Cymru Leagues will be introduced which we hope will increase interest even further. The year has already started strongly with matches at Colwyn Bay and Caersws each attracting over 1,000 fans on New Year’s Day.
“I would like to thank staff at the FAW and staff and volunteers at our clubs, who are all working relentlessly to get more fans through the gates and whose passion for the leagues I see on a daily basis.”
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