Denbigh Town F.C.

Denbigh Town

Full name	Denbigh Town Football Club
Founded	1880
League	Welsh Alliance League Division 1
2009-10	Cymru Alliance, 10th (of 17)
Home colours Away colours

Denbigh Town Football Club is an amateur football club based in Denbigh, North Wales, who currently play in the Cymru Alliance league. The club plays home matches at Central Park.

Club history

Early years

The club was founded in 1880, and in 1924 won both the Welsh Amateur Cup and the North Wales Coast Amateur Cup. During the 1970s, under manager John Trevor Roberts, the club won the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One Championship four times and the League Cup five times, as well as the 1970 North Wales Coast Amateur Cup and the 1972 North Wales Coast Amateur Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Clwyd League

In the early 1980s Denbigh Town left the Wrexham Area League and joined the Clwyd League. The club was promoted to the Premier Division in 1992, under managers Bill Dawson and Roy Cook-Hannah. During the same season the club secured a 1-0 North Wales Challenge Cup victory over Caernarfon Town, then a semi-professional side sitting fourth in the Northern Premier League.

For the 1994/95 season the club won promotion to the Fitlock Welsh Alliance League, finishing fourth in 1995. In the 1995/96 season Denbigh Town won the League Championship and Cookson Cup double.

Cymru Alliance

In the 1996/97 season the club played in the Cymru Alliance. They were relegated in 2001/02 but regained promotion in 2006/07.

Denbigh Town Reserves currently play within the Clwyd Premier League under Manager Russ Pierce.

Welsh Alliance

Between 2002 and 2007 Denbigh Town played in the Welsh Alliance, reaching the semi final of the 2002/03 Barritt Cup and winning the Alves Cup the same year. On December 8, 2003 manager Roy Cook-Hannah resigned; he was replaced b caretaker coaches Clwyd Williams and Nick Hailes on December 11, 2003. Denbigh finished the 2003/04 season in 12th place with 36 points from 30 matches.

Tim Dyer was appointed manager on May 6, 2004, and in 2005/06 guided the club to the Barritt Cup and Cookson Cup double. Denbigh Town finished the season as runners up in the Welsh Alliance League and winners of the Welsh Alliance Fair Play League, and reached the final of the North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup.

Return to Cymru Alliance

Denbigh Town were again promoted into the Cymru Alliance on 9 April 2007, when Llanrwst United failed to beat Holywell Town at Halkyn Road.

Denbigh Town also won the 2007 Cookson Cup at Farrar Road to complete a 2006/07 League and Cup double, making Tim Dyer an unusual winner of both League and Cup as a manager and as a player.

Former players

• Gary Roberts - Accrington Stanley, Ipswich Town, and Huddersfield Town player

References

External links

• Official Denbigh Town FC Site
• Denbighshire Free Press
• Denbigh Town Weekly Podcast