Tom Weir’s 93rd-minute strike sent Town into ecstasy as Dewi Llion’s side came from behind to win at Gresford.

Weir’s effort complimented a Nathan Brown penalty despite Haci Ozlu’s opener for the home side and denied a first draw for Denbigh in over a year.

Dewi Llion made three changes to the side that lost to Flint in the Welsh Cup two weeks ago with Craig Pritchard, Dan Parry-Jones and Matthew Worrall coming into the XI whilst Rhys Lloyd and Morgan Thomas-Sadler were elevated to the bench.

The match kicked-off at the Rock and took seven minutes for the first sight of goal when Brown’s corner met the head of Ben Lockley but he couldn’t steer the ball on target.

Denbigh began brightly and on 12 minutes had another chance when Brown was threaded through before being pushed wide, he eventually found a way to cross for an onrushing Lock but his volley ballooned over the bar.

Despite the early pressure, it was the home side who took the lead after 16 minutes. A cross from deep on the right-hand side by Matthew Chaplin met the head of Ozlu who connected well and the ball looped into the top corner.

Though Gresford took the lead Town never waivered and continued to put pressure on the Colliers goal, with Weir and Worrall both testing Michael Jones.

Just after the half-hour mark Gresford should have doubled their advantage as a low ball across the box found Simon Smith who with the freedom of the box blazed over.

Denbigh thought they’d drawn level on 37 minutes when Worrall was played through, he rounded the keeper before finishing but the flag had been raised for offside.

Minutes before the break Town were literally handed a lifeline when Pritchard’s shot from the edge of the box was blocked by a hand and a penalty was awarded. Brown stepped up and cooly dispatched it to the goalkeeper’s left low into the corner.

Half-Time: Gresford Athletic 1-1 Denbigh Town

It was more of the same in the second half with Denbigh in control of the game and had the majority of possession. Weir had the first sight of goal after the restart when he glided forward before hammering the ball over the bar from the left.

On 66 minutes Denbigh had a huge chance when Lock pounced on a mistake and ran through on goal, but his effort one-on-one was smartly saved by Jones. Lock and Jones met again six minutes later when he won it in midfield before again being denied after skipping past three defenders.

As the visitors turned the screw Worrall saw a shot from range deflect out for a corner before substitute Paul Fleming was fed down the left but his tame effort was gathered.

In the final ten minutes the game could have gone either way in a back-and-forth affair, Weir was again denied on 85 minutes after breaking forward and Gresford had the ball in the net via Chaplin but the flag was raised.

Into stoppage time with both sides looking for the win, up stepped Weir. A thorn in the side of his former club all afternoon he curled an effort into the top right corner from the edge of the box to send the bench and fans in attendance into raptures.

A quick triple change was made in stoppage time including 16-year-old Rhys Lloyd who thought he was through on goal but the flag was raised, and Denbigh now had to hold on.

Hold on they did, with that strike from Weir meaning the 371 days since the last Denbigh draw was extended for at least another week whilst adding a buffer between themselves in 5th and those currently occupying mid-table.

Denbigh next face 4th placed Mold Alexandra at Central Park on Friday in what is bound to be a close encounter.

Denbigh Town: A.Jones, S.Jones, Parry-Jones, B.Lockley, Holmes, Roberts, Lock, Pritchard, Worrall, Brown, Weir

Subs: Thomas-Sadler, Rogers, Hansen, Fleming, Lloyd

Referee: Richard Wright

Attendance: 101