Citizens to remain in Cymru North after winning appeal, Hollywell down and Llandyrnog stay up
The EUROGOLD Stadium - home of Bangor City FC. (Wikimedia Commons)
It has tonight been confirmed that Bangor City will remain in the JD Cymru North after winning their appeal against a 21-point deduction imposed on them by the Football Association of Wales.
The club were initially deducted 42 points, which would have seen them relegated to the third tier, however they were able to half the punishment on appeal.
A club statement read: “Bangor City Football Club have today won the appeal of a 21-point deduction imposed on them by the Football Association of Wales.
CITIZENS SUCCESSFUL IN APPEAL
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— Bangor City FC (@bangorcityfc) August 16, 2019
“The club, represented by Christopher O’Neal, can confirm that the appeal, which took place in Birmingham, was 100 per cent successful and the further charge was not proven.”
This evening’s announcement means that Holywell Town’s relegation to the Welsh National League is formally confirmed.
The Football Association of Wales’ statement read: “The Sports Resolutions UK Independent Arbitration Panel sat today (16 August) to consider the matter of an appeal and the hearing of an additional charge between Bangor City FC (Appellant) and the Football Association of Wales (Respondent in the Appeal / Complainant in the additional charge).
Bangor City Arbitration Hearing
1/2 Holywell Town FC have been informed in the last half an hour that Bangor City FC have succeeded in overturning the points deduction awarded against them for alleged fielding of ineligible players.
— HolywellTownFC (@HolywellTownFC) August 16, 2019
“Bangor City will therefore compete in the JD Cymru North for the forthcoming 2019/20 season.
“Meanwhile, it is also confirmed that Holywell Town will play in the Welsh National League Premier Division and that Llandyrnog United will participate in the Welsh Alliance League Division One.”
The club revealed that details surrounding their opening game in recently-rebranded Cymru North will follow in due course.
Commenting on the announcement, Citizens boss Stephen Vaughan Jr. said: “It’s now time to start playing some football, to put this behind us and begin our League programme.
The news filtering through to us, confirms that we will be playing our football in the Welsh alliance Div 1. We’d like to thank everyone for their well wishes and support during this time, and we now look forward to starting our season. #DyrnyStayingUp
— Llandyrnog United (@LlandyrnogFC) August 16, 2019
“I would just like to put on record how appreciative we are to Chris O’Neal who has represented the club throughout this process with absolute class.”
More to follow.
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