List of Holywell Town F.C. seasons

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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.

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1893–1905 (As Holywell F.C.)

North Wales Coast League 1893–1898

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1893–94 North Wales Coast League 4th12507272710 [1]
1894–95 North Wales Coast League 5th82158335 [1]
1895–96 North Wales Coast League 5th1031615317 [1]
1896–97 North Wales Coast League 5th1021717285 [1]
1897–98 North Wales Coast League 6th72149215 [1]

West Cheshire League 1898–1899

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1898–99 West Cheshire League Division 1 9th196112296213 [2]

North Wales Coast League 1899–1901

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1899–1900 North Wales Coast League 3rd14806292216 [1]
1900–01 North Wales Coast League 5th13625383214 [1]

Chester & District League 1901-1902

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1901-02Chester & District Division One7th1432918568 [3]

Flintshire League 1904-1906

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

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1904-05Flintshire League Division One7th1204810222Two points deducted for playing an ineligible player [4]
1905-06Flintshire League Division Two--------Data Missing

1906-1911 (As Holywell Victoria)

Flintshire League 1906-08

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1906-07Flintshire League Division Two2nd972027916 [5]
1907-08Flintshire League6th15726323116 [6]

Chester & District League 1908-11

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1908-09Chester & District Division One3rd17818403617 [7]
1909-10Chester & District Division One6th1341821319 [8]
1910-11Chester & District Division One4th64021758League data at 30 December 1910 [9]

1912–1930 (As Holywell United)

North Wales Coast League 1912–26

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

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1912–13 North Wales Coast League 7th20839434219 [10]
1913–14 North Wales Coast League 1st171511571631 [11]
Won North Wales Coast Amateur Cup.
Welsh Amateur Cup Finalists.
1914–18No competition due to WWI
1919–20Data missingn/a
1920–21 North Wales Coast League 2nd221534923733
1921–26Data missingn/a
1926–27Data missingn/a Welsh Cup Semi-Finalists [12]

1930–1939 (As Holywell Arcadians)

Welsh Football League 1930–33

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

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1930–31Welsh Football League1st2620421254644
1931–32Welsh Football League2nd2418151244337
1932–33Welsh Football League1st201541843434

1945–1970

West Cheshire League 1947–49

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1947–48 West Cheshire League Division 1 6th22958745723
1948–49 West Cheshire League Division 1 6th2212010643624

Welsh League (North) 1949–66

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

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Holywell Town strip from 1955–56 season
SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1949–50Welsh League (North) Division 15th301578976437
1950–51Welsh League (North) Division 16th3015312705233
1951–52Welsh League (North) Division 15th3216511825437
1952–53Welsh League (North) Division 11st3424641195654
1953–54Welsh League (North) Division 14th342176913849Won Alves Cup
1954–55Welsh League (North) Division 12nd3427161325655
1955–56Welsh League (North) Division 17th3417512925839
1956–57Welsh League (North) Division 15th341879926843
1957–58Welsh League (North) Division 13rd3223271364248Won NWC Amateur Cup
1958–59Welsh League (North) Division 16th34175121009939
1959–60Welsh League (North) Division 13rd321868846242
1960–61Welsh League (North) Division 16th3417710858541
1961–62Welsh League (North)14th3412220638026
1962–63Welsh League (North)10th3215314646633
1963–64Welsh League (North)5th321769965240
1964–65Welsh League (North)14th3292214611020
1965–66Welsh League (North)15th286319459015

1970–1990

Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) 1970–1973

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1970–71 Welsh National League Division 4 2nd2619251223740
1971–72 Welsh National League Division 3 2nd3024331233951
1972–73 Welsh National League Division 2 8th3015312947633

Clwyd League System 1975–1988

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

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1975–76 Welsh League (North) Division 5 1st161411921829Promoted to Division 3
Won NWC Youth Cup
1976–77 Clwyd League Division 31st3026401382856Promoted to Division 1
Won NWC Junior Cup
1977–78 Clwyd League Division 14th261565592136
1978–79 Clwyd League Division 111th266317366815
1979–80 Clwyd League Division 18th2410212364222
1980–81 Clwyd League Division 12nd241455632633
1981–82 Clwyd League Division 13rd241455603233
1982–83 Clwyd League Division 114th26332034919
1983–84 Clwyd League Premier Division14th28412329779
1984–85Missing Datan/a
1985–86Missing Datan/a
1986–87 Clwyd League Premier Division1stWon North Wales Coast Challenge Cup
1987–88 Clwyd League Premier Division1stWon Clwyd League Cup
Won President Cup

Welsh Alliance League 1988–90

Welsh Alliance League [18]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1988–89 Welsh Alliance League 5th3216813656451
1989–90 Welsh Alliance League 14th348818446829**3pts deducted

1990–2015

Cymru Alliance 1990–92

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1990–91 Cymru Alliance 9th266614294024
1991–92 Cymru Alliance 11th3071013484931

League of Wales 1992–97

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1992–93 League of Wales 6th3817813654859Won Clwyd League Auxiliary Cup
Won Clwyd League Youth Cup
1993–94 League of Wales 5th38181010745764
1994–95 League of Wales 8th38161012625558
1995–96 League of Wales 16th4012721537443
1996–97 League of Wales 20th407825528129Relegated to Cymru Alliance

Cymru Alliance 1997–98

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1997–98 Cymru Alliance 2nd362565863481Promoted to League of Wales
Won Cymru Alliance League Cup

League of Wales 1998–99

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1998–99 League of Wales 17th323920388623Relegated to Cymru Alliance

Cymru Alliance 1999–2006

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
1999–00 Cymru Alliance 12th327421416925
2000–01 Cymru Alliance 10th3211615476939
2001–02 Cymru Alliance 16th348521508529
2002–03 Cymru Alliance 17th32452333968**9pts deducted
2003–04 Cymru Alliance 14th328816386132
2004–05 Cymru Alliance 9th3413714776446
2005–06 Cymru Alliance 17th3451217497224Relegated to Welsh Alliance

Welsh Alliance League 2006–2015

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]

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Holywell Town strip from 2010 to 2012 season
SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
2006–07 Welsh Alliance League 10th288812596332
2007–08 Welsh Alliance League 12th288614447027**3pts deducted
2008–09 Welsh Alliance League 14th3210319648033
2009–10 Welsh Alliance League 10th3013710724346
2010–11 Welsh Alliance League Division 13rd3017310684054Won FAW Trophy
Won Clwyd Reserve Division
2011–12 Welsh Alliance League Division 12nd302334772972Mawddach Barritt Trophy Finalists
2012–13 Welsh Alliance League Division 13rd281873983861Cookson Cup Finalists
2013–14 Welsh Alliance League Division 12nd2820531032365Welsh Cup Semi-Finalists
Cookson Cup Winners
2014–15 Welsh Alliance League Division 11st2623211191971League Champions
FAW Trophy Winners
Mawddach Challenge Cup Winners
Cookson Cup Finalists

2015 – Present

Cymru Alliance 2015–2019

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]

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
2015–16 Cymru Alliance 5th301578553452NE Wales FA Cup Finalists
2016–17 Cymru Alliance 5th301488524550
2017–18 Cymru Alliance 5th281486753750NEWFA Cup Finalists
2018–19 Cymru Alliance 14th308616385830Relegated to the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division

Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) 2019–2020

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstPointsNotes
2019–20 Welsh National League Premier Division 1st171331628422.47 points per game ratio

Cymru North 2020-

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.

SeasonLeaguePositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstGDPointsNotes
2020-21 Cymru Northn/a--------Season Cancelled
2021-22 Cymru North4th2815586836+3250
2022-23 Cymru North2nd3026137522+5379
Current league position as of 16th July 2023 [22]

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