Holywell Town F.C.

Holywell Town

Full name	Holywell Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Wellmen
Founded	c.1881 as Holywell F.C.
Ground	Halkyn Road, Holywell
Ground Capacity	2,000 (200 seated)
Chairman	Sean Elliott
Manager	John Haseldin
League	Cymru Alliance
2015–16	Cymru Alliance, 5th
Website	Club home page

Holywell Town F.C. is a Welsh football club from Holywell, Flintshire. They are nicknamed 'The Wellmen', and play their home games at Halkyn Road, Holywell.

Holywell Town were founding members of both the Cymru Alliance and the League of Wales (now known as the Welsh Premier League) and enjoyed their best period in the top flight in the mid-1990s. For the 2015-16 season, they will be playing back in the Cymru Alliance after a gap of nine season due to winning the Welsh Alliance League Division 1 the previous season.

The 2014-15 season has proved to be one of The Wellmen's best season in its history, winning the Welsh Alliance League Division 1 title with three games to go at Llanrwst and ending the league campaign with a goal difference of +100 and winning all but three of their league games. They also won their second FAW Trophy beating fellow Welsh Alliance team Penrhyndeudraeth 4-2 at Llandudno's Maesdu Stadium, and achieved a Mawddach Challenge Cup victory, beating Llanrug United 3-2 at Bangor City's Nantporth Stadium to complete an unprecedented treble.

The history of football in Holywell can be traced back to a club that was simply known as Holywell, and it is credited that it was founded by a Colonel J.Llewellyn Williams. During those early days, Holywell played their football on a ground known as Ffordd Fer ('Short Way'), which was located where the local high school is now situated, and also wore red and white as their strip, just as the current team wears today in its home kit. There is evidence of a Holywell team existing way back in 1881, when a Holywell team lost in the first round of the 1881-82 Welsh Cup to Northwich Victoria, losing to the Cheshire side 0-3.

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