PROGRAMME | Denbigh Town v Ruthin Town (26/12/2023)

Anrhydedd a Swyddogion / Honours & Officials Lock Stock Ardal North West League Champions 2023

President: Clwyd Williams

Lock Stock Ardal North League Cup Winners 2023 Dragon Signs FAW Amateur Trophy Finalists 2023

Life President: Robert Griffiths Life Vice President: Emyr Lloyd

Huws Gray Alliance League Runners Up 2018

Life Member: Glyn Jones The.Word Cup Finalists 2016

Chairman: Shon Powell Welsh Alliance League Champions 2014 Mawddach Challenge Cup Winners 2014

Vice Chairman: Richard Blake

Lock Stock Cookson Cup Winners 2011

Treasurer: Iwan Jones

Welsh Alliance League Champions 2007 Cookson Cup Winners 2007

Assistant Secretary : Steve Whitfield

Barritt Cup Winners 2006 Cookson Cup Winners 2006

Alves Cup Winners 2003

Secretary : Neall Condon

Assistant First Team Coaches: Kristian Pierce, Matthew Jones, Brett Jones Reserve Team Manager: Liam Nash

Welsh Alliance League Champions 1996

Cookson Cup Winners 1996 North West Arrows Cup Winners 1993 Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1978

Committee: Arthur Vaughan Haydn Williams Gareth Luke Jones Paul Montgomery

Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1977 Wrexham Area Div 1 Champions 1976 Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1976 Wrexham Area Div 1 Champions 1975 Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1975

Secretary: Neall Condon 4 Abbey Court, Denbigh, LL16 3HU Tel: 07443924005 Email: neallali@hotmail.co.uk

Wrexham Area Div 1 Champions 1974 Wrexham Area Div 1 Champions 1973 Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1973 NWCFA Challenge Cup Winners 1973

Media Officer: Ollie Williams Press/Media/Website/Social Media requests Email: denbighmedia@gmail.com

Youth Cup Winners 1957

First Team Match Day Tweeter: Ollie Williams, Gareth Luke Jones, Iwan Jones Welsh Amateur Cup Winners 1924

Croeso / Welcome

Match Officials Referee

Sion Peter Davies Assistants

Simon McCormick Levi Roberts After Match Hospitality:

Masons Arms Rhyl Road, Denbigh. LL16 3DT

Board Room Chairman’s Notes Welcome to Central Park this a ernoon’s Boxing Day match in the JD Cymru North League game against our neighbours Ruthin Town. I trust you’ve all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to 2024.

I’d like to extend a warm Denbigh welcome to all the Ruthin players, coaching team, Commi ee and supporters.

The year 2023 has been a special year here at the Club with us winning both the Lockstock Ardal North West League and the Lockstock Ardal League Cup. A truly memorable feat and we also reached the final of the FAW Amateur Trophy. Since then, we’ve adapted well to the higher Tier 2 league of the JD Cymru North It’s been almost two months since our last home game here at Central Park and a lot has been happening off the field.

A few weeks ago we were invited as a Club to a end the Denbighshire Leisure Communi es Awards night at the Rhyl Pavilion. Over 500 people a ended as we won the Denbighshire Sports Club of the Year Award. This really is a superb accolade for the Club as it recognises all the hard work done by everyone involved within our Club. The Award recognised a Club that had demonstrated excellence in management, development and compe on throughout the Club.

It recognised not only the fantas c achievements of our First Team this season with their League and Cup double, but also the Juniors sec on achieving Pla num Accredita on by the Football Associa on of Wales together with the con nued improvement of our Ladies and Reserves Teams.

We took 30 people to the event including Commi ee members , Players and Coaches from the First Team, Reserves, Ladies and Juniors , together with invaluable volunteers and loyal supporters. A truly memorable evening.

A couple of weeks before that we held two more successful Interna onal games here at Central Park when Cymru Under16’s played Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the Victory Shield. Once again, the games saw great support from the area with over 1200 people a ending the two games. Cymru drew their first game 1-1 against Northern Ireland and cruelly lost to a last minute penalty in a 3-2 defeat to the Republic of Ireland .

Nevertheless, it was so good to hear all the teams comment highly on the quality of our grass pitch, and the FAW have pencilled us in to hold more such games in 2024.

Our goalmouths have taken a bit of a ba ering over the last few games. We have arranged for 360 Groundcare to carry out work on these areas by laying a carpet of turf over the goalmouths. Hopefully these will stand up to the test today.

Thank you all for your support this last year. It’s been a blast.

Happy New Year to you and your families

Shon Powell Chairman

Managers Office Manager’s Notes Welcome to Central Park for this a ernoons’ local derby game against Ruthin Town. I hope you have all had a great Christmas.

It seems an age since we last played here at Central Park at the start of November when we beat Mold Alex with an impressive 3-2 performance and a last minute winner from Dan Parry Jones.

Since then, we had a great November on the road winning 3-0 in a game we dominated . An impressive 4-3 away win against Flint Town Utd followed in the Quarter Final of the Welsh Blood Service JD North League Cup. In a fast-flowing game played in a great spirit, we had several chances in the first half to go in at half me with a decent lead. Instead, we didn’t take these and allowed a youthful Flint side to take the lead from some sloppy defending and although we equalised immediately a erwards it took a great goal from Ryan Kershaw to give us a 2-1 cushion going into the break.

The second half saw us take control by being 4-2 up a er 63 minutes and we brought on several subs tu ons to give lads more game me. This decision almost backfired as Flint scored a late goal and almost equalised late on, but fair play to our lads we held out to go into the Semi-Final.

December has not been a good month in that we’ve had two games called off. Firstly, our home game against Prestatyn lost out to a frozen pitch and our away trip to Guilsfield fell foul of a waterlogged pitch. This has upset our rhythm as we all need games to help maintain our form as have been on a tremendous run of winning games since September.

A 2-2 draw against a rejuvenated Llandudno side saw another really entertaining game on their newly laid 4G pitch. Ma hew Worrall and Nathan Brown nabbed our goals , but the performance was way off our best, and it just showed how a lack of game me can affect players. Llandudno had started the season poorly, but have now put together a string of good results to pull themselves away from the relega on zone.

Last weekend we faced Mold again , this me at Alyn Park and went down 2-0. We had decent first half with us defending well , but not being able to break down a well organised Mold defence. The second half saw us make two mistakes and they capitalised on both of these and made us pay the penalty with two goals.

This a ernoon is a game we are all looking forward to. Bragging rights in the Vale of Clwyd is the incen ve for us to go out and win and then we face each other again at Ruthin on New Years Day. We have a full squad available to select for today and everyone is keen to play.

We have been buoyed by the news that we have been able to extend Josh Lock’s loan spell with us un l the end of the season. Paul Fleming is back fully fit a er missing a couple of game through a toe injury and Morgan Thomas Sadler is in conten on a er his awful leg injury at Bangor earlier in the season.

These last twelve months have been something else at the Club as we pushed for the treble and ended up winning the double in the Lock Stock Ardal Tier 3 League. The response from all you fans has been amazing and I’d like to take this opportunity on behalf of the management and players of thanking you all for your support and wish you all a Happy New Year.

Dewi Llion Jones

Manager

Denbigh Town 3—0 Ruthin Town 27th December 2018 This eagerly awaited derby lived up to its expectations in a captivating game full of incident and watched by the largest crowd at Central Park for many a year. Lewis Sirrell was the hero of the day with three superb goals, along with Denbigh keeper Craig Vernon making two vital penalty saves in a fiercely competitive game which saw Denbigh finishing the game with ten men.

On a mild Boxing Day afternoon Denbigh made two changes to the side that lost to Rhyl as they welcomed back Miles Todd from suspension with Dan Lloyd coming in at left back. Ruthin had won the previous encounter 2-1 in August and went into the game as favourites in light of their higher league position.

The first challenge of the afternoon saw Miles Todd pick up a yellow card after less than a minute for a late challenge in a typical start to a local derby. With four minutes gone Denbigh’s Mark Roberts was on the end of a great through ball from Sam Downey, but Ruthin keeper Ryan Goldston was alert to the danger and was able to thwart Robert’s attempt on goal. Ruthin responded and from a corner Kevin Evans’ header went just wide of the Denbigh goal.

Denbigh continued to pressure and Dan Lloyd had a half volley which went into the midriff of Goldston. The always impressive Tony Davies continued to lead his men by example and he went close with a glancing header from Lewis Sirrell’s free kick. Pat Hinchcliffe then went close with a curling free kick which went just wide of the left hand post.

On 30 minutes Ruthin were awarded their first penalty when Llyr Morris broke into the penalty area and in a challenge from Tony Davies he fell to the ground and referee Mike Gray pointed to the spot and brandished a yellow card to Davies. Morris brushed himself down to take the kick and with a well struck shot fired to Denbigh keeper’s left hand side. Vernon reacted superbly by diving to his left to make a brilliant save by palming the ball away to safety and to the delight of the vociferous home crowd.

This spurred the home team on with Scott McHarrie seeing his shot go just wide from a Curtis Langton knock down.

The first goal came on 38 minutes as a result of hard working Pat Hinchcliffe doing some great work on the right wing and he sent in a pin point cross for Lewis Sirrell to head in from 10 yards giving Goldstron no chance.

With teams coming out for the second half with Denbigh 1-0 up, it was’nt long before that lead was doubled with that man Lewis Sirrell picking the ball up some 20 yards from goal and letting fly an unstoppable shot which flew past Goldstron.

Tempers got heated as the game progressed and after a goal mouth scramble in the Ruthin penalty area resulted in some pushing and shoving, referee Gray showed yellow cards to Curtis Langton and Pat Hinchcliffe.

Still Denbigh were in control of the game limiting Ruthin’s forward line to sporadic glimpses of the Denbigh goal with Curtis Langton and Tony Davies proving a strong barrier to any attempts on goal. In midfield Stuart Vernon excelled again, playing some touches with Sam Downey and Scott McHarrie who have formed a great relationship in the engine room of the team and helped dictate the game.

Up front Sirrell was in search of his hat trick and was unlucky when on 80 minutes another long range shot was this time parried away by Goldstron. He did’nt have to wait long for his third as on 84 minutes he caught the ball on the volley to blast the ball into the net. 3-0 to Denbigh and it should have been enough for Denbigh to see out the game comfortably

However Ruthin were not finished and Llyr Morris picked the ball up and ran into Denbigh’s area, only to be challenged unfairly by Denbigh’s defenders and another penalty was awarded. Denbigh’s defenders protested at the severity of the decision during which Curtis Langton received his second yellow card of the game meaning he had to leave the field. Ruthin substitute Ryan Jones stepped up to take the penalty kick and once again Vernon guessed correctly and produced another tremendous save and Denbigh cleared the ball to safety.

Minutes later and it was all over with Denbigh deservedly taking the three points. A delighted joint manager Dewi Llion said after the game “What a great result for the lads and what a hat-trick for Lewis. Verno’s saves were brilliant. We went into the match with a game plan which the players all took on board and its paid dividends. The lads gave their all today and its means so much to win in front of such a large crowd”.

THE DERBY | The History of the Vale of Clwyd Derby Two Towns, eight miles apart with a footballing history that spans 146 years. Finally, a er five years one of Wales’ oldest derbies is back.

The Vale of Clwyd Derby was the first fixture supporters from both the red and blue half of Denbighshire will have searched for when the fixtures were released in the summer, and for good reason. A historic clash where two of North Wales’ biggest towns come together for 90 minutes of tribal compe on.

Denbigh and Ruthin have been playing football in one guise or another as far back at 1876, in October of that year a club in Denbigh was formed with the first match arranged coming against the ‘Ruthin Volunteers’. Over the next 25 years, a number of clubs from both sides met in friendlies with huge crowds gathering.

The first recorded match between Denbigh Town and Ruthin Town was found in January 1883 ending 0-0, but matches were regular beforehand against Ruthin and Ruthin Colts, whilst teams from Denbigh including the likes of the Church Guild and Albion journeyed across the Clwyd. The first recorded match between two sides came back in March 1878, Denbigh Templars bea ng Ruthin Grammar School 2-0.

It wasn’t un l 1905 that the two sides met in compe ve league ac on, though we had faced off in 1882 in the Welsh Cup with the First Round e ending 3-3 before Ruthin advanced. The first league mee ngs came in the old North Wales Coast Junior League, facing off regularly over the next three years before sporadic cup matches. In 1923 the biggest Vale of Clwyd Derby win was recorded with Denbigh running out 9-0 winners on the way to winning the North Wales Coast Challenge Cup. Almost 30 years passed between our next mee ngs, a couple of Welsh Cup es in 1949 and 1963 but we eventually met in league ac on in 1958, the first league clash since 1932. This was a golden age for the derby, with both sides ba ling it out for the tle in the Welsh Na onal League (Wrexham Area), as Town dominated the 1970s including pipping Ruthin to the honour in 1973 via goal difference.

However, by the 1980s Town joined the Clwyd League and other than a cup e in 1987 wouldn’t meet un l Denbigh’s promo on to the Cymru Alliance in 1996. We ba led it out regularly over the next 25 years or so, playing in the same division for 11 of those seasons. This me it was Ruthin who took the majority of the bragging rights, with Denbigh winning just three of the last 20 derby matches.

That being said, despite relega on in 2019, Town have held the bragging rights with the last mee ng between the sides ending in a 3-0 win for Denbigh on Boxing Day 2018, Lewis Sirrell’s ha rick sending a record Central Park crowd wild during a disappoin ng campaign.

The next chapter is s ll to be wri en, and on Boxing Day and with such a storied history it’s sure to be a spectacle at Central Park.

A WELCOME TO OUR MATCH-DAY SPONSOR | DBP Home Improvements Denbigh Town Football Club offers a very warm welcome to DBP Home Improvements who are the official match sponsor for this a ernoon’s game.Based on Colomendy Industrial Estate in Denbigh, DBP Home Improvements have set the standard for quality right across the region, opera ng as a local based business serving the North Wales and border areas. As a local company, almost 100% of the custom gained is through recommenda on from sa sfied customers.

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The club is thrilled to partner with DBP and thank them for helping deliver today’s Vale of Clwyd Derby in what has been a long standing rela onship between ourselves. You can find them online at www.dbpltd.co.uk or visit their showroom.

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Players Sponsors This season we are offering you the opportunity of sponsoring your favourite player for the 2023-2024 season for the cost of £75 This will include a men on in all of our home programmes, your business being adver sed on your players pen pic. Should your player score in any of our games then your business will be men oned in the tweet on our twi er page as we celebrate the goal being scored Sponsorship also allows yourself and a guest free entrance to a home game of your choice when we you will be invited to join us in our new Clubhouse as our guests for the day.

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Player Profiles

Management Manager—Dewi Llion— After 4 years as Academy Director and First Team Coach at Bala Town, Dewi joined Denbigh in 2016 to assist Gareth Thomas and then Eddie Maurice-Jones, before taking the helm alongside Matty Jones as joint manager for the season 2018-2019. Dewi was appointed sole first team manager for the season 2019-2020 and led the team to runners up spot in the Lockstock Welsh Alliance League 1. Dewi is both a UEFA A Senior coach and Youth A Licensed coach aswell as holding a BSc in Sport Science & Football Assistant Manager—Kristian Pierce—KP’s playing career has been cut short after several serious injuries and he retired from the game after season 2021/22. He wants to put something back into the game and at our Club where he had such a successful playing career. Had spells at Rhyl & Porthmadog aswell as playing in Europe with Bala Town. He joins us as a coach where his enthusiasm and knowledge as a player will be such a strength for our squad.

Coach—Brett Jones—Brett rejoins the club having previously worked at the club alongside Elfed Lloyd, following a 4 year spell at Everton Ladies U21s. He teams up alongside Dewi Llion for the second time having also worked at Bala Town FC Academy together.

Coach—Mathew Jones—An FAW A Licence coaching certificate holder, Matty joins us now to concentrate fully on coaching after spells at management with Conwy, Llandudno, Rhyl and ourselves a few seasons ago. He has also coached the Welsh Cymru Cup team and is highly respected coach across the North Wales football scene.

Players Goalkeeper - Aaron Jones - Aaron signs following a short spell at Llanelwy Athletic. His previous Clubs are Wrexham, Everton, TNS & Flint as well as having Welsh Youth Cups. A gifted goalkeeper who is comfortable with the ball by his feet

Defender— Sion Jones - Sion is one of our promising youngsters who has been involved with the Junior Teams for many years. He joined Rhyl FC and was with their Youth teams until the start of 2018 when he moved to Denbigh. A player who is gaining in experience with every game he plays Sion is a right sided player who has broken into the first team squad through hard work and commitment, and he has a bright future ahead of him.

Player Profiles

Defender—Dan Parry Jones—19 year old Dan joins us from Colwyn Bay where he made his debut in January 2022 having previously been with Connahs Quays Nomads Development Team. He captained Welsh Colleges last season and his maturity improves with every game. A highly versatile youngster he is capable of playing in a number of positions.

Defender - Billy Holmes - Local lad Billy is a fan’s favourite with his long pacy runs with the ball at his feet. A great left footer who plays in defence or midfield he has come through the ranks at Denbigh having played for the Youth team and Reserves before breaking into the first team.

He made his mark last season as a central defender being big, strong and quick . As a left footer he gives the team that added balance within the set up.

Defender—Craig Rogers—A ball playing centre half who can also operate at left back. Craig returns to the Club after playing under Gareth Thomas here a few seasons ago. Craig brings with him a lot of experience from playing for Airbus Uk, Holywell Town , Aberystwyth & Warrington aswell as spells playing abroad in Norway, Iceland and USA.

Defender—Harry Lockley—Harry joins us with his twin brother Ben from Conwy Borough. He was outstanding in the two friendlies we had against them in 2021. Harry can operate in a variety of positions which will bring extra depth and competition to the squad. Comes highly recommended by his former manager Matty Jones (now our coach) and played over 20 games in the Cymru North last season.

Defender—Ben Lockley—Ben joins us from Conwy Borough along with his twin brother Harry.

He played over 20 games in season 2021/22 for Conwy Borough in a variety of roles. Comes highly recommended by Matty Jones our coach who was his manager at Conwy.

Defender —Morgan Thomas Sandler—A youngster with bags of potential, Morgan was on the books of Notts Forest for several years until a string of injuries hampered his career. He joins us from Colwyn Bay’s youth set up where he drew the attention of other clubs as a tough tackling, skilful midfielder with a great eye for goal.

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Player Profiles

Midfielder - Ryan Kershaw - Ryan joins us from Cefn Albion and has European pedigree and JD Cymru Premier experience having also played with TNS & Newtown. A tough tackling strong midfielder with an eye for a good ball and great energy levels he has a major part to play in the squad

Midfielder —Oliver Hanson— Olly was with the Bala Academy with Dewi Llion as his manager and he has since played with Rhyl Fc and NFA FC. S ll only 18, he scored for us in a friendly but shortly a erwards broke his ankle, so he’ll be out for a few weeks yet. A talented youngster and we look forward to ge ng home back to full fitness.

Midfielder - Jason Foulkes - A very versatile player who can play ion a number of positions. A tough tackler and strong player he has been a key player with St Asaph for the few seasons. A top class cricketer who has played for Wales recently and who won't be available fully until the cricket season is over .

Midfielder - Keiron Roberts - Keiron is a quality central midfielder who joined us in August 2020 from Greenfield. He has also played for Rhydymwyn when they were in the Cymru Alliance. A tenacious midfielder who has settled in well, he has a lot of quality on the ball.

Midfielder - Josh Lock - Midfielder Josh Lock joined Denbigh Town on loan from Cymru Premier champions The New Saints, in August 2023. A skilful youngster with a great reading of the game and the ability to play some key passes.

Midfielder - Paul Fleming - Captain - Paul joined us from St Asaph FC in 2019 where he has been for a few seasons. He is an energetic midfield player who gives us a physical presence in both penalty boxes. The 34 year old also has a knack of scoring important goals and is a strong addition to the squad. He was awarded the Players Player of the season award for

Player Profiles

Striker - Nathan Brown—Right winger 23 year old Nathan will bring pace and quality to our team aswell as having a great delivery from set pieces . He joins us from Airbus UK and prior to that he was with Flint Town Utd and Chester City.

Striker - Craig Pritchard—Craig is a player who was part of our 2017/18 team which reached second place in the Cymru Alliance Tier 2 League and was named Player of the Season that year. A Welsh International at Futsal, Craig has had his injuries and is now fully recovered. He has impressed everyone in training and has shown that he has lost none of his skill and awareness on the ball .

Striker - Jake Walker - Jake has played previously for Llannefydd in the Clwyd League and St Asaph in the Welsh Alliance and has been with Denbigh since 2018. A natural goal scorer who can score with either foot or with his head he was the leading goalscorer in the Welsh Alliance League Div 1 last season with 23 goals from 17 games. He also scored 14 cup goals and is a proven marksman. Was awarded the Managers Player of the Season award in 2019/20 not only for his goals but for his all round play and attitude within the team.

A striker—Tom Weir—Noted goalscorer Tom joins us from Bow FC having played with our Juniors in his younger days. His past Clubs include Connah's Quay Nomads and Flint Town Utd. A tough bustling centre forward he is a player Dewi Llion has been looking to sign for some time.

Striker—Matthew Worrall— Matty joins us for the second time as he was part of our 2017/18 team where he was the scorer of some vital goals. A proven goal scorer, he then moved onto Rhyl, Gresford and lastly Llay Welfare before re- joining us in Jan 2023.

Striker—Dan Clarke - Talented local lad Dan joined the Club after completing his Chester City Scholarship Programme in 2019. After his first season in senior football Dan adapted really well to the game putting in some first class performances and scoring some top class goals.

Dan has the ability to play at a higher level if he continues to develop as he has done over the last 12 months, and has a bright future ahead of him in the game.

Brief History

Denbigh Town Football Club was formed in 1880 and has remained one of the most popular and highly respected Clubs in North Wales ever since. One of the Club’s finest achievements came in 1924 when they won both the Welsh Amateur Cup and the North Wales Coast Amateur Cup.

A number of minor successes ensued in the subsequent decades until the Club hit a purple patch in the 1970s when they won the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One Championship four times and the League Cup on five occasions. Town also landed the North Wales Amateur Cup in 1970 and the North Wales Amateur Cup in 1972. The manager through most of this golden period was John Trevor Roberts who remains one of Denbigh Town’s most legendary figures.

After the Club left the Wrexham Area League at the turn of the 1980s and joined the Clwyd League many trophy less years followed. The sleeping giant did not awaken until the 1991/1992 season when Liverpudlian duo Bill Dawson and Rook Cook-Hannah took over the reins at the Club.

In their first season the Club won promotion to the Premier Division, but the biggest highlight was an unforgettable 1-0 North Wales Challenge Cup Victory over the 4th placed HFS Loans League semiprofessionals of Caernarfon Town before an ecstatic crowd at Central Park.

After two seasons in the Clwyd Premier, the Club was promoted to the Fitlock Welsh Alliance League in 1994/95. After finishing 4th in their first season Denbigh Town followed up in style by landing the League Championship and Cookson Cup double, the Club’s finest achievement for almost 20 years.

The Club joined the Cymru Alliance in 1996/97 and enjoyed several good seasons at that level.

Denbigh joined the Welsh Alliance Leagie for 2002/2003 and finished 3rd, reached the semi-final of the Barritt Cup and won the Alves Cup with Roy Cook-Hannah at the helm. Cook- Hannah resigned in December 2003 and Clwyd Williams & Nick Hailes were installed as joint-managers. The team finished the season in 12th position.

In May 2004 Tim Dyer was appointed manager and in 2005/2006 he guided the team to the Barritt Cup and Cookson Cup double, runners up in the Welsh Alliance League and also finalists in the North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup. The Club also won the Welsh Alliance Fair Play League for 2005/2006 & 2006/2007. In 2007 Denbigh Town were crowned Welsh Alliance League Champions and Cookson Cup winners.

After Tim Dyer stepped down at the end of the 2008/2009 season Steve Jones was appointed manager with Dean Martin as his assistant. Under the new regime the team finished 10th in the 2009/2010 Cymru Alliance League. Unfortunately, due to the Welsh Premier Super 12, six clubs were relegated from the Welsh Premier and the 3 feeder leagues all promoted a club to the Cymru Alliance.

This meant only the top 7 survived in the Cymru Alliance and so Denbigh Town were relegated to the Welsh Alliance League. Jones and his assistant Martin resigned in May 2010.

Brief History continued John James and Andy Lewis were appointed manager and coach for the 2010/2011 season.

Despite relegation the Club started ground development with hard standing area placed all around the perimeter of the ground and floodlights were installed in April 2012.

In 2012/2013 ex-player and captain Richard Williams- Cooke was appointed manager. In his first season Cookie took the club to runners up position in the Welsh Alliance League. The following season the Club won the league, remaining unbeaten throughout the whole league campaign and also won the Mawddach Cup. The Club were promoted to the Cymru Alliance – the Tier 2 level of Welsh football

Cookie resigned in June 2014 due to work and family commitments. A joint management team of Dave Taylor and Terry Ingram were appointed in his place, but they parted company with club a few months later.

In September 2014 the Club appointed Elfed Lloyd and 1st team Captain Max Peate as caretaker managers for the rest of that season.

Gareth Thomas (Perry) was appointed manager on 21st May 2015, and he led the Club to 3rd position in the Cymru Alliance in season 2015/2016. In the same season Perry also took the Club to the Word Cup Final losing 2-0 to treble winners The New Saints (TNS).

However, in November 2016 the Club parted company with Perry and Eddie Maurice Jones was appointed manager Maurice-Jones took the Club to its highest ever finish in the Cymru Alliance – that of 2nd in the season 2017/2018. However, at the end of that season Maurice-Jones moved to become manager of Rhyl and many of the players followed him.

New joint managers Dewi Llion Jones & Matty Jones had the task of forming a team with new players with only a few weeks left before the start of the season. Despite a valiant effort by the managers and their new team the Club fell into the relegation zone on the last day of the season 2018/2019 and were relegated to the Welsh Alliance.

Matty Jones left the joint managership role in April 2019 and Dewi Llion Jones was appointed sole manager for the season 2019/2020. He appointed former Town player Owain Roberts as his coach. A strong season followed but the Covid 19 pandemic meant the season was cut short and Denbigh were appointed runners up in the league to Holyhead Hotspurs.

The Welsh Alliance League finished in 2019/2020 and Denbigh Town were placed in the new Lock Stock Ardal North West League for the season 2021/22.

The club narrowly missed out on the promotion spots in the season 2021/2022 finishing third.

History Football in Ruthin dates back to 1878 when a football club was formed in the town and in 1880 they reached the final of the Welsh Cup only to lose 2-1 to Druids.

The club in its present form dates back to 1949 when they joined the newly re-organised Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) as Ruthin British Legion. They joined Division Two, coming runners up in their first year and gaining promotion to Division One. The following year they were runners up in the top Division. The British Legion element of the name was dropped in 1953 and Ruthin Town FC was born.

In 1958 the club introduced a reserve team which entered the WNL (Wrexham Area) Division 3.

The first team won the first division in 1963/64 and the North Wales Challenge Cup in 1967. The 1972/73 season was an exciting one for the Vale of Clwyd as both Ruthin and Denbigh were contesting the first division title. Denbigh won on goal difference with both teams having won 18, drawn 7 and lost 3. Ruthin, however, won the North Wales Challenge Cup for the second time.

In 1977/78 the first team were relegated from the first division which meant the reserves also had to go down from the second division. The following year the club introduced a third team which played in the Clwyd league. That team was later called the Colts as it joined the WNL (Wrexham Area) division 4 in 1980.1979/80 was a big season for the club as both the first team and reserves were promoted back to the first and second divisions both as champions of their respective leagues. A decade of stability ensued with the three senior teams establishing themselves in their respective leagues with their youth system being set up in 1986. This youth system was to be the making of the club providing a consistent source of players for the senior teams. 17 of the current 20 man first team squad are products of that very youth system. The club currently runs 6 youth teams from under 12's to under 16's it has a thriving junior section a veterans team and the club has recently started a ladies and girls section. It is one of the largest clubs in Wales in terms of player numbers.

1991/92 the first team were runners up to Wrexham Reserves under Glyn Williams and were promoted to the Cymru Alliance. They also won the League Cup that year. Ruthin were ever present in the Cymru Alliance for a further 21 years before being relegated in 2013.

Under Phil Hinchcliffe they won the WNL Premier League Cup in 2014 and matched their 1992 result in 2016 by gaining promotion back to the Huws Gray Alliance and winning the Premier League Cup for the second time in three years.

The club won the NEWFA Cup in 2018 beating Holywell in the final with Chris Williams as manager.

Their best HGA league position was third place in 2003/4 under Tim Dyer.

As the second tier of Welsh Football came under the wing of the FAW Ruthin were one the longest serving clubs in the Huws Gray Alliance having been members for 23 of the 28-year history of the league.

SQUAD LIST

SQUAD LIST

Aaron Jones Matty Owen Billy Holmes Sion Jones Ben Lockley Harry Lockley Dan Parry-Jones Craig Rogers Morgan Thomas Sadler Josh Lock Paul Fleming (Club Captain) Jason Foulkes Oliver Hansen Ryan Kershaw Keiron Roberts Nathan Brown Dan Clarke Craig Pritchard Jake Walker Tom Weir Matthew Worrall

Dan Goldston Tom Dyer Jamie Nash Tyrese Caines Vita Mbolokele Ethan Davies Osian Davies ( Captain) Jake Hughes Hampson Harry Martin Llyr Morris Gwion Owen Keyni Mills Morgan Edmunds Gwion Williams Tom Griffiths Jason Clark Sam Jones Soulayman El Amri Sean Kell Andy Brown Luke Molmans

Manager – Dewi Llion Jones Coach – Matthew Jones Coach – Kristian Pierce

Manager – Phil Hudson Assistant Manager – Dave Evans Coach – J Scott First Aider – C Bradford

Coach - Brett Jones