2021–22 Cymru North

Cymru North
Season2021–22
ChampionsAirbus UK Broughton
PromotedAirbus UK Broughton
RelegatedBangor City
Llanrhaeadr
Llangefni Town
Matches played210
Goals scored700 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Davies, Airbus UK Broughton (30 goals)
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)
Longest winning runAirbus UK Broughton - 12 games, 24 July-19 November 2021
Longest unbeaten runAirbus UK Broughton - 16 games, 24 July 2021-22 January 2022
Guilsfield - 16 games, 24 July 2021-29 January 2022
Longest winless runLlanrhaeadr - 15 games, 24 July-4 December 2021
Longest losing runLlanrhaeadr - 8 games, 26 February-end of season
Highest attendance1,020 - Colwyn Bay vs Llandudno (2 October 2021)

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

Stadia and Locations

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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 Wales Steve O'Shaughnessy England Steve Tomassen Umbro Gardner Aerospace
Bangor City England Mathurin Ovambe Wales Scott van-der-Sluis Nike Sudaires
Buckley Town Wales Dan Moore Wales Joe Makaruk TAG Sportswear Thomas Roofing
Colwyn Bay Wales Steve Evans England Tom McCready Kappa GO2 People
Conwy Borough England Stu Howson Wales Iolo Hughes SKkits Mel Owen Electrical Solutions
Gresford Wales Eddie Maurice-Jones Wales Joshua Griffiths Joma Eurogold
Guilsfield England Nathan Leonard Wales Sam Litchfield Macron Hardings Garden Centre
Holyhead Hotspur Wales Darren Garmey Wales Alex Jones Joma Land&Lakes
Holywell Town England Johnny Haseldin England James Graham Joma The Feathers Inn
Llandudno Wales Sean Eardley Wales Danny Hughes Umbro Offshore Painting Services
Llangefni Town Wales Chris Roberts Wales James Saxon Nike "Diolch NHS"
Llanidloes Town Wales Chris Davies Wales Drew Reynolds Acerbis Potter Group
Llanrhaeadr Wales Marc Griffiths Wales Joe Vaughan Macron Huw E Watkin Building Contractors
Penrhyncoch Wales Aneurin Thomas Wales Owain James Joma Sterling Asset Management
Prestatyn Town England John Barnes England Richard Cowderoy Ibanes EcoUpgrade
Ruthin Town England Phil Hudson Wales 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 Argentina Hugo Colace Sacked[6] 27 October 2021 6th England Maturin Ovambe[7] 11 October 2021
Prestatyn Town Republic of Ireland Ben Heath Resigned[8] 14 December 2021 11th Wales Andrew Ruscoe 15 December 2021
Colwyn Bay England Craig Hogg Sacked[9] 28 December 2021 6th Wales Steve Evans[10] 9 January 2022
Conwy Borough Wales Matty Jones Mutual consent[11] 8 March 2022 10th England Stu Howson[12] 9 March 2022
Prestatyn Town Wales Andrew Ruscoe Resigned[13] 3 April 2022 13th England 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
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:
  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.[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 Wales Adam Davies Airbus UK Broughton 30
2 England James Kirby Colwyn Bay 21
3 England Connor Bird Llanidloes Town 16
4 Wales Joe Chaplin Gresford Athletic 15
5 England Jamie Cumming Ruthin Town 14
England Daniel Andrews Holywell Town
England 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
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

  1. ^ Jones, Rhys (26 September 2021). "Thank you to Cefn Druids". Gresford Athletic F.C. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  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.
  4. ^ "FAW Board confirms Bangor City withdrawal from JD Cymru North". Football Association of Wales. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ "FAW issues Bangor City update". Football Association of Wales. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  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.
  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.
  15. ^ FAW (29 June 2022). "NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY FAIR PLAY AWARD WINNERS 2021/22". FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2022.