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List of Holywell Town F.C. seasons

Listed below is the league history of Holywell Town (and the previous Holywell teams) in all the leagues that they have played in from the start of league football being played in Holywell starting in 1893 to the present day. Any season that is not mention within the list is where the league data cannot be found at this current time.

1893–1905 (As Holywell F.C.)

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North Wales Coast League 1893–1898

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Holywell F.C. was one of the seven founders of the North Wales Coast League and played in the league from its inception until 1898.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1893–94 North Wales Coast League 4th 12 5 0 7 27 27 10 [1]
1894–95 North Wales Coast League 5th 8 2 1 5 8 33 5 [1]
1895–96 North Wales Coast League 5th 10 3 1 6 15 31 7 [1]
1896–97 North Wales Coast League 5th 10 2 1 7 17 28 5 [1]
1897–98 North Wales Coast League 6th 7 2 1 4 9 21 5 [1]

West Cheshire League 1898–1899

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Holywell F.C. would play only one season in the West Cheshire League, where other Flintshire teams were applying their trade, before returning to the North Wales Coast League the following season.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1898–99 West Cheshire League Division 1 9th 19 6 1 12 29 62 13 [2]

North Wales Coast League 1899–1901

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Holywell F.C. returned to the North Wales Coast League after a season's hiatus and played in the league for the two seasons over the turn of the century.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1899–1900 North Wales Coast League 3rd 14 8 0 6 29 22 16 [1]
1900–01 North Wales Coast League 5th 13 6 2 5 38 32 14 [1]

Chester & District League 1901-1902

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Following their resignation from the North Wales Coast League, Holywell F.C. joined a number of other Flintshire-based clubs, such as Connah's Quay F.C. and Buckley Victoria, and competed in the local Chester and District League. They competed in Division One for just a season before withdrawing from the league.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1901-02 Chester & District Division One 7th 14 3 2 9 18 56 8 [3]

Flintshire League 1904-1906

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Holywell returned back to the local Welsh leagues and joined the Flintshire League in 1904.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1904-05 Flintshire League Division One 7th 12 0 4 8 10 22 2 Two points deducted for playing an ineligible player [4]
1905-06 Flintshire League Division Two - - - - - - - - Data Missing

1906-1911 (As Holywell Victoria)

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Flintshire League 1906-08

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Holywell changed its name to Holywell Victoria in 1906 as they initially competed in Division Two of the Flintshire League structure before the league became a one-division structure the following season.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1906-07 Flintshire League Division Two 2nd 9 7 2 0 27 9 16 [5]
1907-08 Flintshire League 6th 15 7 2 6 32 31 16 [6]

Chester & District League 1908-11

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After three seasons in the Flintshire League, Holywell Victoria followed a number of other Flintshire clubs into the Chester and District League in 1908, repeating the example of Holywell FC earlier in the decade. The Vics joined the system in Division One and played in the league for three seasons.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1908-09 Chester & District Division One 3rd 17 8 1 8 40 36 17 [7]
1909-10 Chester & District Division One 6th 13 4 1 8 21 31 9 [8]
1910-11 Chester & District Division One 4th 6 4 0 2 17 5 8 League data at 30 December 1910 [9]

1912–1930 (As Holywell United)

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North Wales Coast League 1912–26

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Holywell United played in the North Wales Coast League pre and post World War I.[1]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1912–13 North Wales Coast League 7th 20 8 3 9 43 42 19 [10]
1913–14 North Wales Coast League 1st 17 15 1 1 57 16 31 [11]
Won North Wales Coast Amateur Cup.
Welsh Amateur Cup Finalists.
1914–18 No competition due to WWI
1919–20 Data missing n/a
1920–21 North Wales Coast League 2nd 22 15 3 4 92 37 33
1921–26 Data missing n/a
1926–27 Data missing n/a – – – – – – – Welsh Cup Semi-Finalists[12]

1930–1939 (As Holywell Arcadians)

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Welsh Football League 1930–33

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Holywell Arcadians played in the Welsh Football League for three seasons from 1930 to 1933.[13]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1930–31 Welsh Football League 1st 26 20 4 2 125 46 44
1931–32 Welsh Football League 2nd 24 18 1 5 124 43 37
1932–33 Welsh Football League 1st 20 15 4 1 84 34 34

1945–1970

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West Cheshire League 1947–49

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After the Second World War, Holywell Town would play two seasons in the West Cheshire League alongside fellow Flintshire side and rival Flint Town United before moving back to the Welsh leagues.[14]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1947–48 West Cheshire League Division 1 6th 22 9 5 8 74 57 23
1948–49 West Cheshire League Division 1 6th 22 12 0 10 64 36 24

Welsh League (North) 1949–66

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Holywell Town played in the Welsh League (North), which would later become the foundation for the Welsh Alliance League, from 1949 to 1966.[15]

 
 
 
 
 
Holywell Town strip from 1955–56 season
Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1949–50 Welsh League (North) Division 1 5th 30 15 7 8 97 64 37
1950–51 Welsh League (North) Division 1 6th 30 15 3 12 70 52 33
1951–52 Welsh League (North) Division 1 5th 32 16 5 11 82 54 37
1952–53 Welsh League (North) Division 1 1st 34 24 6 4 119 56 54
1953–54 Welsh League (North) Division 1 4th 34 21 7 6 91 38 49 Won Alves Cup
1954–55 Welsh League (North) Division 1 2nd 34 27 1 6 132 56 55
1955–56 Welsh League (North) Division 1 7th 34 17 5 12 92 58 39
1956–57 Welsh League (North) Division 1 5th 34 18 7 9 92 68 43
1957–58 Welsh League (North) Division 1 3rd 32 23 2 7 136 42 48 Won NWC Amateur Cup
1958–59 Welsh League (North) Division 1 6th 34 17 5 12 100 99 39
1959–60 Welsh League (North) Division 1 3rd 32 18 6 8 84 62 42
1960–61 Welsh League (North) Division 1 6th 34 17 7 10 85 85 41
1961–62 Welsh League (North) 14th 34 12 2 20 63 80 26
1962–63 Welsh League (North) 10th 32 15 3 14 64 66 33
1963–64 Welsh League (North) 5th 32 17 6 9 96 52 40
1964–65 Welsh League (North) 14th 32 9 2 21 46 110 20
1965–66 Welsh League (North) 15th 28 6 3 19 45 90 15

1970–1990

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Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) 1970–1973

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At the start of the 1970s, Holywell Town would play in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) for three seasons, getting promoted on two consecutive seasons and reaching Division 2 in the Welsh National League structure.[16]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1970–71 Welsh National League Division 4 2nd 26 19 2 5 122 37 40
1971–72 Welsh National League Division 3 2nd 30 24 3 3 123 39 51
1972–73 Welsh National League Division 2 8th 30 15 3 12 94 76 33

Clwyd League System 1975–1988

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Holywell played in the Clwyd League system from 1975 to 1988.[17]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1975–76 Welsh League (North) Division 5 1st 16 14 1 1 92 18 29 Promoted to Division 3
Won NWC Youth Cup
1976–77 Clwyd League Division 3 1st 30 26 4 0 138 28 56 Promoted to Division 1
Won NWC Junior Cup
1977–78 Clwyd League Division 1 4th 26 15 6 5 59 21 36
1978–79 Clwyd League Division 1 11th 26 6 3 17 36 68 15
1979–80 Clwyd League Division 1 8th 24 10 2 12 36 42 22
1980–81 Clwyd League Division 1 2nd 24 14 5 5 63 26 33
1981–82 Clwyd League Division 1 3rd 24 14 5 5 60 32 33
1982–83 Clwyd League Division 1 14th 26 3 3 20 34 91 9
1983–84 Clwyd League Premier Division 14th 28 4 1 23 29 77 9
1984–85 Missing Data n/a
1985–86 Missing Data n/a
1986–87 Clwyd League Premier Division 1st – – – – – – – Won North Wales Coast Challenge Cup
1987–88 Clwyd League Premier Division 1st – – – – – – – Won Clwyd League Cup
Won President Cup

Welsh Alliance League 1988–90

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Welsh Alliance League[18]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1988–89 Welsh Alliance League 5th 32 16 8 13 65 64 51
1989–90 Welsh Alliance League 14th 34 8 8 18 44 68 29* *3pts deducted

1990–2015

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Cymru Alliance 1990–92

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Holywell became founding members of the new North Wales league, Cymru Alliance, and would stay in the league for the first two seasons, until they moved to the newly created national top tier League of Wales in 1992.[19]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1990–91 Cymru Alliance 9th 26 6 6 14 29 40 24
1991–92 Cymru Alliance 11th 30 7 10 13 48 49 31

League of Wales 1992–97

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Holywell became founding members of the new top-tier league of the Welsh football league system. They would stay in the League of Wales for five seasons until getting relegated in 1997.[20]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1992–93 League of Wales 6th 38 17 8 13 65 48 59 Won Clwyd League Auxiliary Cup
Won Clwyd League Youth Cup
1993–94 League of Wales 5th 38 18 10 10 74 57 64
1994–95 League of Wales 8th 38 16 10 12 62 55 58
1995–96 League of Wales 16th 40 12 7 21 53 74 43
1996–97 League of Wales 20th 40 7 8 25 52 81 29 Relegated to Cymru Alliance

Cymru Alliance 1997–98

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Holywell dropped into the second tier of the Welsh football league system, and the first time in the Cymru Alliance since the 1991–92 season. They would stay for only one season, getting promoted back to the League of Wales as runners-up instead of league winners Rhydymwyn.[19]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1997–98 Cymru Alliance 2nd 36 25 6 5 86 34 81 Promoted to League of Wales
Won Cymru Alliance League Cup

League of Wales 1998–99

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Holywell stayed in the top-flight of the Welsh football league system for just one season before getting relegated once again to the Cymru Alliance.[20] Currently, this is the last season Holywell were playing top-flight football in Wales.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1998–99 League of Wales 17th 32 3 9 20 38 86 23 Relegated to Cymru Alliance

Cymru Alliance 1999–2006

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Holywell returned into the second tier of the Welsh football league system, after just one season in the League of Wales. They would stay in the Cymru Alliance for seven seasons until they were relegated in 2006.[19]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
1999–00 Cymru Alliance 12th 32 7 4 21 41 69 25
2000–01 Cymru Alliance 10th 32 11 6 15 47 69 39
2001–02 Cymru Alliance 16th 34 8 5 21 50 85 29
2002–03 Cymru Alliance 17th 32 4 5 23 33 96 8* *9pts deducted
2003–04 Cymru Alliance 14th 32 8 8 16 38 61 32
2004–05 Cymru Alliance 9th 34 13 7 14 77 64 46
2005–06 Cymru Alliance 17th 34 5 12 17 49 72 24 Relegated to Welsh Alliance

Welsh Alliance League 2006–2015

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Holywell dropped into the third tier of the Welsh football league system, and the first time in the Welsh Alliance League since the 1989–90 season. In the 2010–11 season, the Welsh Alliance split into two divisions due to the reorganisation of the Welsh football league system. They would spend nine seasons in the Welsh third tier before getting promoted in the 2014–15 season.[18]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Holywell Town strip from 2010 to 2012 season
Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
2006–07 Welsh Alliance League 10th 28 8 8 12 59 63 32
2007–08 Welsh Alliance League 12th 28 8 6 14 44 70 27* *3pts deducted
2008–09 Welsh Alliance League 14th 32 10 3 19 64 80 33
2009–10 Welsh Alliance League 10th 30 13 7 10 72 43 46
2010–11 Welsh Alliance League Division 1 3rd 30 17 3 10 68 40 54 Won FAW Trophy
Won Clwyd Reserve Division
2011–12 Welsh Alliance League Division 1 2nd 30 23 3 4 77 29 72 Mawddach Barritt Trophy Finalists
2012–13 Welsh Alliance League Division 1 3rd 28 18 7 3 98 38 61 Cookson Cup Finalists
2013–14 Welsh Alliance League Division 1 2nd 28 20 5 3 103 23 65 Welsh Cup Semi-Finalists
Cookson Cup Winners
2014–15 Welsh Alliance League Division 1 1st 26 23 2 1 119 19 71 League Champions
FAW Trophy Winners
Mawddach Challenge Cup Winners
Cookson Cup Finalists

2015 – Present

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Cymru Alliance 2015–2019

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After nine seasons away, Holywell Town returned to the second tier for the start of the 2015–16 season. After finishing in fifth position for three consecutive seasons, they were eventually relegated back to the third tier on the final day of the 2018–19 season after finishing fourteenth in the sixteen team league. The Wellmen competed in the Cymru Alliance for four seasons before going into the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division.[19]

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
2015–16 Cymru Alliance 5th 30 15 7 8 55 34 52 NE Wales FA Cup Finalists
2016–17 Cymru Alliance 5th 30 14 8 8 52 45 50
2017–18 Cymru Alliance 5th 28 14 8 6 75 37 50 NEWFA Cup Finalists
2018–19 Cymru Alliance 14th 30 8 6 16 38 58 30 Relegated to the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division

Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) 2019–2020

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The 2019–20 season saw Holywell Town compete in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) football system for the first time after being relegated from the second tier at the end of the 2018–19 season. Due to their location within north-east Wales, the Flintshire-based side was placed in the WNL pyramid, whose governance area covers clubs from Flintshire, Wrexham and eastern Denbighshire.

In the middle of the 2019–20 season, the Football Association of Wales Board decided that all leagues between tier 1 - 4 would be curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Promotion and relegation was decided on an unweighted points per game basis. This resulted in Holywell Town winning the league with 2.47 points per game.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Notes
2019–20 Welsh National League Premier Division 1st 17 13 3 1 62 8 42 2.47 points per game ratio

Cymru North 2020-

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Holywell Town returned back to the second tier of the Welsh football pyramid after a season's hiatus, playing in the Cymru North, the replacement for the Cymru Alliance following the reorganisation of the tier two leagues in the 2019-20 season. The Wellmen were scheduled to compete in the 2020-21 season, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all football below the Cymru Premier level was voided for the season.[21] Therefore, Holywell's first season playing in the Cymru North was the 2021-22 season when football resumed in the Welsh football pyramid.

Season League Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against GD Points Notes
2020-21 Cymru North n/a - - - - - - - - Season Cancelled
2021-22 Cymru North 4th 28 15 5 8 68 36 +32 50
2022-23 Cymru North 2nd 30 26 1 3 75 22 +53 79
Current league position as of 16th July 2023[22]

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