Anrhydedd a Swyddogion / Honours & Officials
Lock Stock Ardal North West League Champions 2023
Lock Stock Ardal North League Cup Winners 2023
Dragon Signs FAW Amateur Trophy Finalists 2023
Huws Gray Alliance League Runners Up 2018
The.Word Cup Finalists 2016
Welsh Alliance League Champions 2014
Mawddach Challenge Cup Winners 2014
Lock Stock Cookson Cup Winners 2011
Welsh Alliance League Champions 2007 Cookson Cup Winners 2007
Barritt Cup Winners 2006 Cookson Cup Winners 2006
Alves Cup Winners 2003
Welsh Alliance League Champions 1996
Cookson Cup Winners 1996
North West Arrows Cup Winners 1993
Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1978
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
Wrexham Area Div 1 Champions 1974
Wrexham Area Div 1 Champions 1973
Wrexham Area Div 1 Cup Winners 1973
NWCFA Challenge Cup Winners 1973
President: Clwyd Williams
Life President: Robert Griffiths
Life Vice President: Emyr Lloyd
Life Member: Glyn Jones
Chairman: Shon Powell
Vice Chairman: Richard Blake
Treasurer: Iwan Jones
Secretary : Neall Condon
Assistant Secretary : Steve Whitfield
Assistant First Team Coaches: Kristian Pierce, Matthew Jones, Brett Jones
Reserve Team Manager: Liam Nash
Committee: Arthur Vaughan
Haydn Williams
Gareth Luke Jones
Paul Montgomery
Secretary: Neall Condon
4 Abbey Court, Denbigh, LL16 3HU Tel: 07443924005
Email: neallali@hotmail co uk
Media Officer: Ollie Williams
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Youth Cup Winners 1957
Welsh Amateur Cup Winners 1924
First Team Match Day Tweeter: Ollie Williams, Gareth Luke Jones, Iwan Jones
Croeso / Welcome
Match Officials
Referee
Iolo Edryd Williams
Assistants
Laura Roberts
Peter Michael Owen
After Match Hospitality:
Masons Arms
Rhyl Road, Denbigh. LL16 3DT
Board Room
Chairman’s Notes
Welcome back to Central Park for tonight’s JD Cymru North clash with Airbus UK Broughton. There’s something special about night’s at Central Park under the lights and tonight I’m sure will be no different With numerous cup matches drawn away from home including last weekend it’s great to be back here in Denbigh and sinking our teeth into league acon.
Last season we were compeng in the third er whilst Airbus were baling in the Cymru Premier but two very different seasons sees us face off as equals, but we know we’ll need to be at our very best to get a result tonight They sit top of the table with five wins from five and I’m sure the movaon will be there for Dewi and the squad to put an end to that run.
your chosen player, just speak to myself, Iwan or Ollie at the ground or drop the club a line.
Elsewhere our reserves’ season kicked off with a Friday night fixture here against Ruthin, whilst the game ended 0-0 it was a solid performance from Liam Nash’s side and certainly a posive going into the new campaign. They are next in acon here at Central Park tomorrow against Mold at 14:30 and would welcome your support.
The Ladies will also kick-off their new season this weekend, hosng Flint here on Sunday at 14:00 and I’m sure supporters wish them well and we encourage anyone to come down and
support the girls. It’s going to be a busy weekend!
I’d like to wish our junior sides the best of luck not only with their seasons which are kicking off but also as many return to school for the new year.
Finally, a big welcome to Airbus’ players, coaches, staff and supporters and thank you to our own supporters who’ve been fantasc both home and away so far this year.
C’mon Denbigh!
Shon Powell
I recently visited a number of our sponsors to check in and find out how they are progressing and it was great to see so many familiar faces. As a club we like our sponsorship to be not only mutually beneficial but to have a personal touch, it’s great to hear how their support is having success and we’re always looking to broaden our relaonships with local businesses. Player sponsorship is sll available with some players already snapped up so be quick to secure Chairman
Managers
Office Manager’s Notes
Welcome to Central Park for this evening’s JD Cymru North match with Airbus UK Broughton. Last weekend we took a break from the league and entered the WBS League Cup for the first me, taking on Buckley just a month on from our last cup e at the Globe. I was delighted with the way we played in parcular the second half scoring six goals against a very good Buckley side.
Josh Lock recently joined from TNS on loan and I’d like to thank them and manager Craig Harrison for their assistance and allowing Josh to join us to connue his development. It was great for him to score a hatrick on his first start. I was also pleased to see Tom Weir score three in his last two games and Olly Hansen grab a deserved goal when called upon.
Three players have departed since our last home game and I’d like to thank Luca Benne and Jacob Edwards in parcular who were part of our double winning campaign in 2022/23.
We’ve been bolstered in the last week or so with players returning from injury including Mahew
Worrall and Billy Holmes who returned last weekend against Buckley. Both are instrumental players and to have them return is a huge boost with others sll needing treatment.
We sit 8th in the JD Cymru North at the moment with five games gone but it will take a few weeks yet before seeing where the land really lies in the division this term. Results around the league already have shown that anyone can beat anyone in what is one of the toughest divisions in Wales.
Today we face an Airbus side sitting top of the table with five wins from five and we know we’ll need our all to get a victory this evening. They were in the Cymru Premier last season so will be hoping to bounce back posively this year. I’d like to welcome the players, coaches, staff and supporters who join us this evening from Broughton Finally I’d like to thank you for your tremendous support so far this season, it’s made a huge difference to the lads and it’s massively appreciated both at home and on the road.
Diolch yn fawr.
Dewi Llion Jones Manager
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We would kindly request that everyone abides by our Ground Regulaons parcularly the ban on the use of fireworks, flares, smoke bombs
and other pyrotechnics within our Central Park ground.
We would also state that no alcohol is allowed
to be brought into our Central Park ground.
TOWN SAIL THROUGH THANKS TO NEW KID ON THE LOCK BUCKLEY TOWN 2 6 DENBIGH TOWN FC
Denbigh Town have flown through the first round of the WBS League Cup with a -
stunning six secondhalf goals and a Josh Lock hatrick.
Lock, making his full debut after signing on loan from TNS, grabbed three whilst a Tom Weir brace and Olly Hansen effort put Buckley to the sword
A number of changes were made to the side that faced Chirk on Monday with Lock starting, Matthew Worrall making his return, Ryan Kershaw re-joining the starting XI and Hansen also coming into the team.
Denbigh’s first-ever game in the WBS League Cup kicked off in sweltering conditions, a stark contrast to the Nathaniel MG Cup tie played at the Globe just 28 days previous.
It took Town just three minutes for Denbigh to create their first chance as Hansen drove through the middle before blazing an effort over the bar.
Denbigh were in control of the game throughout, especially in the opening exchange. Despite this, Buckley did have a chance after just seven minutes with a scramble in the box denied by goalkeeper Aaron Jones before being spilled, and Craig Pritchard had to clear
Though Denbigh had the lion's share of the ball opportunities were limited in the first half and each side went into the break without a goal.
Half-Time: Buckley Town 0-0
Denbigh Town
The second half started with a bang as Town opened the scoring, the first of eight goals in the half Tom Weir picked the ball up on the right of the box following a run from Pritchard to drill home into the bottom left corner to put the visitors in front.
Six minutes later the lead was doubled, as Hansen broke down the left, crossed for Worrall who could only direct it back to Hansen to finish from close range. Without any time to breathe it was three just seconds later as Lock on his full debut raced through to finish calmly and dispatch the ball into the bottom right of the Bucks goal.
mark, and two minutes later he sidefooted the ball home from a corner unmarked.
Denbigh also made changes of their own introducing Jake Walker, Harry Lockley and Paul Fleming before giving the nod to Nathan Brown who made his 50th appearance for the club in all competitions There was also a welcome return for Billy Holmes.
With 22 minutes remaining Denbigh were out of sight when Lock finished calmly following a threaded pass from Hansen for his brace.
The board went up for stoppage time as six were added but there was still time for three more goals. First of all Weir made it a double when a corner came in, struck the post before he followed up to finish, whilst Buckley responded via Laurence Cant.
With 96 minutes on the clock the ball fell to Lock inside the box who lobbed the goalkeeper with grace to make it a sensational hatrick and see Town into the second round and record back-to-back wins.
Denbigh are next in action on Friday as we face Airbus UK Broughton.
Denbigh Town:
A.Jones, S.Jones, B.Lockley, Parry-Jones, Rogers, Hansen, Kershaw,
Buckley knew they had to make changes and introduced Connor Littler on the hourLock, Pritchard, Worrall, Weir
Subs:
Attendance:
Referee:
Andy Harms165
H.Lockley, Holmes, Fleming, Brown, Walker
POTM | Harry Lockley Named August Player of the Month Defender impresses for first award of the campaign
The Denbigh Town Player of the Month for August 2023 has been
decided by supporters.
Almost 150 votes decided on the winner of the four nominees with Harry Lockley finishing on top.
The 21-year-old recently returned to the side after eight months out to receive treatment for a kidney condition but looked as if he'd never been away with superb performances for Denbigh.
Lockley looked sharp in pre-season and has forced his way into the
side and provided the assist for Tom Weir's goal at Chirk on Monday.
Lockley finished on top with the other three nominees being Tom Weir, Craig Pritchard and Nathan Brown.
New-signing Tom Weir came second in the competition with votes coming from both our club Twitter and website polls, whilst they were followed up by Nathan Brown and Craig Pritchard.
Congratulations, Harry!
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FOOTBALL CLUB & RESULTS 4 SEASON
Players Sponsors
This season we are offering you the opportunity of sponsoring your favourite player for the 2021-2022 season for the cost of £75
This will include a menon in all of our home programmes, your business being adversed on your players pen pic. Should your player score in any of our games then your business will be menoned in the tweet on our twier 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
To sponsor a player please contact Iwan Jones on 07788 627819 or Steve Whiield on 07787 485331 or speak with the player you wish to sponsor.
Player photo
Business/ Club
Liverpool Supporters Club
Sponsor of Sion Jones
Details of Business/Club
Local supporters Club following the 6 mes Champions League Winners Contact Rhodri Jones 07768 158760
Business Logo/website
JTL Architectural Hardware Ltd
Sponsor of Paul Fleming Denbigh & District Round Table
Sponsor of Keiron Roberts
North Wales Leading Supplier of Architectural Ironmongery, access control security systems, automac door entry systems, An ligature products, complete door set soluons, sliding door gear, signage, mirrors and washroom fings
Local charitable trust fund set up to help groups and organisaons in and around
Denbigh.
Players Sponsors
This season we are offering you the opportunity of sponsoring your favourite player for the 2021-2022 season for the cost of £75
This will include a menon in all of our home programmes, your business being adversed on your players pen pic. Should your player score in any of our games then your business will be menoned in the tweet on our twier 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
To sponsor a player please contact Iwan Jones on 07788 627819 or Steve Whiield on 07787 485331 or speak with the player you wish to sponsor.
Player photo Business/ Club
Roy Gunther Photographer
Sponsor of Billy Holmes
Details of Business/Club
Business Logo/website
Roy is the Club's official photographer and is one of our keen volunteers He is at all our 1st team games taking 100s of photos each game with the pick of them being selected and placed on our website.
Playquest
Sponsor of Luca Benne
We are a Local Authority Approved playground manufacturer who have been providing a wide range of adventure playground equipment and outdoor products to Schools throughout the UK for over 20 years
BGB Scaffolding
Sponsor of Krisan Pierce
BGB Scaffolding are a professional, experi-
enced company operang in the North
Wales area Providing efficient, cost effecve access soluons Our established H&S policies provide an excellent framework of working pracce to deliver high quality standards in service and safety
BGS Grass Cu
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BGS Grass Cutting Service offer an affordable service in North Wales and are proud to support Denbigh Town for 2023/24
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 Jacob Edwards Jacob started at Bala Town FC Academy under coach Dewi Llion at the age of 11. He moved onto Tranmere Rovers and then to Swansea City where he was given a YTS scholarship He has represented Wales at U15s/16 & 17s level
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.
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 Sll only 18, he scored for us in a friendly but shortly aerwards broke his ankle, so he’ll be out for a few weeks yet A talented youngster and we look forward to geng 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 - Mason Blackwell Jones - Masons has experience as a midfielder in the Cymru North with his previous club Llandudno. The 21 year old spent time in his younger days with academies at Liverpool, Man City, Wrexham & Stoke . An energetic midfielder with plenty of skill in the ball he has a great future ahead as a player
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
Midfielder - Luca Bennett Nineteen year old Luca joins us from Rhuddlan FC A centre midfielder who impressed many in the 2021/22 season for Prestatyn A tenacious box to box mid- fielder who has a very bright future ahead of him in the game
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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 Levant Gundogan 20 year old Levant joins us after spending time in his younger days with Connahs Quay Nomads and Man Utd's youth academy. He is also a Welsh International having played at Under 15s and 16s level. A player of great potential who took a break from football last season he has a goal scoring pedigree as a striker.
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.
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.
Brief History continued
History
With changes in the factory name the football team has followed suit, being known at various mes as VickersArmstrong, de Havilands, Hawker Siddeley, Brish Aerospace, BAe Systemsand Airbus UK. The club is now firmly established as Airbus UK Broughton and unl the end of the 2003/04 season, played its football in the Cymru Alliance - the second-er of the Welsh football pyramid.
The club was formed in 1946 and has played in both the Chester & District League and the Welsh Naonal League (Wrexham Area). Our last move into the Welsh pyramid system, saw us canter to the Welsh Naonal League Division Two tle during the 1991/92 season winning it by a clear 19 points In that season we won 28 of our 34 matches and scored a remarkable 130 goals, an average of almost four goals per game We also reached the NEWFA Challenge Cup final losing narrowly to Gresford Athlec
We then spent four seasons in Division One, the first two seasons we finishing sixth. In the third season, two places beer in fourth. in the 1995/96 season we gained a further promoon, finishing runners-up behind Wrexham Colts at the end of the campaign: enough to us move into the Premier Division of the Welsh Naonal League along with the divisional champions.
Once again we spent four seasons at that level with our first two campaigns showing steady consolidaonfinishing seventh and sixth respecvely. In 1998/99 campaign, the side pushed hard for the tle but finished runners-up, just two points behind eventual champions Corwen Amateurs.
But in the following season we could not be stopped from winning the tle with 21 victories from 30 matches, finishing our programme four points ahead of Ruthin Town and Penycae This success meant promoon once again into the Cymru Alliance and to coincide with the promoon the club changed its name from Brish Aerospace
to Airbus UK
Our first season in the second-er finished with a creditable 11th-placed finish with 10 wins and 14 defeats. Connuing the paern seen aer previous promoons, the second term saw a steady improvement and in the 2001/02, we finished in eighth spot with 16 wins. The club showed signs of progress again in the 2002/03 season, achieving our highest ever finish of 5th spot, as well as reaching the NEWFA Challenge Cup final - losing narrowly on penales.
2003/04 saw us take the Cymru Alliance tle, winning the league by 19 points from closest rivals Buckley Town, and thus gained promoon the Welsh Premier for the first me in the clubs history. Ground improvements
The Wingmakers carried out improvements to our ground What is now known as the main stand was built with a pavilion incorporang changing rooms This was completed early in 2004 and two more stands were later added on the opposite touchline and at the Runway End, bringing seang capacity to more than 500. Floodlights were installed in me for the beginning of the 2004/05 season in the Welsh Premier League.
The first two seasons in the Welsh top flight were difficult on the pitch. The club baled hard to avoid relegaon and appointed former Wrexham midfielder Gareth Owen as player-manager following two seasons at Flintshire rivals Connahs Quay Nomads.
Performances gradually improved as the Wingmakers finished 12th in 2006/07 earning a spot in the FAW Premier Cup for the first me The following season brought 11 victories and 42 points to finish in 11th place
Gareth Owen moved to Rhyl during the 2008 close season and the former Middlesbrough player Craig Harrison assumed the managerial reins having previously been assistant to Owen at The Hollingsworth Group Stadium Aer three-and-a-half-years, Harrison moved on to TNS and was replaced by Andy Preece as director of football with ex-Manchester City defender Andy Morrison as his assistant.
History
The most successful period in the club’s history followed Finishing a creditable seventh in the league and reaching the semi-finals of the Welsh Cup, the club embarked on its most successful Welsh Premier League campaign in 2012/13
European qualificaon and recent years
Aer an excing climax to the season, the Bus clinched runners-up spot with a 2-0 home win over Bangor City to clinch a first-ever place in Europe.
Three players (Lee Owens, Ian Kearney and Wayne Riley) were included in the WPL team of the season chosen by the 12 league managers. Owens, along with Steve Tomassen and Preece, were nominated for the player of the season, young player of the season and manager of the season awards.
The following campaign, 2013/14, was even beer as the club again finished runners-up to TNS in the WPL, closing the gap to the top by eight points on the previous season and remaining undefeated against the champions in four league meengs Airbus finished 11 points clear of the third-placed Carmarthen Town, securing another Europa League appearance with three league games remaining.
Ian Kearney and Lewis Short were included in the league;s dream team with Tom Field shortlisted for the player of the season award. Director of football Andy Preece was once again nominated for manager of the season. In May 2014, it was announced that the pitch at The Hollingsworth Group Stadium would be converted to synthec 3G in the close season with the assistance of grants from the FAW and the Broughton Wings Sports & Social Club.
A third European appearance came 12 months later when the Wingmakers finished third in the League and faced NK Lokomove of Croaa, losing 5-3 on aggregate but doing well to draw the away leg 2-2 in Zagreb
We were unable to repeat our league performance in 2015/16, finishing in sixth place, but again came close to European qualificaon, losing 1-0 to neighbours Connah;s Quay in the play-off final The Bus also reached the Welsh Cup final for the first me in the club's history, losing 2-0 to TNS at Wrexham;s Racecourse Ground Youngster James Murphy was voted the Welsh Premier young player of the season at the end of the campaign, with striker Tony Gray nominated for the player of the season award.
In August 2016, the club parted company with Andy Preece by mutual consent and his assistant, former player Andrew Thomas, was handed the managerial reins.
Aer an opening day victory over newly-promoted Cardiff Met, the remainder of the season was disappoinng as we were relegated back into the Cymru Alliance aer a 13-year stay in the top flight.
We consolidated in 2017/18 by finishing third in the Alliance The following season, started with 14 consecuve league victories and we ended it as runaway champions, also adding the League Cup for good measure with a 51 win over Holyhead Hotspur in the final
The club’s return to the Welsh Premier was confirmed with the award of the FAW Tier 1 licence, where our stay unfortunately was short lived due to the curtailment of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We returned to the reformed Cymru Alliance, known as the Cymru North for the 2020/21 season. Sadly this campaign was a non-starter due to the pandemic. We are now hoping the 2021/22 season will see the
Wingmakers bounce back to the Cymru Premier division under the guidance of manager Steve O’Shaughnessy
SQUAD LIST
Aaron Jones
Matty Owen
Billy Holmes
Sion Jones
Ben Lockley
Harry Lockley
Dan Parry-Jones
Craig Rogers
Morgan Thomas Sadler
Paul Fleming
Jason Foulkes
Oliver Hansen
Ryan Kershaw
Keiron Roberts
Nathan Brown
Dan Clarke
Levant Gundogan
Craig Pritchard
Josh Lock
Jake Walker
Tom Weir
Matthew Worrall
Manager – Dewi Llion Jones
Coach – Matthew Jones
Coach – Kristian Pierce
SQUAD LIST
Lewis Dutton GK
Nic Grogan
Kieran Evans
Stephen Tomassen (C)
Joseph Palmer
Kristian Platt
Ryan Edwards
Sam Rickett
Jordan Evans
Jake Eyre
George Peers
Keighan Jones GK
Jamie Davies
Brad Knight
Tyler McManus
Craig Linfield
Sam Baker
Oliver Lanceley
Kaiden Cooke
Will Gordon
Manager Steve O’Shaugnessy
Assistant Manager Andrew Thomas Coach Mark Allen
Coach - Brett Jones
Goalkeeping Coach Jack Seery