2021–22 Cymru North

Cymru North
Season	2021–22
Champions	Airbus UK Broughton
Promoted	Airbus UK Broughton
Relegated	Bangor City; Llanrhaeadr; Llangefni Town
Matches played	210
Goals scored	700 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adam Davies, Airbus UK Broughton (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Gresford Athletic 7–0 Prestatyn Town; (18 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Llangefni Town 0–6 Prestatyn Town; (2 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Airbus UK 7–2 Prestatyn Town; (23 October 2021)
Longest winning run	Airbus UK Broughton - 12 games, 24 July-19 November 2021
Longest unbeaten run	Airbus UK Broughton - 16 games, 24 July 2021-22 January 2022; Guilsfield - 16 games, 24 July 2021-29 January 2022
Longest winless run	Llanrhaeadr - 15 games, 24 July-4 December 2021
Longest losing run	Llanrhaeadr - 8 games, 26 February-end of season
Highest attendance	1,020 - Colwyn Bay vs Llandudno (2 October 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Cymru North season (also known as the 2021–22 JD Cymru North season for sponsorship reasons) was 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

To Cymru North

Promoted from Mid Wales Football League Division 1

Llanidloes Town

Promoted from Welsh Alliance League Division 1

Holyhead Hotspur

Promoted from Welsh National League Division 1

Holywell Town

Relegated from Cymru Premier

Airbus UK Broughton

From Cymru North

Promoted to Cymru Premier

Flint Town United

Relegated to Ardal NE

Relegated to Ardal NW

Porthmadog

Stadia and Locations

Locations of teams in the 2021–22 Cymru North

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
Airbus UK Broughton	Broughton	The Hollingsworth Group Stadium	2,100
Bangor City	Bangor	Nantporth	3,000
Buckley Town	Buckley	The Globe	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	OPS Wind Arena	1,013
Llangefni Town	Llangefni	Cae Bob Parry	3,000
Llanidloes Town	Llanidloes	Victoria Park	4,000
Llanrhaeadr	Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant	The Recreation Field	1,000
Penrhyncoch	Penrhyn-coch	Cae Baker	800
Prestatyn Town	Prestatyn	Bastion Road	2,500
Ruthin Town	Ruthin	Memorial Playing Fields	2,000

^{^} Due to COVID restrictions, Gresford Athletic were unable to play at their regular Clappers Lane ground at the beginning of the 2021–22 season. They shared grounds with Airbus UK Broughton at The Hollingsworth Group Stadium until September 2021, before moving to Cefn Druids' The Rock.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)
Airbus UK Broughton	Steve O'Shaughnessy	Steve Tomassen	Umbro	Gardner Aerospace
Bangor City	Mathurin Ovambe	Scott van-der-Sluis	Nike	Sudaires
Buckley Town	Dan Moore	Joe Makaruk	TAG Sportswear	Thomas Roofing
Colwyn Bay	Steve Evans	Tom McCready	Kappa	GO2 People
Conwy Borough	Stu Howson	Iolo Hughes	SKkits	Mel Owen Electrical Solutions
Gresford	Eddie Maurice-Jones	Joshua Griffiths	Joma	Eurogold
Guilsfield	Nathan Leonard	Sam Litchfield	Macron	Hardings Garden Centre
Holyhead Hotspur	Darren Garmey	Alex Jones	Joma	Land&Lakes
Holywell Town	Johnny Haseldin	James Graham	Joma	The Feathers Inn
Llandudno	Sean Eardley	Danny Hughes	Umbro	Offshore Painting Services
Llangefni Town	Chris Roberts	James Saxon	Nike	"Diolch NHS"
Llanidloes Town	Chris Davies	Drew Reynolds	Acerbis	Potter Group
Llanrhaeadr	Marc Griffiths	Joe Vaughan	Macron	Huw E Watkin Building Contractors
Penrhyncoch	Aneurin Thomas	Owain James	Joma	Sterling Asset Management
Prestatyn Town	John Barnes	Richard Cowderoy	Ibanes	EcoUpgrade
Ruthin Town	Phil Hudson	Osian Davies	Adidas	Dragon Drilling

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bangor City	Hugo Colace	Sacked^[6]	27 October 2021	6th	Maturin Ovambe^[7]	11 October 2021
Prestatyn Town	Ben Heath	Resigned^[8]	14 December 2021	11th	Andrew Ruscoe	15 December 2021
Colwyn Bay	Craig Hogg	Sacked^[9]	28 December 2021	6th	Steve Evans^[10]	9 January 2022
Conwy Borough	Matty Jones	Mutual consent^[11]	8 March 2022	10th	Stu Howson^[12]	9 March 2022
Prestatyn Town	Andrew Ruscoe	Resigned^[13]	3 April 2022	13th	John Barnes	3 April 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Airbus UK Broughton (C, P)	28	23	3	2	85	23	+62	72	Promotion to Cymru Premier
2	Llandudno	28	20	3	5	55	21	+34	63
3	Guilsfield	28	14	10	4	51	24	+27	52
4	Holywell Town	28	15	5	8	68	36	+32	50
5	Ruthin Town	28	15	4	9	51	34	+17	49
6	Colwyn Bay	28	15	3	10	60	40	+20	48
7	Holyhead Hotspur	28	11	8	9	41	34	+7	41
8	Buckley Town	28	11	7	10	48	48	0	40
9	Penrhyncoch	28	9	8	11	39	57	−18	35
10	Conwy Borough	28	8	8	12	42	59	−17	32
11	Gresford Athletic	28	8	7	13	39	42	−3	31
12	Llanidloes Town	28	7	7	14	44	59	−15	28
13	Prestatyn Town	28	5	5	18	34	68	−34	20
14	Llangefni Town (R)	28	3	6	19	19	70	−51	15	Relegation to Ardal NE or Ardal NW
15	Llanrhaeadr (R)	28	2	4	22	23	84	−61	10	Relegation to Ardal NE or Ardal NW
16	Bangor City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Club withdrew

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

^ 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.^[14] 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	BUC	COL	CON	GRE	GUI	HDH	HWL	LND	LGT	LID	LRH	PRC	PRE	RUT
Airbus UK Broughton	—	2–0	4–1	3–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	6–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	5–1	6–0	7–2	2–1
Buckley Town	1–3	—	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–3	1–1	5–0
Colwyn Bay	0–3	3–1	—	1–2	2–1	3–1	4–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–2	5–0	5–1	3–2	0–1
Conwy Borough	1–4	3–3	1–1	—	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–4	0–4	1–0	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–3
Gresford Athletic	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	4–2	7–0	1–0
Guilsfield	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	6–1	1–1
Holyhead Hotspur	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	5–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–1
Holywell Town	3–2	2–3	0–1	2–3	4–0	3–0	1–2	—	1–2	5–1	2–2	5–0	5–0	4–1	1–1
Llandudno	0–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	—	6–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–0
Llangefni Town	0–3	2–3	1–3	0–3	2–1	0–3	0–5	0–3	1–3	—	2–0	1–2	1–5	0–6	1–1
Llanidloes Town	2–6	2–3	1–6	4–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–2	—	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–0
Llanrhaeadr	1–4	0–3	2–6	2–3	3–3	0–2	0–3	0–4	1–3	0–0	1–6	—	0–3	3–2	1–2
Penrhyncoch	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–1
Prestatyn Town	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	—	0–3
Ruthin Town	2–1	2–0	4–2	6–1	1–0	1–5	5–0	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	Adam Davies	Airbus UK Broughton	30
2	James Kirby	Colwyn Bay	21
3	Connor Bird	Llanidloes Town	16
4	Joe Chaplin	Gresford Athletic	15
5	Jamie Cumming	Ruthin Town	14
	Daniel Andrews	Holywell Town
	Matthew Hill	Ruthin Town

These totals are excluding goals scored against Bangor City, after their fixtures were declared null and void

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Dan Moore	Buckley Town	Adam Davies	Airbus UK Broughton
September	Sean Eardley	Llandudno	Adam Davies	Airbus UK Broughton
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	Johnny Haseldin	Holywell Town	James Kirby	Colwyn Bay
February	Sean Eardley	Llandudno	James Kirby	Colwyn Bay
March	Darren Garmey	Holyhead Hotspur	Marc Williams	Llandudno

Fair Play award

The winner for each respective division's FAW Fair Play Table was to be given £1,000 prize money and the FAW Fair Play Trophy.

The winners of the Nationwide Building Society Fair Play Award for the 2021-2022 Cymru North season are Ruthin Town^[15]

References

^ Jones, Rhys (26 September 2021). "Thank you to Cefn Druids". Gresford Athletic F.C. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^ "Official Statement: 18 February 2022". Facebook. Bangor City FC. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Bangor City rock Welsh football after withdrawal from the Cymru North". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "FAW Board confirms Bangor City withdrawal from JD Cymru North". Football Association of Wales. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "FAW issues Bangor City update". Football Association of Wales. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "CLUB STATEMENT". Twitter. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ "Bangor City appoint Maturin Ovambe as their new Head Coach". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^ "ANNOUNCEMENT". Twitter. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^ "Club Statement - Craig Hogg". Colwyn Bay F.C. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "Steve Evans appointed manager". Colwyn Bay F.C. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Club Statement - Matty Jones". Conwy Borough F.C. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Managerial Update - Stu Howson". Conwy Borough F.C. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Andrew Ruscoe stands down as manager of Prestatyn Town". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Bangor City's JD Cymru North fixture against Buckley Town postponed". Cymru Football. Football Association of Wales. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ FAW (29 June 2022). "NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY FAIR PLAY AWARD WINNERS 2021/22". FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

External links

[table_hth_BAN0.67315655605549-15] 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.^[14] 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.

[1] Jones, Rhys (26 September 2021). "Thank you to Cefn Druids". Gresford Athletic F.C. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[withdrawal-2] "Official Statement: 18 February 2022". Facebook. Bangor City FC. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[3] "Bangor City rock Welsh football after withdrawal from the Cymru North". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[FAWexpunged-4] "FAW Board confirms Bangor City withdrawal from JD Cymru North". Football Association of Wales. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[:1-5] "FAW issues Bangor City update". Football Association of Wales. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[:2-6] "CLUB STATEMENT". Twitter. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

[7] "Bangor City appoint Maturin Ovambe as their new Head Coach". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[8] "ANNOUNCEMENT". Twitter. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

[9] "Club Statement - Craig Hogg". Colwyn Bay F.C. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[10] "Steve Evans appointed manager". Colwyn Bay F.C. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[11] "Club Statement - Matty Jones". Conwy Borough F.C. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[12] "Managerial Update - Stu Howson". Conwy Borough F.C. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[:0-13] "Andrew Ruscoe stands down as manager of Prestatyn Town". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

[14] "Bangor City's JD Cymru North fixture against Buckley Town postponed". Cymru Football. Football Association of Wales. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[16] FAW (29 June 2022). "NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY FAIR PLAY AWARD WINNERS 2021/22". FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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