Club's Official History
19 Jul 2009

Year Founded 1893
Previously Holywell Acodians
Nickname “The Wellmen”
Colours Red & White / All Blue
Ground Halkyn Road, Holywell
Record Attendance 3000, 1962 Welsh Cup tie v’s Swansea City

Holywell Town has been represented in local football throughout this century. The 1920/21 season saw Holywell finish runners-up in the league to Holyhead and were Division 1 leading goalscorers with 92 goals. They also reached the final of the Amateur Cup but lost 1-3 to Holyhead at Bangor. The next season saw Holywell again reach the final but this time they beat Holyhead 1-0 at Llandudno to lift the cup. The 1930/31 season saw Holywell win the welsh league, this feat was repeated in the 1932-33 season when they finished 9 points ahead of the runner’s up. Social and football history combine to establishing the club as it is known today. In 1946 soldiers returning home from World War Two established the club at Halkyn Road where it has remained ever since. Success came immediately in 1947 both The Alves Cup and The Waterfall Cup were won. In 1949 The NWCFA Amateur Cup was won.
Holywell won the Welsh League (North) in 1953, nine years later in 1962 a record attendance of 3000 packed Halkyn Road for a Welsh Cup 6th round tie with Swansea City, the Swans winning 2-1. Holywell were founder members of the Manweb Cymru Alliance in 1990-91 and then founder members of the LoW in 1992/93. The 1992-92 season was a particularly good one for Holywell winning the Clwyd League Youth Cup, the Auxiliary Youth Cup whilst also being runners up in the Alves Cup.
The club won respect in North Wales and further afield under the shrewd management of Glyn Griffiths, but once his reign ended inconsistency crept in. League placings on 6th and 5th in 1993 and 1994 respectively prove the point. Since this time the club have been relegated, promoted and sadly relegated again, most recently in 1999. During those early seasons player such as Pat Moran, Chris Milroy, Ian Howat and Richard Grundy were highly regarded in LoW circles.
At the conclusion of the 2001-02 season The Wellmen narrowly avoided relegation and decided to part company with their Manchester based manager and squad in favour of a more local set up. After finishing a creditable 9th in the Cymru Alliance League in 2004/05, Holywell were relegated the following season into the Welsh Alliance League and with a local set up of players, Holywell aim to win promotion back into the Cymru Alliance.

Major Honours

1893 Founder Members of the North Wales Coast League
1898 Finalist, North Wales Senior Cup
1914 League and Amateur Cup Winners
1921 League Runners Up (92 Goals Scored)
Amateur Cup Final
1922 Amateur Cup Winners
1931 Welsh League Champions
1933 Welsh League Champions
1953 Welsh League (North) Champions
Alves Cup Finalists
1958 North Wales Amateur Cup Winners
1976 Youth Cup Winners
1977 Junior Cup Winners
1987 Challenge Cup Winners
Presidents Cup Winners
Clwyd League Champions
1988 Clwyd League Cup Winners
1993 Clwyd League Youth Cup Winners
Youth Auxillary Cup Winners
2010/11  FAW Trophy Winners
2010/11  Clwyd Reserve Division Champions

Founder Members of the Cymru Alliance League
Founder Members of the “Konica League of Wales