Penblwydd hapus Mr Parry – chwaraewr newydd CPD Dyffryn Nantlle

Prolific marksman Sion Parry turns 24 today having already amassed almost 300 senior goals in his career.

Sion signed for tier 3 Ardal North West club Nantlle Vale from Bangor 1876 in June, but is yet to make his debut for the Penygroes-based side due to no football below tier 1 having been played since March 2020 due to coronavirus.

The net-finder supreme has notched 291 career goals, the majority of them coming for Llanystumdwy, where he won the Gwynedd League golden boot four times outright and once joint.

Parry began last season at Porthmadog, where he netted four goals for the first team in the Cymru North before switching to Bangor 1876 in January, scoring nine times as the newly-formed club roared to the Gwynedd League title.

Sion’s impressive football highlights reel includes bagging a hat-trick for Llanystumdwy in a 3-0 NWCFA Intermediate Cup Final victory over Llandudno Albion in 2015-16.

Three days before his 19th birthday in the same season, Sion came on as a substitute for Porthmadog versus in-form Holywell Town in the Cymru Alliance and scored the only goal – his debut strike for the first team.

Tremadog lad Parry’s best goals total in a season is 60 in a Llanystumdwy shirt in 2017-18.

The following campaign, he hit 49 for a Porthmadog Reserves team which landed the Welsh Alliance Reserves Division league and cup double.

SION PARRY – CAREER GOAL STATISTICS

Sion (right) in action for Porthmadog

League Goals
2012/13: Llanystumdwy – 7 goals
2013/14: Llanystumdwy – 15 goals
2014/15: Llanystumdwy – 45 goals
2015/16: Llanystumdwy – 26 goals; Porthmadog Res – 11 goals; Porthmadog firsts – 1 goal
2016/17: Llanystumdwy: 28 goals
2017/18: Llanystumdwy 40 goals
2018/19: Porthmadog Res: 41 goals: Porthmadog firsts – 2 goals.
2019/20: Porthmadog – 1 goal
2019/20: Porthmadog Res – 5 goals
2019/20: Bangor 1876 – 6 goals

Total: 228

All competitions
2012/13: Llanystumdwy – 7 goals
2013/14: Llanystumdwy – 18 goals
2014/15: Llanystumdwy – 56 goals
2015/16: Llanystumdwy – 31 goals; Porthmadog Res – 11 goals; Porthmadog 1sts – 1 goal
2016/17: Llanystumdwy – 38 goals
2017/18: Llanystumdwy – 60 goals
2018/19: Porthmadog Res – 49 goals: Porthmadog firsts – 2 goals
2019/20: Porthmadog – 4 goals; Porthmadog Res 5 goals; Bangor 1876 – 9 goals

Total cup goals: 63

Goals in all competitions: 291

Club goals breakdown
Llanystumdwy: 210 goals (170 games)
Porthmadog Res: 65 goals
Porthmadog 1sts: 7 goals
Bangor 1876: 9 goals