2021–22 Cymru North

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Cymru North
Season2021–22
Matches played149
Goals scored495 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Davies, Airbus UK - 25
Biggest home winGresford Athletic 7–0 Prestatyn Town
(18 December 2021)
Biggest away winLlangefni Town 0–6 Prestatyn Town
(2 October 2021)
Highest scoringAirbus UK 7–2 Prestatyn Town
(23 October 2021)
2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Cymru North season (also known as the 2021–22 JD Cymru North season for sponsorship reasons) is the second season of the second-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid. Teams were to play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Teams[]

The National League consisted of 16 clubs at the commencement of the season.

Team Changes[]

Stadia and Locations[]

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Locations of teams in the 2020–21 Cymru North
Team Home City Home Ground Capacity
Airbus UK Broughton Broughton Hollingsworth Group International Airfield 2,100
Bangor City Bangor Nantporth 3,000
Buckley Town Buckley Globe Way Stadium 1,000
Colwyn Bay Old Colwyn 4 Crosses Construction Arena 2,509
Conwy Borough Conwy Y Morfa Stadium 2,500
Gresford Athletic Gresford Clappers Lane 2,000[Note 1]
Guilsfield Guilsfield Community Centre Ground 1,100
Holyhead Hotspur Holyhead The New Oval 2,000
Holywell Town Holywell Halkyn Road 2,000
Llandudno Llandudno Maesdu Park 1,013
Llangefni Town Llangefni Bob Parry Field 3,000
Llanidloes Town Llanidloes Victoria Park 4,000
Llanrhaeadr Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant The Recreation Field 1,000
Penrhyncoch Penrhyncoch Cae Baker 800
Prestatyn Town Prestatyn Bastion Road 2,500
Ruthin Town Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields 2,000
^ Due to COVID restrictions, Gresford were unable to play at their regular Clappers Lane ground at the beginning of the 2020–21 season.[1] They shared grounds with Airbus until September 2021, before moving to Cefn Druids' The Rock.[2] They returned to Clappers Lane at the end of October.

Bangor City[]

On 18 February 2022 Bangor City announced in an official statement to inform the Football Association of Wales that they had withdrawn from the Cymru North for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[3][4] Later that day, the FAW confirmed that the club's withdrawal had been accepted and it's playing record in the league for the season had been expunged.[5] The club had been suspended from all football activity by the FAW since 30 November 2021 for non-payment of player and staff wages and had faced expulsion from the league by the FAW if it had not paid outstanding monies by 19 February.[6]

Personnel and kits[]

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Front shirt sponsor
Airbus UK Wales Steve O'Shaughnessy England Steve Tomassen
Bangor City England Mathurin Ovambe Uruguay Federico Tobler
Buckley Town Wales Dan Moore Wales Joe Makaruk
Colwyn Bay Wales Steve Evans England Tom McCready
Gresford Wales Eddie Maurice-Jones Wales Josh Griffiths
Guilsfield England Nathan Leonard Wales Sam Litchfield
Holyhead Hotspur Wales Darren Garmey Wales Alex Jones
Holywell Town England Johnny Haseldin England James Graham
Llandudno Wales Sean Eardley Wales Danny Hughes
Llangefni Town Wales Chris Roberts Wales James Saxon
Llanidloes Town Wales Chris Davies Wales Drew Reynolds
Llanrhaeadr Wales Marc Griffiths Wales Joe Vaughan
Penrhyncoch Wales Aneurin Thomas Wales Owain James
Prestatyn Town Wales Andrew Ruscoe (caretaker)
Ruthin Town England Phil Hudson Wales Osian Davies

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bangor City Argentina Hugo Colace Sacked[7] 27 October 2021 6th England Maturin Ovambe[8] 11 October 2021
Prestatyn Town Republic of Ireland Ben Heath Resigned[9] 14 December 2021 11th
Colwyn Bay England Craig Hogg Sacked[10] 28 December 2021 6th Wales Steve Evans[11] 9 January 2022

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Airbus UK Broughton 22 19 2 1 72 17 +55 59 Possible promotion to
2 Llandudno 23 18 2 3 46 15 +31 56
3 Guilsfield 21 11 7 3 39 19 +20 40
4 Holywell Town 22 11 5 6 53 28 +25 38
5 Colwyn Bay 24 11 3 10 47 38 +9 36
6 Ruthin Town 22 11 3 8 37 31 +6 36
7 Buckley Town 21 9 5 7 38 36 +2 32
8 Holyhead Hotspur 22 8 6 8 27 25 +2 30
9 Penrhyncoch 23 7 7 9 30 49 −19 28
10 Conwy Borough 23 6 6 11 32 51 −19 24
11 Gresford Athletic 22 5 7 10 28 31 −3 22
12 Prestatyn Town 22 5 6 11 33 46 −13 21
13 Llanidloes Town 22 4 7 11 30 50 −20 19
14 Llangefni Town 23 3 4 16 16 54 −38 13 Relegation to or
15 Llanrhaeadr 22 2 4 16 21 59 −38 10
16 Bangor City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Club withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2022. Source: Cymru North League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Buckley and Bangor on 4 December 2021 was postponed after Bangor were suspended due to failing to pay their players wages. As a result of the postponement, Bangor were initially deducted 3 points and fined £1,000.[12] The following week, Bangor failed to fulfill their fixture against Prestatyn for the same reason, and were deducted a further 3 points, and again for the fixture against Airbus on 17 December. Following their withdrawal from the league, Bangor's results were expunged.

Results[]

Home \ Away AIR BAN BUC COL CON GRE GUI HDH HWL LND LGT LID LRH PRC PRE RUT
Airbus UK Broughton — — 2–0 4–1 3–1 15 Apr 2–2 1–0 6–1 8 Apr 5–0 3–0 5–1 6–0 7–2 2–1
Bangor City — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Buckley Town 1–3 — — 1–0 18 Apr 1 Apr TBD 8 Apr 3–3 19 Mar 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–3 1–1 5–0
Colwyn Bay 0–3 — 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 19 Mar 4–3 0–3 1–2 0–0 3–2 9 Apr 5–1 3–2 0–1
Conwy Borough 1–4 — 3–3 15 Apr — 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–4 0–4 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–2 2–1 23 Apr
Gresford Athletic 0–1 — 2–0 0–3 2–2 — 0–2 0–0 0–0 18 Apr 3–0 2–2 4–0 9 Apr 7–0 18 Mar
Guilsfield 23 Apr — 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 3–0 3–0 3–0 2 Apr 11 Mar 15 Apr 2–2 6–1 1–1
Holyhead Hotspur 1–2– — 1–2 0–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 — 1–0 2 Apr 2–0 19 Mar 2–1 1–1 23 Apr 0–1
Holywell Town 18 Apr — 2–3 2 Apr 9 Apr 4–0 3–0 1–2 — 1–2 5–1 2–2 5–0 5–0 15 Apr 1–1
Llandudno 0–2 — 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 — 23 Apr 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–0
Llangefni Town 0–3 — 2–3 1–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 15 Apr 19 Mar 1–3 — 2–0 1–2 1–5 0–6 9 Apr
Llanidloes Town 2–6 — 2–3 1–6 4–3 23 Apr 0–1 1–1 1–1 41–4 3–2 — 0–0 2–2 2–0
Llanrhaeadr 2 Apr — 23 Apr 2–6 2–3 3–3 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–0 18 Apr — 19 Mar 3–2 1–2
Penrhyncoch 1–1 — 1–0 0–4 2 Apr 2–1 3–0 0–1 23 Apr 2–3 2–1 15 Apr 0–0 — 0–2 1–1
Prestatyn Town 19 Mar — 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 9 Apr 5–1 2–1 1–1 12 Mar 1–1 3–1 0–1 — 18 Apr
Ruthin Town 2–1 — 15 Apr 4–2 6–1 1–0 1–5 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 March. Source: Cymru North Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Wales Adam Davies Airbus UK 25
2 England James Kirby Colwyn Bay 17
3 England Connor Bird Llanidloes Town 13
Wales Joe Chaplin Gresford Athletic
5 England Matty Hill Ruthin Town 11
England Iwan Matthews Guilsfield

Monthly awards[]

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Dan Moore Buckley Town Adam Davies Airbus UK
September Sean Eardley Llandudno Adam Davies Airbus UK
October Sean Eardley Llandudno Gareth Evans Llandudno
November John Haseldin Holywell Town Liam Morris Holyhead Hotspur
December Phil Hudson Ruthin Town Joe Chaplin Gresford Athletic
January John Haseldin Holywell Town James Kirby Colwyn Bay

References[]

  1. ^ Jones, Jordan (16 December 2020). "Gresford to temporarily play at Airbus UK's Airfield". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ Jones, Rhys (26 September 2021). "Thank you to Cefn Druids". Gresford Athletic F.C. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Statement: 18 February 2022". Facebook. Bangor City FC. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Bangor City rock Welsh football after withdrawal from the Cymru North". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ "FAW Board confirms Bangor City withdrawal from JD Cymru North". Football Association of Wales. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ "FAW issues Bangor City update". Football Association of Wales. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  7. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT". Twitter. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Bangor City appoint Maturin Ovambe as their new Head Coach". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  9. ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT". Twitter. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Club Statement - Craig Hogg". Colwyn Bay F.C. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Steve Evans appointed manager". Colwyn Bay F.C. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Bangor City's JD Cymru North fixture against Buckley Town postponed". Cymru Football. Football Association of Wales. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

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