Colwyn Bay have taken to life in the Welsh Premier League well, as they qualified for the championship round, and find themselves in 4th, just three points off Penybont.
After what some may have expected to be a tough 2024/25 campaign for Colwyn Bay after suffering relegation the season prior, it’s turned out to be nothing major for the club, as they gained promotion straight away.
The club got straight to work in the transfer window, signing players like Aeron Edwards, Nathan Peate and Jordan Davies, the club’s current top goalscorer with 12 goals so far.
The club have recently also maintained their faith in their manager, Michael Wilde. Wilde joined the club after their relegation, and they have recently announced he’s been appointed the Director of Football on a 5-year-deal alongside his managerial role.
Colwyn Bay are trying to push on for possible European fixtures come next season, but are they showing why the changes to the Welsh Premier are positive?
Well, one of the main takeaways from that off the bat is Llanelli Town. They topped the Cymru South in 2024/25 on 64 points, five ahead of second-place Trethomas Bluebirds.
Their season has been the complete opposite of Colwyn Bay’s. After 26 games, they find themselves on nine points, after two wins and three draws.
They are 15 points off 11th-place Bala, while 20 points behind Flint, who sit in the place above the relegation zone.
This may showcase the gap is significant between the top tiers below, and that Colwyn Bay are performing to levels Welsh football hasn’t seen before.
However, the year before, Flint Town and Briton Ferry gained promotion, and both stayed up the following season. Briton Ferry finishing 10th and Flint in 8th.
The 2023/24 season saw newly promoted Colwyn Bay relegated by two points. However, Cymru South side Barry Town finished in 9th, which has now been followed up by two top-six finishes.
So, while Colwyn Bay has been the cream of the crop, this season has also shown that Llaneli have been poor in comparison to others.
The quality in the Cymru North and South is there for people to see, whether that’s in the players, managers and coaching staff or recruitment.
Next season sets the change for the Welsh Premier, and a few have speculated that the quality between the established teams and the newly promoted ones will be too large.
For TNS, this is probably the case, and has been the case for many years, but the second-tier sides have shown in recent years that they have the quality to match teams in the superior division, and Colwyn Bay are setting the bar high.
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Daniel Moffat 
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