NORTH EAST WALES LEAGUE: Queen’s Park will meet Greenfield in Horace Wynne final, Gronant hit eight

NORTH EAST WALES LEAGUE – SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026

NEWFA HORACE WYNNE CUP SEMI-FINALS

Coedpoeth United 1 (T Williams 51)
FC Queen’s Park 4 (N Williams 21, 24, Molyneux 65, Smart 70)

Queen’s Park remain on course to lift the Horace Wynne Cup for the fourth time in five seasons after reaching the 2025-26 final with a 4-1 victory at Brymbo SSC today.

Winners of the trophy in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2024-25, the Park maintained their love affair with this league-wide competition at the expense of fellow Division 1 outfit Coedpoeth.

Nicky Williams put the Wrexham side on their way with his 18th and 19th goals of the season, finding the net on 21 and 24 minutes via assists from Corey Smart and Mike Latham.

It was 2-0 at half time, but six minutes into the second period Coedy threw themselves a lifeline when Tomos Williams halved the deficit, Iwan Bennett with the assist.

The visitors regained their two-goal advantage in the 65th minute, Smart with another supply for Sam Molyneux to make it 3-1.

And the tie was all but over when Smart bagged a well-deserved goal of his own – a 13th of the campaign – with Latham producing his second assist of the afternoon.

Acton 1 (Godfrey 37)
Greenfield 1 (Davies 83)
Greenfield won 4-3 on penalties

Division 1 Greenfield needed spot-kicks to finally see off the challenge of unbeaten Division 2 side Acton in a close-fought semi at Spider Park.

The visitors suffered an early blow when midfielder John Newton received a red card with just 22 minutes played.

Acton took advantage of having the extra man on 37 minutes when Jack White teed up Alix Godfrey to make it 1-0.

And the Wrexham side held that lead until the 83rd minute when Ryan Davies equalised, Kieron Day with the assist.

Penalties were required to settle the tie and Greenfield came out on top 4-3.

HORACE WYNNE CUP RECENT FINALS

2025-26: FC Queen’s Park v Greenfield

2024-25: Rhostyllen 0 FC Queen’s Park 1

2023-24: Penyffordd Lions 3 Mynydd Isa 1

2022-23: Ruabon Rovers 0 FC Queen’s Park 4

2021-22: FC Queen’s Park 1 Mold Alexandra Reserves 1 (Queen’s Park won 5-4 on pens)

LEAGUE ROUND-UP AND RESULTS WITH SHAUN BEST

Harry Massey (Overton Recreational) and Nick Sutherland (CPD Gronant) matched each other’s scoring feats, with each celebrating four-goal hauls as part of huge scorelines for their respective teams. Overton’s Tom Huxley also added two assists alongside his hat-trick.

No matter the competition, FC Queen’s Park keep on rolling and are through to the Horace Wynne Cup Final.

Skippy signed off their domestic campaign with a creditable draw against champions CPD Caerwys. Karl Bacon netted a 16th league goal of the season for Caerwys.

CPD Cei Connah’s late comeback frustrated AFC Deeside and has handed CPD Gronant a golden opportunity to secure a second-place finish in Division Three.

Mynydd Isa’s second string extended their lead at the top of Reserve Division One, while the top two did the business in Reserve Division Two. Broughton’s Evan Davies came off the bench to net his 14th of the season and went top of the scoring charts.

Broughton’s Reserves hold a nine point advantage over FC Queen’s Park, who have four games in hand. An exciting title chase looks set to play out over the coming weeks.

NEWFA Horace Wynne Cup – Semi Finals

Acton 1 (Alix Godfrey 37)
Greenfield 1 (Ryan Davies 83) John Newton sent off 22 for violent conduct
Greenfield won 4-3 on penalties

Coedpoeth United 1 (Tomos Williams 51)
FC Queen’s Park 4 (Nicky Williams 21, 24, Sam Molyneux 65, Corey Smart 70)

NEWFA Trophy – Quarter Final

CPD Sychdyn United 3 (Thomas Mitchell pen 40, 62, Ross Walker 65)
Cefn Druids 2 (Liam Lawrence 43, Jacob Edwards 51) Manager Malcolm Wareham sent off 70

NEWFA Division One

Ruabon Rovers 2 (Dan Kebell 85, Kyle Evans 88)
Hawarden Rangers 5 (Connor Parry pen 21, 54, Paul Lindfield 40, Louis Anglesea 46, Thomas Bridges 66)

Rhostyllen 2(Cameron Thomas 24, Jack Brindley 26)
Rhydymwyn 4 (Mitchell Williams 9, 19, Huw Williams 78, Adam Woosey 90+4)

NEWFA Division Two

Overton Recreation 7 (Harry Massey 13, 54, 61, 80, Tom Huxley 52, 68, 74)
Aston Park Rangers 1 (Andy Cook 59)

NEWFA Division Three

CPD Cei Connah 2 (Patrick Jones pen 86, Ben Wynne 90+9)
AFC Deeside 2 (Jay-Jay Bell 15, Jack Shallcross 41)

Deeside Dragons 1 (Cameron Byers 82)
Johnstown YFC 5 (Dwayne Jones 12, Callum Poole 37, 75, Dewi Reeves 55, Finnley Poole 85)

CPD Caerwys 2 (Karl Bacon 5, Jack Wakeman 72)
Skippy 2 (Matthew Lea 14, Kian Tudor 23)

Bellevue 0
CPD Gronant 8 (Nick Sutherland 9, 19, 26, 30, Thomas Bamber 28, Ian Jenkins 51, Joseph Sturdy 73, Matthew Lewis 76)

NEWFA Reserve Division One

Penycae Reserves 0
Mynydd Isa Reserves 1 (Cameron Anderson 59)

CPD Rhos Aelwyd Reserves 3 (Roman Durnell 45+1, Iwan Lloyd pen 77, 80)
Llangollen Town Reserves 0

Llay Welfare Reserves 0
Llanuwchllyn Reserves 1 (Rhys Roberts 90+1)

NEWFA Reserve Division Two

FC Queens Park Reserves 2 (Michael Parry 9, James Rogers 90+1)
Cefn Albion Reserves 0

Greenfield Reserves 2 (Morgan Evans 10, Harley Braddock-Cooper 80)
Castell Alun Colts Reserves 2 (Ben Williams pen 25, Owen Jones 83)

Broughton United Reserves 3 (Jack Foster 16, Callum Webber 70, Evan Davies 87)
Coedpoeth United Development Team 1 (Adam Lloyd 12)

Hawarden Rangers Reserves 0 Nathan Pierce sent off 45+7 for foul play
CPD Sychdyn United Reserves 0