What are the 5 highest attendances in Cymru Premier League history?
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The 2,357 crowd at Colwyn Bay on Good Friday was the fifth-highest attendance in JD Cymru Premier history, so here’s a look at all the games that make up the top five.
3,250 – Porthmadog 0-2 Bangor City, 17 May 1994
Going into the final day of the 1993/94 season – only the second ever Welsh top-flight campaign – Bangor City needed just a point to secure the league title.
Managed by future Southampton and Sheffield United boss Nigel Adkins, the Citizens travelled to a Porthmadog side who were mid-table and had nothing left to play for.
It allowed Lee Noble and Mark Rutter to score the goals that secured victory for Bangor as a bumper crowd at Y Traeth watched them lift the trophy.
2,746 – Barry Town 5-2 Caernarfon Town, 26 January 1997
Barry Town won four successive league titles in the second half of the 1990s, so it was no surprise that they attracted large crowds to Jenner Park.
This attendance was even more impressive considering that the game against Caernarfon Town was the division’s first ever fixture to be broadcast on live television.
Barry triumphed thanks to a brace each from Tony Bird and player-manager Gary Barnett and one from Phil Johnson. They went on to win the league title with a record 105 points.
2,741 – Rhyl 1-0 Total Network Solutions, 11 April 2004
Total Network Solutions had emerged as a force in Welsh football in the early 2000s and were chasing their second league title in the 2003/04 season.
Their main rivals for the trophy were Rhyl, who were on a 25-match unbeaten run going into a pivotal fixture between the two sides in April.
Andy Moran scored a last-gasp winner for the Lilywhites at Belle Vue and Rhyl went on to win their first league title by a one-point margin as part of an impressive quadruple alongside the Welsh Cup, League Cup and NWCFA Challenge Cup.
2,593 – Bangor City 5-3 Prestatyn Town, 27 December 2011
Bangor City fans packed into Farrar Road at the end of 2011 to give the stadium a deserved send off before it was demolished and the club moved to Nantporth.
A thrilling game was worthy of the occasion too as Bangor won an eight-goal thriller. Neil Gibson, Ross Stephens and Mike Parker netted for Prestatyn, but goals from Les Davies, Sion Edwards, Dave Morley (two) and Craig Garside won the day for the hosts.
“It was fantastic. You couldn’t have written a better script,” then Bangor chairman Dilwyn Jones said. “What more could you ask for?”
2,357 – Colwyn Bay 0-2 Caernarfon Town, 3 April 2026
It has been a superb first season back in the top-flight for Colwyn Bay, with a number of impressive attendances recorded at the Blue Turtle Arena.
Good Friday was the Seagulls’ final home league game of the regular campaign, and while on the wrong end of the scoreline, a Ryan Astles own goal and Zack Clarke strike delivering the Cofis victory, they still have the European Play-Offs to look forward to as they aim to qualify for continental competition for the first time.
There is every chance that an even higher attendance could be recorded on the coast if Michael Wilde’s side end up with a home tie in the Play-Offs.