Denbigh Town threw away a two-goal lead to suffer defeat in their opening game of 2025.

Despite a debut goal from Bobby Beaumont and strike from Nathan Brown to take a 2-0 advantage into the break, the visitors hit four in the second half to turn the game on it’s head.

Dewi Llion made three changes to his XI handing debuts to Beaumont and Dan Flanders whilst Calum Butler also started the contest. Meanwhile new signings Kyle Cooper and Elijah Beattie took a place on the bench.

Denbigh began the game at a good pace and threaten for the first time on six minutes. Some nice work from Butler found Brown who in turn played through Owen Davies but the forward was denied one on one.

Debutant Flanders showed early glimpses of his ability when he drove down the right channel and looked to break into the box before being hacked down. Brown stepped up for the free kick but his effort rattled the left post.

After threatening the Holywell goal Denbigh finally had their first and it came from a new face. A cross from the right was cleared only as far as Beaumont who hit it first time on the edge of the box, finding the bottom right corner. Notable not only for the opener of the game, but he also becomes the 150th goal scorer for Denbigh in the second tier.

13 minutes later and the lead was doubled, Davies did well to trap the ball before finding Brown who spotted a gap from range and fired well into the bottom left corner to add to his tally for the campaign.

Holywell did make inroads into the final third but Aaron Jones did well to deal with any balls coming into the box with no real efforts troubling Town. Just before the break it could have been three when the ball dropped to Beaumont who with his back to goal attempted a bicycle kick that flew over the bar.

Half-Time: Denbigh Town 2-0 Holywell Town

Just moments into the second half Denbigh almost made it job done when Brown drew the keeper into a smart save via a shot from distance before minutes later Flanders broke well before finding Sam Duffy, the in-form forward struck from 25-yards forcing the ball to be tipped over the bar.

Despite being under immense pressure Holywell found a way back in what would be a dominant display in the final half an hour. A ball forward saw Jamie Breese beat Jones in goal before he found Jake Cooke who managed to scramble home the visitors’ first.

Just two minutes later on the hour mark a quick-fire double was complete, Breese’s shot was initially stopped by Jones before Ilan Ap Gareth fired home fifteen minutes after coming on off the bench.

Holywell almost led on 67 minutes when Breese fired just wide whilst Owen Davies forced Ryan Woods into a smart save.

Finally with 75 minutes on the clock Holywell’s turnaround was complete Cooke burst foreward before being denied by Jones but Ap Gareth was on hand to hammer home the loose ball for his second and the visitors’ third.

Denbigh’s second-half collapse was well and truly complete with six left to play when a corner was swung in and headed home at the near post by Cooke to make it four.

In a game of two halves Denbigh will be bitterly disappointed at not taking anything from the game and will look to put it right next Saturday in a trip to Caersws.

Denbigh Town: A.Jones, Flanders, Beaumont, Lockley, S.Jones, K.Roberts, Butler, Vaughan, Duffy, Brown, Davies

Subs: Beattie, Stark, Cooper, Cooke, Hinchcliffe, Salisbury, I.Roberts

Referee: Mark James

Attendance: 228

POTM: Bobby Beaumont - A solid debut with a goal to top off a good performance.