How the league title was won – Prestatyn Sports
PRESTATYN SPORTS – HOW THE 2025-26 NORTH WALES COAST EAST DIVISION ONE TITLE WAS WON
There was no stopping Prestatyn Sports after the turn of 2026 as they recorded nine straight wins to storm to the Division One title.
They had already entered the new year with three victories in a row behind them and were 5 unbeaten.
LEAGUE RESULTS 2025-26
15 April 2026
Prestatyn Sports 3 1 Penrhyn Bay
11 April 2026
Prestatyn Wanderers 0 12 Prestatyn Sports
28 March 2026
Crozzy 1 4 Prestatyn Sports
21 March 2026
Henllan 1 3 Prestatyn Sports
14 March 2026
Prestatyn Sports 3 0 Crozzy
31 January 2026
Prestatyn Sports 5 2 Llysfaen
17 January 2026
Llandyrnog United 0 2 Prestatyn Sports
10 January 2026
Blue Bridge 2 6 Prestatyn Sports
3 January 2026
Rhuddlan Town 2 3 Prestatyn Sports
13 December 2025
Llysfaen 0 5 Prestatyn Sports
6 December 2025
Prestatyn Sports 5 2 Henllan
29 November 2025
Prestatyn Wanderers 2 5 Prestatyn Sports
22 November 2025
Prestatyn Sports 2 2 Llandyrnog United
15 November 2025
Prestatyn Sports 3 1 Blue Bridge
8 November 2025
Penrhyn Bay 3 0 Prestatyn Sports
18 October 2025
Prestatyn Sports 4 0 Rhuddlan Town
4 October 2025
Prestatyn Sports 1 2 Penrhyn Bay
27 September 2025
Prestatyn Sports 7 3 Llysfaen
20 September 2025
Prestatyn Sports 9 0 Crozzy
30 August 2025
Prestatyn Sports 11 1 Prestatyn Wanderers
27 August 2025
Henllan 1 6 Prestatyn Sports
23 August 2025
Llandyrnog United 5 3 Prestatyn Sports
20 August 2025
Prestatyn Sports 5 2 Blue Bridge
16 August 2025
Rhuddlan Town 4 4 Prestatyn Sports
PLAYED 24 WON 19 DRAWN 2 LOST 3 GOALS FOR 113 GOALS AGAINST 37
GOALSCORERS (league goals only – total 113)
Mike Jones 28
Matty Griffiths 15
Alfie Griffiths 13
Dylan Taylor 13
Aidan Bell 8
Lewis Eyre-Williams 6
Ashley Garrett 6
Hayden Kivell 6
Ashley Castle 4
Osian Davies 3
Harvey Brewerton 2
Sam Jones 2
Gyorgy Szabo 2
Alex Garrett 1
Damiel Martin 1
Scott Stewart 1
Cy Williams 1
David Zmiarowski 1
PRESTATYN SPORTS – THE HISTORY
Formed in 2013-14, Prestatyn Sports were runners-up to Conwy Legion United in their debut season in Vale of Clwyd and Conwy League Division One, but the following campaign saw the Prestatyn club land a unique quadruple.
When the Prestatyn side rounded off the season by defeating Llandudno Albion 2-1 in the Presidents Cup Final at Rhyl, it completed a tremendous four-timer the likes of which had not been done before or will ever be achieved again.
Sports won the Premier Division by a very comfortable 13-point margin, winning 19 out of 20 games and 10 from 10 away, hammered Waunfawr 5-1 in the final of the NWCFA Intermediate Cup and battered Rhyl Rovers 9-2 in the Premier Cup Final.
Goals flowed throughout the season for Mark Hughes and John Hargreaves’s team – 178 in 36 matches in all competitions making it an average of almost five per game.
The club itself actually celebrated a five-timer in 2014-15 as Prestatyn Sports Reserves won the Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Division One title.
Sports had been second best in their debut season to Division One champions Legion, but they gained revenge in 2014/15, winning three out of four tussles with the Conwy outfit and finishing 13 points ahead of them in the Premier.
Darren Cassidy was top-goalscorer with 51 and Craig Griffiths notched 45.
Sports were promoted to the Welsh Alliance in 2015-16 and in their first season finished sixth in Division Two and were Take Stock Van Hire Challenge Cup runners-up.
The following campaign, the Prestatyn side went one better and won the Take Stock Van Hire Challenge Cup, also claiming third spot in Division Two.
The 2017-18 season was an amazing one for Sports as they romped to the Division Two title, ending up eight points clear and recording a perfect home record of 14 straight wins.
In 2018/19, the club finished seventh in tier 3 Welsh Alliance Division One before the shortened 2019/20 saw Sports experience their first disappointing season as they ended up bottom of the league.
In May 2020 the club announced it would move away from its long-term home at Gronant as the facility has failed to meet Tier 3 grading criteria.
Sports subsequently moved to The Meadows, and received funding help from the local council to improve the drainage. That same year, the club secured a 25-year lease on the ground.
They became a member of the newly-formed North Wales Coast East Premier Division in 2021-22 and completed the season in third place.
In 2022-23, Sports had their ups and downs, but still finished a respectable fifth in the NWCE Premier and were runners-up in the Cookson Cup.
However, problems in fielding a team towards the end of the campaign due to injuries and unavailability did mean two games were left unplayed.
With a number of their players moving on in summer 2023, it was becoming obvious Sports would struggle to compete to their previous high standard in the next season and therefore the club decided to fold, insisting this was a temporary measure.
They were good to their word, as after a season off, the club returned in 2024-25, starting in the Tier 5 North Wales Coast East Division One.
They finished third, but in 2025-26 raised their game to be crowned North Wales Coast East Division One champions, possessing a talented squad mixed with youth and experience.
Captain Mike Jones finished Division One top-scorer for the second season in a row, netting 33 in 2024-25 and 28 in 2025-26.