2022–23 Cymru North

The 2022–23 Cymru North season (also known as the 2022–23 JD Cymru North season for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the second-tier Northern region football in the Welsh football pyramid. Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis.

Cymru North

Season	2022–23
Champions	Colwyn Bay
Promoted	Colwyn Bay
Relegated	Holyhead Hotspur Penrhyncoch Conwy Borough
Top goalscorer	Dan Atkins Prestatyn Town - 22
Biggest home win	Prestatyn Town 8-0 Cefn Druids
Biggest away win	Cefn Druids 1-7 Colwyn Bay
Highest attendance	1,585 - Llandudno vs Colwyn Bay (29 July 2022)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs.

Team changes

To Cymru North

Promoted from Ardal NE

• Chirk AAA

Promoted from Ardal NW

• Mold Alexandra
• Porthmadog

Relegated from Cymru Premier

• Cefn Druids

From Cymru North

Promoted to Cymru Premier

• Airbus UK Broughton

Relegated to Ardal NE

• Llanrhaeadr

Relegated to Ardal NW

• Llangefni Town

Withdrew from league

• Bangor City

Stadia and locations

Buckley

Cefn Druids

Chirk AAA

Colwyn Bay

Conwy

Gresford

Guilsfield

Holyhead Hotspur

Holywell Town

Llandudno

Llanidloes

Mold Alexandra

Penrhyncoch

Porthmadog

Prestatyn

Ruthin

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Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Cymru North

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
Buckley Town	Buckley	The Globe	1,000
Cefn Druids	Rhosymedre	The Rock	3,500
Chirk AAA	Chirk	Holyhead Road	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
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
Llanidloes Town	Llanidloes	Victoria Park	4,000
Mold Alexandra	Mold	Alyn Park	3,000
Penrhyncoch	Penrhyn-coch	Cae Baker	800
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)
Buckley Town	Dan Moore	Joshua Jones	TAG Sportswear	Thomas Roofing
Cefn Druids	Neil Ashton	Michael Jones	Macron	Global Travel Worldwide
Chirk AAA	Andy Pryde	Ashton Williams	Macron	Planet Vape
Colwyn Bay	Steve Evans	Tom McCready	Hope & Glory Sportswear	GO2 People
Conwy Borough	Stu Howson	Iolo Hughes	SKkits	Mel Owen Electrical Solutions
Gresford Athletic	Eddie Maurice-Jones	Joshua Griffiths	Macron	Eurogold
Guilsfield	Nathan Leonard	Sam Litchfield	Macron	Hardings Garden Centre
Holyhead Hotspur	Darren Garney	Alex Jones	Joma	C.L. Jones
Holywell Town	Johnny Haseldin	James Graham	Joma	Achieve More Training
Llandudno	Sean Eardley	Danny Hughes	Umbro	Offshore Painting Services
Llanidloes Town	Chris Davies	Ed Clarke	Errea	Hafren Furnishers
Mold Alexandra	Mike Cunningham	Rhys Nash	Joma	Vision
Penrhyncoch	Gari Lewis	Owain James	Joma	Sterling Asset Management
Porthmadog	Craig Papirnyk	Iddon Price	Joma	Aspects
Prestatyn Town	Chris Jones	Kyle Parle	Joma	Lola's Bar
Ruthin Town	Phil Hudson	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
Penrhyncoch	Aneurin Thomas	Resigned	24 April 2022	Pre-season	Gari Lewis	20 June 2022
Cefn Druids	Andy Turner	End of interim spell	28 April 2022		Neil Ashton	28 April 2022
Prestatyn Town	John Barnes	Resigned	8 May 2022		Chris Jones	25 May 2022
Conwy Borough	Stuart Howson	Sacked	20 September 2022	16th	Anthony Weaver	23 September 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Colwyn Bay (C, P)	30	27	2	1	101	24	+77	83	Promotion to Cymru Premier
2	Holywell Town	30	26	1	3	75	22	+53	79
3	Llandudno	30	20	6	4	70	23	+47	66
4	Guilsfield	30	17	6	7	58	37	+21	57
5	Ruthin Town	30	16	3	11	48	44	+4	51
6	Prestatyn Town	30	14	4	12	66	50	+16	46
7	Cefn Druids	30	13	4	13	48	64	−16	43
8	Buckley Town	30	12	6	12	53	61	−8	42
9	Mold Alexandra	30	10	5	15	41	52	−11	35
10	Gresford Athletic	30	10	5	15	32	43	−11	35
11	Porthmadog	30	10	3	17	36	53	−17	33
12	Llanidloes Town	30	7	6	17	42	63	−21	27
13	Chirk AAA	30	5	11	14	32	49	−17	26
14	Conwy Borough (R)	30	5	8	17	33	64	−31	23	Relegation to Ardal NE or Ardal NW
15	Penrhyncoch (R)	30	3	7	20	31	72	−41	16
16	Holyhead Hotspur (R)	30	2	9	19	24	69	−45	15

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

Results

Home \ Away	BUC	CDR	CHI	COL	CON	GRE	GUI	HDH	HWL	LND	LID	MOL	PEN	POR	PRE	RUT
Buckley Town	—	5–0	1–0	1–4	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–3	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–1
Cefn Druids	3–1	—	6–1	1–7	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	1–3	1–2	1–2
Chirk AAA	2–2	0–0	—	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–6	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2
Colwyn Bay	5–2	4–1	2–0	—	5–0	2–0	6–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	4–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–1
Conwy Borough	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–3	0–1
Gresford Athletic	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–4	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–0
Guilsfield	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	—	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	4–0	4–1	4–0	1–3	3–0
Holyhead Hotspur	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–6	0–4	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2
Holywell Town	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–6	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0
Llandudno	5–0	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–2	3–0	—	4–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	5–2	0–1
Llanidloes Town	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	0–1	—	3–2	1–1	2–3	0–3	2–1
Mold Alexandra	2–0	3–4	1–0	0–3	5–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	4–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2
Penrhyncoch	3–4	2–5	1–1	0–2	2–5	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–5	0–2	2–0	2–2	—	0–3	1–2	1–1
Porthmadog	1–1	1–2	0–5	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	—	2–0	0–4
Prestatyn Town	1–2	8–0	1–5	2–3	5–2	1–0	3–4	4–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	5–0	2–1	—	3–1
Ruthin Town	4–2	1–2	3–2	1–6	4–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	—

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