Jamie Breese poses with a Kerry shirt, a club in the Ardal Leagues North East

The summer transfer window for clubs officially opens in mid-June, but several teams from the Ardal Leagues have already begun announcing new arrivals and departures.

While clubs in the third tier are not bound by the same transfer window regulations as the Cymru Leagues, they cannot register players until the window opens on Tuesday, 15 June.

There will be 11 new clubs competing in the third tier this season, with 10 sides promoted and one relegated from above.

In the Ardal North East, Carno and FC Queens Park will be aiming to build squads capable of securing their status following promotion.

Broughton United, Kinmel Bay and Nefyn United have all been placed in the Ardal North West. Broughton and Queens Park competed in the same division last season but now find themselves in different regional sections.

Connah’s Quay Town and Kerry have both received reprieves, with the latter already making a signing that has attracted plenty of attention.

In the Ardal South East, Cwmbran Celtic have dropped down from the Cymru South and will face newly promoted New Inn and Newport Corinthians, who have stepped up from the Gwent Premier League. Tredegar Town, who finished second from bottom last season, have also received a reprieve.

The Ardal South West has an interesting new addition in Canton, who have been moved across from the South East. It will be intriguing to see whether the switch influences their recruitment plans. Mumbles Rangers, runners-up in the West Wales Premier League, have earned promotion, while Penydarren and Port Talbot Town also move up from the South Wales Premier League, both bringing previous experience at this level.

Below is a club-by-club guide to the teams confirmed for this season’s Ardal Leagues, along with their transfer activity to date.

Ardal Leagues Transfer Tracker

Ardal North East

Bow Street

InOut
Rhys Hughes – Aberystwyth Town

Builth Wells

InOut

Carno

InOut

Cefn Albion

InOut

Corwen

InOut

Dolgellau AA

InOut

FC Queens Park

InOut

Kerry

InOut
Jamie Breese – Holywell Town

Knighton Town

InOut

Llandrindod Wells

InOut

Llanfair United 

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Llangollen Town

InOut

Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant

InOut
Iwan Matthews – Guilsfield

Penycae

InOut

Radnor Valley

InOut

Rhos Aelwyd 

InOut
RHYL, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES - 25th JULY 2025 - Tom Kemp of Rhyl during CPD Y Rhyl 1879 vs Brickfield Rangers in Round 1 of the JD Cymru North at Belle Vue, Rhyl
Tom Kemp is swapping Rhyl 1879 for Prestatyn Town. (Pic by Sam Eaden/FAW)

Ardal North West

Bethesda Athletic

Broughton United

Connah’s Quay Town

Felinheli

InOut
Byron Davis – Holyhead Hotspur

Kinmel Bay

Llangefni Town

InOut
Clive Williams – Trearddur Bay

Llannefydd

InOut
Llyr Morris – Ruthin Town

Llanrwst United

Llay Welfare

Mynydd Isa

Nefyn United

NFA

Penmaenmawr Phoenix

Prestatyn Town

InOut
Macauley Taylor – NFA
Lewis Evans – NFA
Cameron Fleet
Tom Kemp – Rhyl 1879
Calyn Spencer

Pwllheli

Trearddur Bay

InOut
Clive Williams – Llangefni Town
Ryan Pryce

Ardal South East

Abercarn United

Abergavenny Town

Blaenavon Blues

Brecon Corries

Caldicot Town

Chepstow Town

Croesyceiliog

Cwmbran Celtic

InOut
Finley Hayman – Cardiff Draconians
Isaac Powell
Andrew Larcombe

Cwmbran Town

Goytre

Lliswerry

New Inn

Newport Corinthians

Risca United

Tredegar Town

Undy

Ardal South West

AFC Llwydcoed

Cardiff Airport

InOut
Curtis Scotto Dabusco – Cardiff Corinthians

Cardiff Corinthians

InOut
Kiaran Janik-Bates – K & H Forever Young
Aaron Jolly – Pentyrch Rangers
Corey Hallett – Cardiff Hibernian
Curtis Scotto Dabusco – Cardiff Airport

Cefn Cribwr

Clydach

Canton

Evans & Williams

Goytre United

Morriston Town

Mumbles Rangers

Penrhiwceiber Rangers

Penydarren

InOut
Alex Long

Port Talbot Town

Seven Sisters Onllwyn

Taffs Well

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