FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7th 2025
JD CYMRU NORTH VS LLANDUDNO
19:45
O F F I C I A L M A T C HD A Y P R O G R A M M E
THE HONOURS LIST
Lock Stock Ardal North-West
Champions - 2022/23
Ardal Northern League Cup
Winners - 2022/23
FAW Amateur Trophy
Winners - 1923/24
Runners-Up - 2022/23
Cymru Alliance/North
Runners-Up - 2017/18
Welsh League Cup
Runners-Up - 2015/16
Welsh Alliance
Champions - 2013/14
Champions - 2006/07
Champions - 1995/96
Mawddach Challenge Cup
Winners - 2013/14
Cookson Cup
Winners - 2010/11
Winners - 2006/07
Winners - 2005/06
Winners - 1995/96
Barritt Cup
Winners - 2005/06
Alves Cup
Winners - 2003/04
North West Arrows Cup
Winners - 1991/92
Wrexham Area Division One Cup
Winners - 1977/78
Winners - 1976/77
Winners - 1975/76
Winners - 1974/75
Winners - 1972/73
Welsh National League (Wrexham)
Champions - 1975/76
Champions - 1974/75
Champions - 1973/74
Champions - 1972/73
NWCFA Challenge Cup
Winners - 1972/73
NWCFA Amateur Cup
Winners - 1971/72
Winners - 1969/70
Winners - 1923/24
Welsh League Divsion Two East
Champions - 1953/54
Champions - 1952/53
Champions - 1948/49
CROESOIBARC CANOLOG
OLLIE BEECH - EDITOR
IWAN JONES - CONTRIBUTOR
ADAM JONES - PRINT
JEN LAWSON - PRINT
ROBERT GRIFFITHS - LIFE PRESIDENT
EMYR LLOYD - LIFE VICE PRESIDENT
GLYN JONES - LIFE MEMBER
DEWI LLION JONES - FIRST TEAM MANAGER
SIMON ROBERTS - FIRST TEAM COACH
LUKE WILMOT - GOALKEEPER COACH
LIAM NASH - RESERVES MANAGER
SION JONES - RESERVES ASSISTANT
ALAN GRIFFITHS - RESERVES COACH
ALED DAVIES - LADIES MANAGER
CARLA RIZZI - LADIES ASSISTANT
1 Cymru v Japan – Wednesday 12th November – 7:00pm ko
2 Germany v Japan – Saturday 15th November - 7:00pm ko
3.Cymru v Germany – Tuesday 18th November – 11:00am ko
The kick-off times have been changed in the first two games from what I mentioned in my last progra notes
The admission process are as follows : Advance Adult - £4 Advance Junior (16 and under) - £2 Match day Adults - £6 Match day Juniors - £3
Advance tickets can be bought via the FAW Cymru Tickets App – the same App used if you were b tickets for any Welsh games. Search for “Cymru Tickets” via your App menu on your phone to find details on this. Match Day access to the ground will be via cash or contactless methods.
The three games are a build-up to the Under-19 Euros tournament to be held in June next year Officials the FAW have been at the ground over the last week and they will be in attendance at the three games. They will have control of the ground in that they will be running matters from our first-floor Community and the Clubhouse situated alongside the main stand We will be able to offer light refreshments and from our kitchen, but there will be no alcohol available for sale.
It is fantastic that we have been able to complete all the work at the ground in order to host these ga and I trust you will come out in force to support the games, which mean so much to both the Club an local Community, as it is firmly putting Denbigh on the map.
Focus now turns to tonight’s game We’ve not had the best of results recently, and losing to a last-m goal at Holyhead last weekend was a bitter pill to swallow. Llandudno are the form team in the league a moment with an impressive 5-0 League win over Airbus last Friday night and a 6-3 win at Newtow Tuesday in the Nathaniel MG Cup It’s going to be a tough game for our lads Let’s hope we can have a decent game and get the three points
Holyhead were winning many of the 50/50 challenges and we will really have to step up game for tonight’s visitors Llandudno. Alfie Vaughan’s car broke down on the way to game and that disrupted us in the first half as we had to set up differently than what had originally planned Nevertheless, we went into the game as favourites and should ha been able to cope with this mishap.
Llandudno are in a rich vein of form at the moment and are unbeaten in the league played them earlier in the season at Llandudno in the Nathaniel MG Cup when Brad Barn gave us an early goal. We should have been 2-0 up only for Gwion Dafydd’s penalty to saved and then we allowed Llandudno to claw their way back into the game and come 3-1 winners They won emphatically at Newtown on Tuesday night in the Quarter Final i 6-3 win .
We’ve had a good couple of training sessions this week and are up for the game after l weekend’s disappointment. Sion Jones returns to the squad having played for the Reser in their 2-0 win over Ruthin last Saturday. Keeper Elijah Beattie is also available hav been away for two games Luke Johnston is a doubt as he picked up a foot injury in train last week whilst Keelan Williams continues to improve his fitness in training after planned operation.
I mentioned our tremendous support against Ruthin and would also like to thank those t follow us on some long journeys away. Your support is invaluable and on behalf of coaches and players I’d like to thank you for getting behind the lads . It really is appreciat
HALLOWEEN HORROR FOR TOWN IN STOPPAGE TIME
Denbigh Town were dealt a Halloween horror show in stoppage time on Saturday as Holyhead sealed three points deep into added time.
Town fought back from a goal down twice through Bobby Beaumont and Alfie Vaughan but couldn’t find the time to do so a third time as Kenleigh Owen netted five minutes after the 90.
Town went into the second half hoping to see the tide turn on the Island but were dealt a sucker punch within a minute of the restart A Hotspur corner found the head of Tomos Owen, who nodded the ball home inside the box.
They almost doubled the lead ten minutes into the second when Williams’ effort from the edge of the box was brilliantly saved by Wilmot low to his right.
Dewi Llion made two changes to the XI that drew with Ruthin a week previous as Brad Barnes and Keiron Roberts came into the side Town in truth struggled throughout finding chances difficult to come by and found themselves behind just 15 minutes into the contest A free-kick into the Town box wasn’t cleared and Connor Owen struck on the the turn
Four minutes later it was almost two but for the superb work of stand-in goalkeeper Luke Wilmot who denied Cory Williams one on one Five minutes later Wilmot was called upon again when Owen was given time and space down the middle before being thwarted by Denbigh’s custodian.
In a busy shift for the Town stopper he denied what could easily have been a second when a corner found the head of Owen at point blank range but Wilmot was excellent to deny. It proved to be a costly chance for the hosts as just before the break a Nathan Brown corner met the head of Beaumont to restore parity
Dewi Llion opted to roll the dice, bringing on four substitutes on 57 minutes, including Harry Lockley, Danny Clarke, Alfie Vaughan and Dan Flanders but it was almost in vein as a deep ball found Corey Jones at the back post but he couldn’t direct it on target
Forward Alfie Vaughan could have been in line to start the game had he not broken down on route to the New Oval, but the 20-year-old made it to the pitch and levelled for Denbigh with an excellent finish Sam Duffy worked a brilliant ball for Vaughan on the left who drilled it into the bottom right corner to leave things all square.
Going into the closing stages Holyhead found the crossbar from range but neither goalkeeper was truly tested until deep into stoppage time when substitute Kenleigh Owen raced through and finished well to hand the home side their first victory of the season.
Vale of Clwyd bragging rights went the way of Denbigh Town last weekend.
Liam Nash’s Reserves ran out 2-0 winners against Ruthin on Saturday as Town made it back-to-back derby wins on the road with consecutive clean sheets for goalkeeper Rory Wynne.
Rhys Lloyd got us off the mark on 29 minutes following an assist from Seann McFee before Town battled to look for a second.
As Ruthin pushed for a leveller the second goal came four minutes into stoppage time when Lloyd once again netted for his seventh goal in eight games since rejoining the club.
The Reserves game against Bala Town on November 14 has been postponed due to the international matches at Central Park and will next feature on the 23 in a trip to Llandudno. th rd
They’ll next play at LL16 on the 28 as we take on Colwyn Bay followed by Llanrwst United on the 2 of December. th nd
Denbigh Town Football Club was formed in 1876 and have been one of the longest-serving clubs in North Wales.
The early years saw the club play in a number of leagues including the North Wales Coast and Welsh Senior League, as well as time in the old Combination
The club rose to fame in the 1920s when during the 1923/24 campaign, it won its first and only national honour, the Welsh Amateur Cup beating Lovell’s Athletic. The club went under different names throughout those years including United and Juniors before settling on Town in the 1950s.
Following the Second World War Denbigh clinched numerous honours before the golden period of the 1970s that saw the club dominate the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) winning four successive league titles.
After turning to the Clwyd Premier following the departure of successful manager John Trefor Roberts, the club shot back up the ladder upon the appointment of Bill Dawson who took the club from the Clwyd Premier to the Cymru Alliance in just four years
The club remained in the second tier for six years before returning to the Welsh Alliance but under Tim Dyer the club was promoted alongside a Cookson Cup success in 2007
In 2013/14 the club went unbeaten in the Welsh Alliance earning a third promotion to tier two after their return to the division in 2010. In 2015/16 the club reached it’s second national final and the biggest game in club history when reaching the League Cup Final, losing to professional outfit TNS on national television.
Upon relegation from the Cymru Alliance in 2019, manager Dewi Llion rebuilt his squad and in 2023 earned a league and cup double to move up to the JD Cymru North, finishing 6th in their first season back.
THE OPPOSITION LLANDUDNO
Ground: Maesdu Park
Capacity: 3,000 (1,100 seated)
Nickname: The Seasiders
Founded: 1988
2024/25: 4th
Manager: Jordan Hadaway
Following a century of football in Llandudno with clubs coming and going in the town, Llandudno re-formed and renamed Llandudno Football Club in 1988.
The club moved to its current home at Maesdu Park in 1991 after the "council field" was used for the construction of an ASDA store in the late 1970s, now the new Parc Llandudno
The current ground was officially opened in 1991 and floodlights were added in 1994
In August 2014, Wales manager Chris Coleman visited Maesdu Park to officially open Llandudno's new £420,000 3G pitch
After a successful 2014–15 Cymru Alliance season, Llandudno were promoted as champions to the Welsh Premier League for the first time in their history
In July 2015, Llandudno FC entered into a significant strategic partnership with local organisation, MBi Consulting Ltd As such the club was known as MBi Llandudno Football Club and Maesdu Park was renamed as Park MBi Maesdu Llandudno enjoyed a remarkable first season in the Welsh Premier League which saw them finish 3rd and earn them a place in the Europa League for the first time in their history in 2016–17. They exited the competition at the first hurdle against Sweedish side IFK Göteborg
The club were relegated back to the second tier in the 2018–19 season and in their first full season following the disruption to football finished second in the JD Cymru North in 2021/22 under Sean Eardley. The Seasiders finished in a respectable 3rd the following year behind runaway sides Holywell Town and champions Colwyn Bay before the manager stepped down in the summer Jordan Hadaway was appointed before a drop in form that saw Llandudno finish 13th
The club were temporarily unable to play at their home ground with a number of players moving on from the side They played their home matches at Y Morfa in Conwy before finally heading back to Llandudno at the end of 2023 and finishing fourth in the 2024/25 campaign
PLAYERS
Adam Stephens
Harvey Bennett
Dylan Proctor Ben Maher
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GABRIEL HINCHCLIFFE
Denbigh Town and Llandudno have a storied history including in recent times Here we look back at some recent home and away clashes.
Llandudno 3-1 Denbigh Town (Nathaniel MG Cup16/09/2025)
Denbigh Town exited the Nathaniel MG Cup back in September as Llandudno came from behind to progress to the Quarter-Final.
Brad Barnes’ excellent strike saw Town take the lead on nine minutes before he was hacked down in the box, but Gwion Dafydd was denied from the penalty spot
Llandudno turned things around via Adam Stephens and Joe Caery before former Town forward Harvey Bennett netted the goal to confirm it on 82 minutes
Denbigh Town: Beattie, Beaumont, Doforo, B Lockley, Flanders, Cooke, Johnston, Barnes, Worrall, S Duffy, Dafydd
Subs: Payne, H Lockley, J Duffy, Clarke, Brown, Vaughan
Attendance: 302
Denbigh Town 6-2 Llandudno (JD Cymru North26/12/2024)
Last time out at Central Park Town smashed the Seasiders for six with the rampant Reds recording a 6-2 success in Denbigh.
Ben Lockley’s header opened the scoring on three minutes before a leveller from Harvey Bennett However, Keelan Williams and Nathan Brown restored the lead
Levi Montgomery pulled one back but Brown scored once more along with Williams whilst Tom Salisbury rounded things off in stoppage time
Denbigh Town: A Jones, Williams, S Jones, Cooke, B Lockley, K Roberts, Butler, Brown, Fleming, Duffy, Davies
Subs: Wilmot, H Lockley, Stark, Holmes, Salisbury, Bellis
Attendance: 303
1) Which player was named Denbigh Player of the Month for October recently?
2) Who did Town draw 2-2 with in our last game at Central Park?
3) At what ground do today’s opponents play their home games?
4) What is the nickname of tonight’s opponents?
5) Name the former Town striker who won the Lock Stock Ardal North-West with Denbigh in 23/24 who now plays for tonight’s opponents?
6) Which former Liverpool player made his return to Anfield with his new club this week?
7) Who is currently top of the EFL Championship?
8) What is the capital city of Czechia?
9) What company was initially known as "Blue Ribbon Sports"?
10) What is acrophobia a fear of?
Airbus UK Broughton (A)
JD Cymru North
The Airfield
14/11/2025
20:00
Brickfield Rangers (A)
JD Cymru North
Clywedog Park
29/11/2025 14:00
Guilsfield (H)
JD Cymru North Central Park
05/12/2025 19:45
Aaron Jones
Elijah Beattie
Dan Flanders
Nathan Doforo
Keelan Williams
Ben Lockley
Harry Lockley
Bobby Beaumont
Max Cooke
Sion Jones
Keiron Roberts (C)
Scott McHarrie
Gabriel Hinchcliffe
Luke Johnston
Danny Clarke
Jacob Duffy
Sam Duffy
Nathan Brown
Brad Barnes
Alfie Vaughan
Matthew Worrall
Gwion Dafydd
Shaun Pearson
Michael Jones
Anthony Stephens
Rowan Davies
Ross Weaver
Iwan Cartwright
Tom Stephens
Lee Stokes
Joe Carey
Cai Roberts
Jordan Pownall
John Cooper
Aidan Higgins
Harry Dodwell
Ben Maher
Alfie Banning
Nathan Lloyd
Kieran Smith
Callum Stephens
Alex Boss
Harvey Bennett
Mark Cadwallader
Adam Stephens
Dylan Proctor
Manager - Dewi Llion
Assistant - Simon Roberts
GK Coach - Luke Wilmot
Sports Therapist - Tesni Roberts
Manager - Jordan Hadaway
Coach - Grant Montgomery
Coach - Darren Moss
Physio - Rebecca Vale
