To win 31 out of 32 matches in a highly competitive league over a 12-month period is quite a feat.
That is what Holywell Town have achieved in the tier 2 Cymru North between August 20, 2022 and this weekend – September 8, 2023.
It is a stunning record. To be that consistent over such a lengthy spell is downright phenomenal.
So good are those stats, it does make me wonder how many other teams in Wales, the rest of the UK, Europe or even the entire world currently boast a run that impressive.
My guess is not very many.
We are talking the joint-second highest level league in the Welsh pyramid here. Lots of very good sides involved.
In 2009-10 and 2010-11, the now disbanded FC Nomads of Connah’s Quay won 43 of their first 44 league games – but with all due respect, they played at tier 6 and 7 in those two seasons.
It is unlikely anyone has put together such a remarkable streak as Holywell in the 33-year history of the Cymru Alliance/Cymru North, although between March 26, 2022 and April 15, 2023, last season’s champions Colwyn Bay won 30, drew 3 and lost just 1 of 34 games.
In that sequence, Bay won 25 in a row and their only defeat came against…..Holywell, who achieved the exact same stat and finished runners-up to the Seagulls.
Holywell’s sole league loss in their last 32 outings was a 2-1 reverse at home to Llandudno on April 7, 2023.
In those 32 games they have netted 89 goals and conceded just 15. At one stage they did not let in a single goal in nine matches – well in excess of 800 minutes.
Johnny Haseldin’s side, who have also lifted the NEWFA Challenge Cup in these past 12 months, should take a massive bow.
Played: 32
Won: 31
Lost: 1
Goals scored: 89
Goals conceded: 15
Points: 93 out of a possible 96
8 September 2023
Prestatyn Town 0 Holywell Town 4
28 August 2023
Holywell Town 3 Mold Alexandra 0
18 August 2023
Denbigh Town 1 Holywell Town 5
12 August 2023
Holywell Town 2 Llandudno 1
29 July 2023
Holywell Town 1 Porthmadog 0
15 April 2023
Holyhead Hotspur 0 Holywell Town 6
7 April 2023
Holywell Town 1 Llandudno 2
1 April 2023
Prestatyn Town 1 Holywell Town 2
29 March 2023
Holywell Town 2 Chirk AAA 0
25 March 2023
Colwyn Bay 1 Holywell Town 3
18 March 2023
Penrhyncoch 0 Holywell Town 5
10 March 2023
Conwy Borough 1 Holywell Town 4
25 February 2023
Holywell Town 4 Cefn Druids 0
22 February 2023
Holywell Town 1 Prestatyn Town 0
17 February 2023
Buckley Town 0 Holywell Town 2
11 February 2023
Holywell Town 4 Guilsfield 0
8 February 2023
Mold Alexandra 0 Holywell Town 2
28 January 2023
Llanidloes Town 0 Holywell Town 3
21 January 2023
Holywell Town 2 Gresford Athletic 0
2 January 2023
Holywell Town 4 Porthmadog 0
7 December 2022
Holywell Town 2 Ruthin Town 0
25 November 2022
Ruthin Town 1 Holywell Town 4
6 November 2022
Chirk AAA 0 Holywell Town 2
29 October 2022
Holywell Town 2 Mold Alexandra 0
22 October 2022
Porthmadog 2 Holywell Town 3
15 October 2022
Holywell Town 2 Llanidloes Town 1
1 October 2022
Holywell Town 2 Penrhyncoch 0
24 September 2022
Gresford Athletic 1 Holywell Town 2
6 September 2022
Guilsfield 1 Holywell Town 2
29 August 2022
Holywell Town 2 Buckley Town 1
26 August 2022
Cefn Druids 0 Holywell Town 3
20 August 2022
Holywell Town 3 Conwy Borough 1
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