Holywell Town came from two goals down to triumph 4-2 over Denbigh Town at Central Park on Saturday afternoon.
Denbigh’s new signing Bobby Beaumont marked his debut with the opening goal on 18 minutes, firing home from the edge of the area, before Nathan Brown doubled the lead just after the half hour mark with a pinpoint effort from distance – his fourth league goal in three games.
Staring at a first defeat since the end of October, Holywell boss Johnny Haseldin brought on captain Danny Andrews and Ilan ap Gareth at half-time and the duo helped turn the game around.
Jamie Breese laid off Jake Cooke to pull one goal back from close range in 57th minute, before the Wellmen were level three minutes later as Ap Gareth – who only returned to the club from Gresford on Thursday – smashed home a loose ball after Breese’s shot was saved.
Ap Gareth completed the turnaround on 75 minutes in similar fashion to his first goal, tucking away the rebound from Cooke’s initially saved effort. He capped a stunning second debut with six minutes left on the clock as he sent in a corner which struck Denbigh defender Mackenzie Stark and went in to secure a fourth consecutive win for Holywell.
Buckley Town were held to a 1-1 draw at home against Guilsfield on Saturday, which Bucks boss Asa Hamilton described as “the worst performance ever under me”.
It was in fact Hamilton’s men who found the breakthrough five minutes into the second half when Liam Driscoll tapped home from Max Moore’s low cross.
However, Guilsfield levelled just before the hour mark as Joe Haycock bagged his eighth league goal of the season. The Guils remain unbeaten in five matches since Gavin Allen’s appointment as manager, and they are now up into the top half.
Jonathan Collo’s stoppage-time penalty earned Llay Miners Welfare an impressive point in a 1-1 draw at home against Bangor 1876.
Mason Blackwell-Jones took his league goal tally for the season to nine as he opened the scoring for Bangor in the 63rd minute with a composed finish from James Barry’s cross.
That seemed to have secured the visitors all three points, but Llay won a penalty eight minutes into stoppage time which Collo calmly converted to ensure the spoils were shared at The Ring.
Weekend results in full:
Buckley Town 1-1 Guilsfield
Caersws P-P Colwyn Bay
Denbigh Town 2-4 Holywell Town
Llay Miners Welfare 1-1 Bangor 1876
Penrhyncoch P-P Flint Mountain
