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
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
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Match Officials
Referee
Aled Rhys Williams
Assistants
David Griffiths
Huw Tomos Jones
After Match Hospitality:
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Croeso / Welcome
Board Room
Chairman’s Notes
Welcome to Central Park this evening for the JD Cymru North League game against Buckley.
I’d like to extend a warm Denbigh welcome to all the Buckley players, coaching team, Commi ee and supporters.
I’ve been away for a few weeks which has corresponded with an excellent run of wins for the First Team. Four wins on the run and I’ve missed them all. Hope I’m no jinx as we want to see them con nuing with winning ways this season, a er a tough start to the League season.
We’ve seen some excellent a endances recently at Central Park with Friday evening games proving popular for both the First Team and Reserves fixtures.
Our game against Airbus a racted an a endance of 352 and was the highest for our league that weekend. The Reserves had 156 here last Friday for their game against Holywell. The Ladies play on Sunday a ernoons and 115 came to see their first league game of the season here against Flint Ladies. It all shows that football in the Town is on the up and this is also evidenced by the success of our Junior Teams with numbers of children wan ng to play for local Junior teams also significantly on the increase. The Junior Leagues started last weekend and its brilliant to see so many children playing on the Rec on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The Junior team achieved Pla num Accredita on status by the FAW earlier in the year and it’s a sec on of the Club that’s going from strength to strength. Credit has to be given to their Commi ee , Managers & Coaches for all their hard work.
Whilst Dewi will comment on the First Team situa on I’d like to men on the Reserves and Ladies.
Reserves manager Liam Nash has gathered together a squad with a mixture of youth and experience and so far, is undefeated in the FAW Reserves League North. Reserve Teams from Tiers 1 & 2 of North Wales football make up the League in what is recognised as a really strong league. Some of Liam’s youngsters have already shined and been given first team ac on. 20 year old Ollie Hansen has now become a regular starter. Rhys Lloyd was playing with our Under 16s last season and has had a couple of sub’s appearances as has 16 year old Owen Herbert who joined us from Connahs Quay Nomads in the summer. 19 year old James Thomas came on as sub last week in the 4-2 win at Cerrig. Their next fixture is on Saturday 30th September here at Central Park so if you can come down and give them your support it would be appreciated.
The Ladies season started a fortnight ago when Ellen Lawson’s team went down 6-3 to Flint Ladies in a thrilling game here at Central Park. The Ladies now have a regular set of followers and entertain Welshpool here this Sunday a ernoon (24th September ) with a 2.00pm kick off. Come along and give them your support.
Let’s now focus on tonight’s game. Here’s looking to the lads ge ng another three points.
C’mon Denbigh!
Shon Powell
Managers
Office Manager’s Notes
Welcome to Central Park for this evening’s JD Cymru North League game against Buckley.
We’ve already played each other twice already this season both at the Globe with us going down 3-0 in early August in the Nathaniel Cup and then us bea ng them 6-2 at the start of the month in the Welsh Blood Service League Cup.
The first game was played in extremely wet condi ons and with us drawing 0-0 at half me we felt we were in with a shout to win the e. However, as weather condi ons deteriorated Buckley won a penalty and shortly a er doubled their lead. We were chasing the game as they added a third.
It was a complete turnaround a few weeks later with Josh Lock nabbing a hat-trick on his full debut along with Tom Weir (2) and Ollie Hansen adding to the scoresheet. Once again though it was 0-0 at half me in a game played in sweltering condi ons.
The first Buckley game saw Billy Holmes come off injured and it has taken longer than expected for him to return to the fold. A er a run out with the Reserves he played the full 90 minutes at Cerrigydrudion last week in the Welsh Cup and look back to full sharpness.
That cup e was some game. Cerrig came out from the start determined to cause an upset on a really narrow pitch. With a good local crowd behind them, they caused us problems with us going in at half me 1-1 thanks to Ma y Worrall scoring off Ollie Hansen’s cross. Just before half me we went down to ten men with Ryan Kershaw being sent off for a late challenge. So, at half me we had a frank and honest talk on how to play the second half. Fair play to the lads we took control of the game with the maturing Ollie Hansen scoring early on and then winning a penalty which Nay Brown put home. With Nay ge ng a second to make it 4-1 we sat back a li le and allowed them to score another and they were pushing us towards the end. Thankfully we’re in the hat for the next round.
Before the recent Wales v South Korea game at Cardiff , I was invited down by the FAW to collect the Fair Play trophy for last season’s Lockstock Ardal North League which we won having collected the fewest yellow and red cards of the league. It was great to be recognised by the FAW in this way.
This season we’ve collected too many red and yellow cards and discipline is something we really are now looking to address within the squad. I know how much losing players to suspension during the season can hamper our results, as when we were relegated a few seasons ago, our discipline was poor that season and was one contribu ng factor in our relega on.
With us back to League ac on tonight, I’m looking for us to con nue our excellent run of recent form as we have won four in a row. The Airbus 2-0 win was special . especially the second half, when we dominated the game against the then undefeated league leaders. We played our best football of the season so far in those 45 minutes and it’s something we want to build on.
Buckley no doubt, will be out for revenge a er the last game so it’s got the ingredients for a great encounter.
Enjoy the game
Dewi Llion Jones Manager
IMPORTANT NOTICE
We would kindly request that everyone abides by our Ground Regula ons par cularly 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.
10 MAN TOWN AVOID AN UPSET
CERRIGYDRUDION 2 4 DENBIGH TOWN FC
Denbigh Town avoided a big upset at Cerrig in the First Round of the JD Welsh Cup with a 4-2 victory.
Goals from Matthew Worrall, Olly Hansen and a Nathan Brown brace sealed the victory on a wet afternoon in Conwy.
Manager Dewi Llion made five changes to the starting XI with Billy Holmes, Craig Rogers, Jake Walker, Olly Hansen and Paul Fleming coming into the side whilst James Thomas was called onto the bench less than 24 hours after playing and scoring for the reserves.
The game began with Cerrig on top with a physical display that took the match right to Denbigh. Cerrig had a free-kick on seven minutes which was spilt by Aaron Jones before he made a superb save to deny a follow-up.
Denbigh’s first foray into the opposition half saw the first score on 14 minutes, when Hansen did well down the left before his cross met the head of Worrall, despite Cerrig claiming it had been cleared off the line the linesman flagged and the goal was awarded.
Not to be disheartened the hosts fought back and Tomos Jones almost levelled three minutes later with a shot from distance that struck the post with the keeper stranded.
On 34 minutes Cerrig had a shock leveller, as a cross came in from the right that was met by Tegid Williams who’s header looped into the far corner.
Just before half-time things boiled over for the first time and Town were down to ten, as Ryan Kershaw’s late challenge saw him dismissed before the break.
Half-Time: Cerrigydrudion 1-1 Denbigh Town
Stern words at the break appeared to work for Denbigh as within three minutes of the re-start they had the lead. Hansen latched on to a long ball from Walker and finished with aplomb to settle the early nerves.
The half was limited in terms of chances but certainly not bereft of competition in what was a classic spirited cup tie. Going into the final 15 minutes Ben Lockley headed over from a corner which appeared to light the fuse on a big finish.
Hansen picked the ball up on the right before being brought down in the box and winning a penalty. Substitute Brown stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way to give Denbigh breathing room.
Brown almost had a second with five to go as he fizzed a shot across the face of goal but made no mistake a minute later as Worrall fed him from the right before drilling it home.
If at 4-1 you thought the tie was over you’d be mistaken, Cai Davies less than 60 seconds later nodded Cerrig back into it setting up a nervy finish that saw over ten minutes of stoppage time.
The game well and truly boiled over when a skirmish on the touchline led to bookings for both benches before another broke out seconds later that saw Williams sent off for Cerrig.
With an aerial bombardment from the home side Town survived and will go into the hat for the next round.
Denbigh Town: A Jones, S Jones, B Lockley, Holmes, Rogers, Kershaw, Fleming, Hansen, Weir, Walker, Worrall
Subs: H Lockley, Thomas, Lock, Brown, Pierce
Attendance: 200
Referee: Patrick Wilding
We at Denbigh Town Football Club are suppor ng the ‘Football Associa on of Wales Fair Play Week’ which will run from Friday the 22nd of September to Sunday 1st of October and reinforces the importance of mutual respect on and off the pitch and encourages a reduc on in on-field misconduct.
The ‘FAW Fair Play’ Code promotes the important message of ‘Fair Play’ throughout Welsh football, which aims to inspire Players, Clubs, Match Officials and Supporters to maintain good on-field discipline by abiding by the Laws of the Game, in addi on to respec ng all members of the Welsh Football Family.
To further encourage respec ul behaviour that aligns to the ‘FAW Fair Play’ Code, the FAW incen vises and rewards clubs who are taking a proac ve role in reducing on-field misconduct.
To achieve this, each month, the FAW publishes Na onal Leagues Fair Play Tables and the Clubs who top their respec ve Fair Play table at the end of the season are awarded a Fair Play Award and a prize of £1000 that is available to be spent on improving their Club.
Denbigh Town FC will be commemora ng the ‘FAW Fair Play’ week by displaying ‘FAW Fair Play’ pennants at the JD Cymru North League game against Buckley on Friday 22nd September.
The FAW’s Disciplinary Manager, Margaret Barne said: “The FAW’s Fair Play Campaign Week is important to further promote the Fair Play message and to remind everyone involved in football, whether that is the Players, Match Officials, Coaches or Supporters, the importance of being respec ul to one another. At the FAW we are incredibly grateful to our Clubs and individuals for suppor ng this campaign across previous seasons.”
You can find more informa on at faw.cymru/fair-play
FAIR PLAY AWARD 2022-2023
First Team Manager Dewi Llion Jones and his son Caio travelled to Cardiff last week for the Cymru v South Korea game.
Before the game the Club was presented with the Lockstock Ardal North League West Fair Play trophy for last season in recognition of winning the Fair Play league for the best disciplinary record for the League that season.
Well done Denbigh!
DENBIGH TOWN FIXTURES & 2023-2024
FOOTBALL CLUB & RESULTS 2024 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 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.
To sponsor a player please contact Iwan Jones on 07788 627819 or Steve Whi ield on 07787 485331 or speak with the player you wish to sponsor.
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Roy Gunther Photographer
Sponsor of Billy Holmes
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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 Kris an Pierce
BGB Scaffolding are a professional, experienced company opera ng in the North Wales area. Providing efficient, cost effecve access solu ons. Our established H&S policies provide an excellent framework of working prac ce to deliver high quality standards in service and safety.
BGS Grass Cu ng Services
BGS Grass Cutting Service offer an affordable service in North Wales and are proud to support Denbigh Town for 2023/24
Liverpool Supporters Club
Sponsor of Sion Jones
Local supporters Club following the 6 mes Champions League Winners. Contact Rhodri Jones 07768 158760
JTL Architectural Hardware Ltd
Sponsor of Paul Fleming
North Wales Leading Supplier of Architectural Ironmongery, access control security systems, automa c door entry systems, An ligature products, complete door set solu ons, sliding door gear, signage, mirrors and washroom fi ngs.
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Local charitable trust fund set up to help groups and organisa ons in and around Denbigh.
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Player Profiles
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.
Management 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. 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 - 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 midfielder 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
Football arrived in Buckley around 1860, complete with ‘jumpers for goalposts’ because the Lord of the Manor forbade permanent wooden posts on The Common. The first ‘official’ club was the ‘Belmont Swi s Football Club’, then came the ‘Buckley Victoria Football Club’, which in turn morphed into ‘Buckley Engineers’ whose most famous team of ten colliers and one plumber picked up an impressive haul of silverware, including winning the Welsh Amateur Cup on three occasions.
In 1887 ‘Buckley Football Club’ appeared and con nued the town’s tradi on of success, winning amongst other things, a double of the Wirral & District League and Pike Challenge Cup in 1898.
Buckley con nued to play right up to the 1920s, and in 1925 joined the Welsh League, NorthDivision. A er a fallow period, in 1937 Buckley Town A.F.C won the North Wales Amateur Cup but by 1949 Buckley Wanderers & Buckley Rovers were the teams playing football in Buckley, with Rovers in the Welsh Leagues and Buckley Wanderers in the Welsh Na onal League Division One. A er a couple of runners-up finishes, in the 55/56 season, Buckley Wanderers secured the League tle, scoring over one hundred goals along the way.
For season 60/61, Buckley Wanderers were joined in Division One by Rovers. Wanderers grabbed yet another runners -up spot but Rovers had a tougher me, finishing ninth. Having been relegated in the 63/64 season, and bouncing straight back up, the early seven es saw Rovers in the ascendancy, with a runner-up and third-place finish. The 197677 season saw a turning point a er both teams had finished in the bo om half, and in 1977 Rovers & Wanderers joined forces to become Buckley Football Club.
Finishing as runners-up in the Welsh Na onal Premier Division in season 92/93, Buckley Town were elected to the Cymru Alliance League, the second er of football in Wales. The club moved to a new purpose-built facility at Globe Way, and the nough es proved to be a hugely successful period, with the Club winning the NEWFA Challenge Cup seven mes, the Cymru Alliance League Cup in 03/04 and ul mately being crowned Champions in 04/05. As managers came and went, Buckley Town set about restructuring the Club with the long term goal of making the Club the centre of community life, providing football ac vi es and a pathway to the first team for all, with The Globe being con nually improved and updated.
On the playing side, the 14/15 season began well, with an overhauled team finishing fourth in the league. 15/16 was less successful and 16/17 the club were relegated a er finishing rooted to the bo om of the table.
Season 17/18 saw Dan Moore & Alan Edwards taking charge in May. A poor start in the league was followed by success in cup compe ons and then a growing level of confidence saw the team make progress in the league, culmina ng in a penalty by Aled Bellis in the last minute of the season’s final game to clinch the WNL Premier League tle and promo on in front of a bumper crowd of over 600 at The Globe.
The 18/19 season saw the team consolidate their posi on in the league, being as high as third at one point only to finish top half in eighth. In season 19/20 an indifferent start was hampered by poor weather stopping any games at The Globe, but the side con nued to pick up points away from home. And then came Covid
SQUAD LIST
Aaron Jones
Matty Owen
Jacob Edwards
Billy Holmes
Sion Jones
Ben Lockley
Harry Lockley
Dan Parry-Jones
Craig Rogers Morgan Thomas Sadler
Luca Bennett
Mason Blackwell-Jones
Paul Fleming (Club Captain)
Jason Foulkes
Oliver Hansen
Ryan Kershaw
Keiron Roberts
Nathan Brown
Dan Clarke
Levant Gundogan
Craig Pritchard
Jake Walker
Tom Weir
Matthew Worrall
Manager – Dewi Llion Jones
Coach – Matthew Jones
Coach – Kristian Pierce
Coach - Brett Jones
SQUAD LIST
Josh Allen
Leon Atkins
Aled Bellis
Daniel Burgess
Thomas Cain
Laurence Cant
Kieran Cartwright
Finlay Clough
Louis Downey
Liam Driscoll
Joshua Dunroe
Ryan Goldston
Joe Haley
Asa Hamilton
Callum Humphries
Samuel Hunt
Iwan Jones
Joshua Jones
Ruben Lima
Connor Littler
Sam McCormick
Scott McHarrie
Keiron Moore
Dylan Roberts
Jake Roberts
Chris Roberts
Adam Smith
Shaun Tinsley Management Team
Jason Aldcro
Marc Evans
Chris Roberts
Pete Edwards
Analyst—Morgan Griffiths