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Denbigh Town Football Club was
formed in 1880 and has remained one of the most popular and highly respected
clubs in North Wales football ever since. One of the club's finest
achievements came in 1924 when it won both the Welsh Amateur Cup and the
North Wales Coast Amateur Cup.

A number of minor successes
ensued in the subsequent decades until the club hit a purple patch in the
1970's when they won the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Championship four times and the League Cup on five occasions. Town also
landed the North Wales Coast Amateur Cup in 1970 and the North Wales Coast
Amateur Cup in 1972. The manager through most of this golden period was John
Trevor Roberts who remains one of Denbigh Town's most legendary figures.
After the club left the Wrexham
Area League at the turn of the 80's and joined the Clwyd League many
trophy-less years followed. The sleeping giant did not awaken until the
1991/92 season when Liverpudlian duo Bill Dawson and Roy Cook-Hannah took
over the reins at Central Park. In their first season the club won promotion
to the Premier Division, but the biggest highlight was an unforgettable 1-0
North Wales Challenge Cup victory over the fourth placed HFS Loans League
semi-professionals of Caernarfon
Town before an ecstatic crowd
at Central Park. Ironically, the Caernarvon manager that day was one John
Trevor who saw his side denied by heroic defending and a superb goal-keeping
display from Garry Wayne Jones. The only goal came after 62 minutes from
Alan Anderson and went down in Denbigh Town folklore.

After two seasons in the Clwyd
Premier, Town was promoted to the Fitlock Welsh Alliance League 1994/95.
After finishing fourth in their first season, Town followed up in style by
landing the League Championship and Cookson Cup double, the club's finest
achievement for almost 20 years.
Denbigh took their place in the
Cymru Alliance for the start of the 1996/97 season and enjoyed several good
seasons at that level.
Denbigh were relegated from the
Cymru Alliance in 2001/02. Denbigh then joined the Welsh Alliance League
for 2002/03 and finished 3rd, reached the semi final of the Barritt Cup and
won the Alves Cup with Roy Cook-Hannah back at the helm.
Roy Cook-Hannah resigned on 8th
December 2003. Clwyd Williams and Nick Hailes were installed as caretakers
on the 11th December 2003 with the aim of fulfilling the
remaining fixtures. Denbigh finished in 12th place with 36 points from 30
matches.
Tim Dyer was appointed Manager
on the 6th May 2004. In season
2005/2006 Tim guided the Town to the Barritt and Cookson Cup double, was
Runners Up in the Welsh Alliance League and was North Wales Coast FA
Challenge Cup Finalists.
Denbigh Town also won the Welsh
Alliance Fair Play League for 2005/2006.
In 2007 Denbigh were crowned
Welsh Alliance League Champions and Cookson Cup Winners. Denbigh also won
the Welsh Alliance Fair Play League in 2007. Denbigh Town Reserves also won
promotion to the Clwyd Premier League in 2006 /2007 under Reserve Team
Manager Tony Sheridan.
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