Friday night reports: Welsh Cup, National Reserve League, North Wales Coast West, North East Wales, Development

FRIDAY NIGHT RESULTS AND REPORTS – OCTOBER 16

FAW WELSH CUP ROUND TWO

Denbigh Town 0
CPD Dinas Bangor City 1876 2 (McManus 21, McGonigle 28)

First half goals from Declan McManus and Corrig McGonigle booked Bangor a place in the last 32 at the expense of a Denbigh side whose late penalty miss cost them hope of a revival.
Last season’s semi-finalists posed the first serious threat on eight minutes when Josh Carey drilled a strike at goal but Ollie Farebrother saved well at his near post.
Denbigh went close on 15 minutes when Alfie Vaughan let fly with an effort which came back off the underside of the bar, but the ball did not cross the goal-line and was cleared.
The deadlock was broken in the 21st minute when the relentless McManus stole possession on the left and from a tight angle beat the keeper for his 13th goal of the season.
It was 2-0 in the 28th minute when McManus had a shot blocked but master poacher McGonigle was on hand to fire in at the second attempt.
Casey almost made it three before the break when he latched onto a McGonigle delivery over the defence and lashed a fierce shot just wide.
Both teams had their moments in attack after the break, but clear chances were at a premium until the 77th minute when Town’s Tom Kelly was brought down in the box.
Nathan Brown stepped up to take the penalty, but Josh Davies dived the right way and produced the save.
That signalled Denbigh’s last hope of turning the tie around and battling Bangor continued what they hope will be another long run in this season’s Welsh Cup.

Airbus UK Broughton 1 The New Saints 2

Heartbreak for Airbus as their hopes of a cup upset were dashed when Daniel Williams bagged an 88th minute winner for The New Saints.
Danny Davies’ 12th minute goal from a corner handed the Cymru Premier champions a half-time lead, but the in-form Wingmakers fought back to level on 66 through Jordan Evans, who curled a trademark free kick into the top corner.
It was no more than Airbus deserved and they pressed for a winner, but two minutes from the 90, Williams’ deflected effort decided the outcome.

Connah’s Quay Nomads 4 Porthmadog 0

A convincing triumph for Cymru Premier high-flyers Nomads over Cymru North opposition at the Essity Stadium.
John Disney’s side did plenty of attacking in the first half, but at the interval they held only a narrow 1-0 lead.
Harry Franklin was denied very early on by a goal-line clearance and the woodwork.
Robbie Williams in the Port goal produced some handy saves before the deadlock was broken on 38 minutes, Max Woodcock applying the finish after Franklin’s initial header was saved.
Callum West rattled the post before the break.
In the 58th minute, Nomads doubled their advantage when Iwan Murray headed home a cross from Alex Hughes.
Port nearly pulled one back when Rhys Alun Williams’ close range strike was superbly saved by Chris Renshaw.
However, late goals from Hughes and Hussein Mehasseb put the hosts out of sight.

FAW NATIONAL RESERVE LEAGUE NORTH

Ruthin Town Reserves 5 Holywell Town Development 3

Second-place Ruthin pocketed the points from an eight-goal thriller, Teifi Williams, Charles Jackson, Ciaran Roberts, Jacob Lloyd and Sion Williams sharing the home net-finders, the Wellmen replying through Jacob Byron, Lewys Williams and Josh Acott.

Llandudno U18s/Reserves 4 NFA U21s 1

Tobi Osunjimi (2), Isaac Beck and Jordan Hadaway split the goals for Tudno, Sam Parry-Jones the sole marksman for NFA.

NORTH WALES COAST WEST PREMIER DIVISION

Cemaes Bay 1 Nantlle Vale 3

New signing Brad Davis marked his debut with a double for Nantlle Vale.
Signed in the week from Holyhead Hotspur, the 19-year-old Davis netted on eight and 10 minutes, Alex Kalafusz adding a third before Callum Evans replied for the hosts.

Menai Bridge Tigers 2 CPD Aberffraw 0

Tigers made it seven straight wins and reached 50 league goals for the season with a home success over Aberffraw.
Callum Graves struck first for the Bridge on seven minutes, but the hosts could not start to relax until 86 was gone and Cameron Jones made it 2-0 to the leaders.

NORTH EAST WALES FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Division Two

Cefn Druids 2 CPD Yr Wyddgrug 3

Toby Vickery was a hat-trick star for Yr Wyddgrug in their narrow win at The Rock.
This battle of 100% sides saw the visitors go top with a third straight victory of 2026-27, Vickers on the mark after 12, 32 and 33 minutes.
Edgar Lima Teixeira and sub Alex Nash replied for the Ancients.

Reserve Division One

Connah’s Quay Town XI 1 Mynydd Isa Colts 2

Jack Casey’s double banked the points for Colts, Kyle Shaw responding for Quay, who had keeper Josh Cooke red-carded after full time.

NWCFA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

Prestatyn Town Development 10 Rhyl Rangers Development 0

Town moved six points clear at the summit after Friday’s double-figure demolition job at Bastion Gardens.
Khalil Taktak hit four for the hosts, making it 12 goals in eight games for the 16-year-old, Kai Paolucci pocketed a treble to boost his tally to 11 from 11 this term, Jack Kennedy (2, 1 pen) and Kaiden-Lee Taylor making up the 10.