2025–26 Cymru North

Cymru North
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 – 18 April 2026
ChampionsLlandudno
PromotedAirbus UK Broughton
Holywell Town
Llandudno
RelegatedFlint Mountain (voluntarily to Tier 4, reprieving Ruthin Town)
Top goalscorerJamie Breese (18 goals)
Biggest home winAirbus UK Broughton 6–0 Rhyl 1879
(24 October 2025)
Holywell Town 6–0 Brickfield Rangers
(1 November 2025)
Penrhyncoch 6–0 Buckley Town
(29 November 2025)
Biggest away winGresford Athletic 0–7 Buckley Town
(11 October 2025)
Highest scoringHolywell Town 8–4 Gresford Athletic
(13 September 2025)
Longest winning run9 – Llandudno
(22 August 2025–28 November 2025)
Longest unbeaten run16 – Llandudno
(25 July 2025-1 January 2026)
Longest winless run12 – Penrhyncoch
(26 July 2025–29 November 2025)
Longest losing run6 – Penrhyncoch
(12 September 2025–29 November 2025)
Highest attendance1362 - Newtown 2–1 Caersws
(25 August 2025)
Lowest attendance48 - Brickfield Rangers 4-1 Penrhyncoch
(8 November 2025)
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Cymru North season (also known as the 2025–26 JD Cymru North season for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the second-tier northern region football league in the Welsh football pyramid. The season began on 25 July 2025 and concluded on 18 April 2026.[1] Llandudno finished the season as league champions.[2]

Teams

The league consisted of sixteen teams; twelve teams remaining from the previous season, three teams promoted from the Ardal Leagues, and one team relegated from the Cymru Premier. With the Cymru Premier expanding to sixteen teams for the following season, this was the first season where the top three teams will be promoted to the Cymru Premier, and one team will be relegated to third division.[3][4]

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.

To Cymru North
Decrease Relegated from Cymru Premier
Increase Promoted from Ardal Leagues
From Cymru North
Increase Promoted to Cymru Premier
Decrease Relegated to Ardal NW

The promoted teams were the 2024–25 Ardal NE champions Brickfield Rangers, the 2024–25 Ardal NW champions Y Rhyl 1879, and the 2024–25 Ardal Northern play-off winners Holyhead Hotspur.[5][6][7] They replaced the 2024–25 Cymru North bottom three teams; Bangor 1876, Prestatyn Town, and Llay Welfare.

The relegated team was the 2024–25 Cymru Premier second-bottom team Newtown (marking their first relegation from the Cymru Premier and ending their streak as one of only two ever presents remaining in the top flight).[8] They replaced the 2024–25 Cymru North champions Colwyn Bay.[9]

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Cymru North from Flintshire.
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024–25 season
Airbus UK Broughton Broughton The Airfield 1,600 2nd in Cymru North
Brickfield Rangers↑ Wrexham Clywedog Park 1,000 1st in Ardal NE
Buckley Town Buckley The Globe 1,000 5th in Cymru North
Caersws Caersws Recreation Ground 4,000 12th in Cymru North
Denbigh Town Denbigh Central Park 1,200 9th in Cymru North
Flint Mountain Flint Bastion Road at Prestatyn 2,500 7th in Cymru North
Gresford Athletic Gresford The Airfield, at Broughton 1,600 11th in Cymru North
Guilsfield Guilsfield Community Centre Ground 1,100 6th in Cymru North
Holyhead Hotspur↑ Holyhead The New Oval 1,000 2nd in Ardal NW
Holywell Town Holywell Halkyn Road 2,000 3rd in Cymru North
Llandudno Llandudno Maesdu Park 1,013 4th in Cymru North
Mold Alexandra Mold Alyn Park 3,000 8th in Cymru North
Newtown↓ Newtown Latham Park 5,000 11th in Cymru Premier
Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch Cae Baker 1,000 10th in Cymru North
Rhyl 1879↑ Rhyl Belle Vue 3,000 1st in Ardal NW
Ruthin Town Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields 2,000 13th in Cymru North
↓ Relegated from the Cymru Premier
↑ Promoted from the Ardal Leagues

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Airbus UK Broughton Wales national football team Mark Allen Wales national football team Joe Palmer Germany Puma Gardner Aerospace
Brickfield Rangers Wales national football team Gareth Wilson Wales national football team Ryan Williams Spain Joma Travis Perkins
Buckley Town Wales national football team Asa Hamilton England national football team Daniel Burgess Germany Adidas Complete Roofing & Building
Caersws Wales national football team Harry Cottam Italy Macron Gellidywyll Holiday Home Park
Denbigh Town Wales national football team Dewi Llion Wales national football team Keiron Roberts Italy Macron Travelsport & Lock Stock Self Storage
Flint Mountain England national football team Tom Dickinson England national football team Calum Woods United States Arrow Sportswear Double Time Distribution
Gresford Athletic Wales national football team Dave Evans Wales national football team Paul Johnson Italy Macron Eurogold
Guilsfield Wales national football team Gavin Allen England national football team Jake Cook Italy Macron Hardings Garden Centre
Holyhead Hotspur Wales national football team Darren Garmey Wales national football team Tomos Owen Spain Joma C.L. Jones
Holywell Town England national football team Johnny Haseldin Republic of Ireland national football team Danny Sullivan Germany Adidas Elite Stands UK
Llandudno Wales national football team Jordan Hadaway England national football team Anthony Stephens Italy Macron Go Goodwins
Mold Alexandra Wales national football team Barry Owen England national football team Henry Nash Spain Joma Vision
Newtown England national football team Nathan Leonard Wales national football team Kieran Mills-Evans Italy Erreà Control Techniques
Penrhyncoch Wales national football team Gari Lewis Wales national football team Tom Evans Spain Joma Sterling Asset Management
Rhyl 1879 England national football team Paul Moore Wales national football team Reece Fairhurst Germany Adidas N.W.P.S. Concstruction
Ruthin Town England national football team Colin Caton Wales national football team Osian Davies Italy Macron GJ Teeson Ltd

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Newtown Wales Callum McKenzie Sacked 8 April 2025[10] England Nathan Leonard 21 May 2025[11]
Caersws Wales Neil Lewis End of caretaker spell 20 May 2025 Wales Craig Williams 20 May 2025[12]
Flint Mountain England Aden Shannon Resigned 11 June 2025[13]

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Week Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Flint Mountain Wales Andy Ruscoe Resignation 7 September 2025[14] 6 16th England Tom Dickinson 11 September 2025[15]
Ruthin Town England Dave Evans Fired 10 November 2025 14 13th England Colin Caton 11 November 2025
Gresford Athletic Wales Eddie Maurice-Jones Resigned 13 November 2025 14 14th England Dave Evans 26 November 2025
Caersws Wales Craig Williams Resigned 1 December 2025 16 12th
Flint Mountain Wales Liam Dickinson Resigned 21 March 2026 27 10th

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Llandudno (C, P) 30 26 2 2 77 22 +55 80 Promotion to the Cymru Premier
2 Airbus UK Broughton (P) 30 24 3 3 93 22 +71 75
3 Holywell Town (P) 30 18 6 6 78 40 +38 60
4 Newtown 30 15 3 12 51 49 +2 48
5 Rhyl 1879 30 14 4 12 46 55 −9 46
6 Guilsfield 30 13 4 13 50 48 +2 43
7 Mold Alexandra 30 12 5 13 38 45 −7 41
8 Denbigh Town 30 12 4 14 52 59 −7 40
9 Caersws 30 11 4 15 46 51 −5 37
10 Brickfield Rangers 30 11 4 15 39 49 −10 37
11 Holyhead Hotspur 30 10 6 14 44 49 −5 36
12 Penrhyncoch 30 10 5 15 45 53 −8 35
13 Buckley Town 30 9 3 18 50 77 −27 30
14 Flint Mountain (R) 30 9 2 19 39 61 −22 29 Voluntary relegation to Tier 4
15 Gresford Athletic 30 8 4 18 47 87 −40 28
16 Ruthin Town 30 6 5 19 36 64 −28 23 Reprieved from relegation[a]
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
Notes:
  1. ↑ With Flint Mountain having requested relegation to Tier 4, Ruthin Town have been reprieved from relegation into the Ardal NW league.[16]

Results

Home \ Away AIR BRN BUC CAE DEN FLT GRE GUI HLE HLL LND MOL NTN PRC RHL RUT
Airbus UK Broughton — 5–0 3–0 4–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 8–0 2–2 4–0 6–0 4–0
Brickfield Rangers 0–5 — 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 4–1 1–2 0–1
Buckley Town 0–3 0–6 — 4–3 1–4 3–0 6–4 1–2 5–5 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 3–2
Caersws 1–2 2–0 3–2 — 6–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–1
Denbigh Town 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 — 5–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2
Flint Mountain 0–2 0–2 5–1 3–0 1–0 — 4–4 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–0
Gresford Athletic 2–5 1–1 0–7 0–2 0–5 3–0 — 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–4 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–1
Guilsfield 1–4 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 — 3–1 4–4 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 3–2
Holyhead Hotspur 0–2 3–0 5–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 — 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–3
Holywell Town 0–3 6–0 0–1 3–1 5–1 2–1 8–4 4–1 4–1 — 1–1 2–0 6–0 4–1 1–1 5–1
Llandudno 5–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 7–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 5–2
Mold Alexandra 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 — 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0
Newtown 0–3 4–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 3–1 0–5 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 6–1 3–0
Penrhyncoch 0–1 1–0 6–0 1–3 1–1 1–4 4–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–2 — 3–0 1–1
Rhyl 1879 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 4–3 3–1 3–1 0–3 2–5 3–1 — 3–2
Ruthin Town 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–3 0–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 —
Source: Cymru North
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

As of 18 April 2026
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Wales George Peers[17] Airbus UK Broughton Buckley Town 3–0 (A) 26 July 2025
England Bradley Knight[18] Buckley Town Holyhead Hotspur 5–5 (H) 12 September 2025
England Craig Lindfield[19] Holywell Town Gresford Athletic 8–4 (H) 13 September 2025
Wales Owen Cordiner[20] Mold Alexandra Rhyl 1879 0–3 (A) 10 October 2025
Wales Jamie Breese[21] Holywell Town Penrhyncoch 4–1 (H) 11 October 2025
Wales Max Moore[22] Buckley Town Gresford Athletic 0–7 (A) 11 October 2025
Wales Connor Owen Holyhaed Hotspur Gresford Athletic 3–0 (H) 15 November 2025
Wales Owain Evans Penrhyncoch Buckley Town 6–0 (H) 29 November 2025
Wales Tommy Rowlands Caersws Ruthin Town 5–1 (H) 13 December 2025
England Oliver Lanceley Airbus UK Broughton Newtown 0–3 (A) 26 December 2025
England Danny Warren Airbus UK Broughton Penrhyncoch 4–0 (H) 31 January 2026
England Danny Warren[23] Airbus UK Broughton Mold Alexandra 8–0 (H) 13 March 2026
Wales Jamie Hyne4[24] Newtown Rhyl 1879 6–1 (H) 24 March 2026
Wales Jay Richardson[25] Brickfield Rangers Buckley Town 0–6 (A) 3 April 2026
England Samuel Flory[26] Guilsfield Caersws 4–1 (H) 11 April 2026
England Callum Bromley[27] Guilsfield Gresford Athletic 4–0 (H) 18 April 2026
Wales Connor Owen[28] Holyhead Hotspur Buckley Town 5–1 (H) 18 April 2026
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
4 – player scored 4 goals

Monthly awards

As of 12 May 2026
Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
July/ August[29] George Peers Airbus UK Broughton Johnny Haseldin Holywell Town
September[30] Jamie Breese Holywell Town Jordan Hadaway Llandudno
October[31] Craig Lindfield Holywell Town Jordan Hadaway Llandudno
November[32] Connor Owen Holyhead Hotspur Darren Garmey Holyhead Hotspur
December[33] Dan Owen Penrhyncoch Gari Lewis Penrhyncoch
January[34] Jamie Breese Holywell Town Mark Allen Airbus UK Broughton
February[35] Jordan Evans / Tom Stephens (shared) Airbus UK Broughton / Llandudno Jordan Hadaway Llandudno
March[36] Haci Ozlu Gresford Athletic Jordan Hadaway Llandudno
April[37] Max McGoona Mold Alexandra Mark Allen Airbus UK Broughton

End of season awards

  • Cymru North Player of the Season: – Jamie Breese, Holywell Town
  • Cymru North Golden Boot: – Jamie Breese, Holywell Town

Attendances

Overall

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Airbus UK Broughton 2,341 333 123 213 −18.7%†
2 Brickfield Rangers 524 119 48 76 n/a‡
3 Buckley Town 2,762 365 151 251 −7.0%†
4 Caersws 2,477 1,300 121 275 +69.8%†
5 Denbigh Town 3,872 692 93 352 +9.3%†
6 Flint Mountain 554 147 50 79 −72.0%†
7 Gresford Athletic 1,909 292 85 174 +1.8%†
8 Guilsfield 1,157 205 55 116 −5.7%†
9 Holyhead Hotspur 1,771 326 120 197 n/a‡
10 Holywell Town 3,560 732 202 324 −6.1%†
11 Llandudno 2,732 490 189 304 −14.8%†
12 Mold Alexandra 1,718 324 117 191 −11.2%†
13 Newtown 3,925 1,362 172 436 n/a†
14 Penrhyncoch 1,135 400 60 142 +11.8%†
15 Rhyl 1879 3,845 589 226 385 n/a‡
16 Ruthin Town 3,077 1,047 150 308 +180.0%†
League total 37,359 1,362 48 245 −8.2%†

Source: Cymru North
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in Cymru Premier
‡ Teams played previous season in Ardal Leagues

Home matches played

As of 31 January 2026
Team \ Match played 123456789101112131415Total
Airbus UK Broughton158253224127320333250176174203123
Brickfield Rangers881196552487082
Buckley Town331244197365298207351132151240246
Caersws1451571891211431351311300156
Denbigh Town93253173584419419692490247231271
Flint Mountain5051577665108147
Gresford Athletic1021181452142082922822248615385
Guilsfield155115871007510520516055100
Holyhead Hotspur231263132145175172120326207
Holywell Town260224314241576217157402732202235
Llandudno424238490304189194351192350
Mold Alexandra129203171324223141137273117
Newtown3473121362181223172601189538
Penrhyncoch400801401546061140100
Rhyl 1879361284386335493226299349589523
Ruthin Town1933513311502012041231047315162
League total37136

Source: Cymru North

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Llandudno clinch JD Cymru North title". Football Association of Wales. 6 April 2026. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
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