2023–24 Cymru North

The 2023–24 Cymru North season (also known as the 2023–24 JD Cymru North season for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the second-tier northern region football league in the Welsh football pyramid.

Cymru North

Season	2023–24
Champions	Holywell Town
Promoted	Flint Town United
Relegated	Chirk AAA Llanidloes Town Porthmadog
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The runners-up (Flint Town United) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru Premier (after league winners Holywell Town were refused a promotion licence). The bottom three teams (Chirk AAA, Llanidloes Town, and Porthmadog) were relegated to either the 2024–25 Ardal NE or 2024–25 Ardal NW.

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs - 11 teams remaining from the previous season, two teams relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru Premier, and three promoted from the Ardal Leagues.

Airbus UK Broughton and Flint Town United, who are both based in the North, were relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru Premier. Llanidloes Town were saved from having to move to the Cymru South, with the league board deciding to change the Cymru North into a 17-team league.^[1] However, on the 20th of June, Cefn Druids announced their withdrawal from the league, following the decision of their playing squad and staff to leave the club a few weeks prior thus reverting the league to its regular 16-team format.^[2]

Three teams were promoted from the Ardal Leagues, with Caersws and Denbigh Town promoted as champions of the 2022–23 Ardal NE and 2022–23 Ardal NW respectively. Bangor 1876 were promoted to the second tier for the first time, after defeating Cefn Albion in a promotion play-off.^[3] They replaced the relegated Cymru North teams of Conwy Borough, Holyhead Hotspur, and Penrhyncoch.

Stadia and locations

Airbus UK

Bangor 1876

Buckley

Caersws

Chirk AAA

Denbigh

Flint

Gresford

Guilsfield

Holywell

Llandudno

Llanidloes

Mold Alex

Porthmadog

Prestatyn

Ruthin

Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Cymru North

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
Airbus UK Broughton	Broughton	The Airfield	1,600
Bangor 1876	Bangor	Nantporth	3,000
Buckley Town	Buckley	The Globe	1,000
Caersws	Caersws	Recreation Ground	4,000
Chirk AAA	Chirk	Holyhead Road	1,000
Denbigh Town	Denbigh	Central Park	1,200
Flint Town United	Flint	Essity Stadium	3,000
Gresford Athletic	Gresford	The Rock	3,500
Guilsfield	Guilsfield	Community Centre Ground	1,100
Holywell Town	Holywell	Halkyn Road	2,000
Llandudno	Llandudno	OPS Wind Arena	1,013
Llanidloes Town	Llanidloes	Victoria Park	4,000
Mold Alexandra	Mold	Alyn Park	3,000
Porthmadog	Porthmadog	Y Traeth	2,000
Prestatyn Town	Prestatyn	Bastion Road	2,500
Ruthin Town	Ruthin	Memorial Playing Fields	2,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)
Airbus UK Broughton	Mark Allen	Steve Tomassen	Adidas	Gardner Aerospace
Bangor 1876	Michael Johnston	Jamie Petrie	Joma	Watkin Property Ventures
Buckley Town	Asa Hamilton	Josh Jones	TAG Sportswear	Thomas Roofing
Caersws	Luke Williams	Harry Cottam	Macron	Gellidywyll Holiday Home Park
Chirk AAA	Jack Ellis/ Gary Jones	Ashton Williams	Macron	Planet Vape
Denbigh Town	Dewi Llion	Paul Fleming	Umbro	Travelsport
Flint Town United	Lee Fowler	Jay Owen	Macron	Essity
Gresford Athletic	Eddie Maurice-Jones	Josh Griffiths	Macron	Eurogold
Guilsfield	Nathan Leonard	Jojo Harries	Macron	Hardings Garden Centre
Holywell Town	Johnny Haseldin	James Graham	Joma	Achieve More Training
Llandudno	Jordan Hadaway	Ross Weaver	Umbro	Offshore Painting Services
Llanidloes Town	Andy Evans	Ed Clarke	Errea	Hafren Furnishers
Mold Alexandra	Mike Cunningham	Rhys Nash	Joma	Vision
Porthmadog	Craig Papirnyk	Iddon Price	Joma	Aspects
Prestatyn Town	Matty Roberts	Jono Cahill	Joma	Lola's Bar
Ruthin Town	Dave Evans	Osian Davies	Macron	GJ Teeson Ltd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Buckley Town	Dan Moore	Resigned[4]	15 April 2023	Pre-season	Jason Aldcroft	28 April 2023[5]
Chirk AAA	Andy Pryde	Resigned[6]	15 April 2023		Jack Ellis/ Gary Jones	18 April 2023[7]
Llanidloes Town	Chris Davies	Resigned[8]	25 May 2023		Adam Worton/ Dave Jarman	7 June 2023[9]
Llanidloes Town	Adam Worton/ Dave Jarman	Resigned[10]	10 June 2023		Lawrence Wilson	23 June 2023[11]
Llandudno	Sean Eardley	Resigned[12]	5 June 2023		Jordan Hadaway	7 July 2023[13]
Prestatyn Town	Chris Jones	Sacked[14]	1 October 2023	13th	Karl Clair	2 October 2023[15]
Caersws	Mark Griffiths	Resigned[16]	3 October 2023	10th	Luke Williams[a]
Buckley Town	Jason Aldcroft	Resigned[17]	10 October 2023	13th	Asa Hamilton	13 October 2023[18]
Llanidloes Town	Lawrence Wilson	Sacked[19]	12 October 2023	15th	Andy Evans	2 December 2023[20]
Prestatyn Town	Karl Clair	Resigned	12 January 2024	13th	Matty Roberts	12 January 2024[21]
Ruthin Town	Phil Hudson	Resigned[22]	20 March 2024	10th	Dave Evans	20 March 2024[23]

Notes

1. Griffiths stepped down as joint-manager, but Williams continued in his role.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Holywell Town[a] (C)	30	26	3	1	79	17	+62	81
2	Flint Town United (P)	30	25	3	2	94	30	+64	78	Promotion to Cymru Premier
3	Airbus UK Broughton	30	23	5	2	84	28	+56	74
4	Mold Alexandra	30	18	1	11	66	50	+16	55
5	Bangor 1876	30	17	2	11	62	55	+7	53
6	Denbigh Town	30	15	4	11	71	60	+11	49
7	Ruthin Town	30	12	6	12	58	52	+6	42
8	Guilsfield	30	11	7	12	48	46	+2	40
9	Caersws	30	10	9	11	60	53	+7	39
10	Gresford Athletic	30	10	7	13	47	54	−7	37
11	Buckley Town	30	10	6	14	54	60	−6	36
12	Llandudno	30	10	1	19	59	80	−21	31
13	Prestatyn Town	30	7	5	18	39	74	−35	23[b]
14	Porthmadog (R)	30	6	4	20	35	66	−31	22	Relegation to Ardal NE or Ardal NW
15	Chirk AAA (R)	30	3	4	23	32	82	−50	13
16	Llanidloes Town (R)	30	2	3	25	25	106	−81	9

Source: Cymru North
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Holywell Town were ineligible for promotion after being refused a licence for the 2024–25 Cymru Premier.^[24]
2. Prestatyn Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Mold Alexandra on 31 December 2023.^[25]

Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Home \ Away	AIR	BAN	BUC	CAE	CHI	DEN	FTU	GRE	GUI	HWL	LND	LID	MOL	POR	PRE	RUT
Airbus UK Broughton	—	4–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	5–3	2–1	6–0	2–0
Bangor 1876	1–2	—	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–4	1–3	2–1	1–4	0–3	6–0	1–0	4–1	1–4	0–0
Buckley Town	1–3	2–3	—	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	0–3	1–1	5–1	2–2
Caersws	3–3	2–3	2–2	—	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	5–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	5–1
Chirk AAA	0–5	0–1	0–1	2–2	—	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–3	1–2
Denbigh Town	2–0	2–2	6–5	4–1	6–1	—	1–2	2–5	2–2	1–5	4–1	6–2	3–2	3–1	4–3	2–1
Flint Town United	1–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	—	3–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	9–4	6–3	3–0	2–1	7–0
Gresford Athletic	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–3	6–0	1–2	2–4	—	1–1	0–5	3–1	4–1	1–5	2–3	2–2	1–2
Guilsfield	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–0	4–1	1–3	0–1	—	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–3	4–0	3–1	2–1
Holywell Town	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	4–2	—	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Llandudno	1–5	2–4	1–5	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–5	2–3	0–2	0–4	—	6–1	1–2	3–2	3–2	2–1
Llanidloes Town	1–5	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–7	0–3	0–2	1–4	0–2	3–2	—	1–5	1–2	1–1	1–3
Mold Alexandra	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	5–2	2–0	0–4	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	4–1	—	5–1	3–0	0–3
Porthmadog	0–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	—	3–1	2–3
Prestatyn Town	0–4	3–4	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–4	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–2
Ruthin Town	2–3	4–0	2–3	1–2	3–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–4	6–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	—

Source: Cymru North Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "2023/24 MEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUES ALLOCATIONS CONFIRMED". FA Wales. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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3. Nick Harrison (29 May 2023). "Battling Cefn Albion miss out on Cymru North promotion". The Leader. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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8. Gavin Grosvenor (25 May 2023). "Llanidloes Town pay tribute to outgoing manager Davies". County Times. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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10. @LlaniTownfc (10 June 2023). "Due to family and work commitments we couldn't get Adam sorted so he wouldn't be able to take on the role, the knock on effect means that after chatting to Dave the whole club felt it would be better to look for a manager to come in and discuss their options for an assistant" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via Twitter.
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19. "Llanidloes begin search for manager after Wilson departs s". County Times. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
20. "After a transitional period within the management structure The club are happy to announce Andy Evans as first team manager". 2023-12-02.
21. "Welcome to Town, Matty Roberts!". 2024-01-12.
22. "Following discussions between the committee and the First Team manager it has been mutually agreed that Phil Hudson will leave his role with immediate effect". 2024-03-20.
23. "We are pleased to announce that Dave Evans, our Assistant Manager, has agreed to step up to be First Team manager". 2024-03-20.
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