PROPOSALS for a revamp to the Cymru Premier League have been supported by leading tier two bosses.

Holywell Town boss Johnny Haseldin and Mold Alex manager Barry Owen have both supported the plans, which will see the number of clubs in the top flight expanded to 16 for the start of the 2026-27 season.

The Wellmen were denied the necessary licence to make the step-up after they brilliantly won the Cymru North title last season and Haseldin, whose side hosts Flint Mountain tomorrow, said: “I think it’s been needed. I think it looks exciting.

“It looks a great idea and it’s a bit of a risk, but with new ideas there’s excitement.

“There will be something on all the games.”

From the 2026-27 season, the Cymru Premier will increase from its current 12-team format to a 16-team competition.

Every club will play each other twice, once at home and once away. After matchday 30, the league will split into three separate groups.

Haseldin hopes the Football Association of Wales will offer financial support to tier two clubs who are in a position to gain promotion and Holywell are again going well in the league this season.

Ahead of tomorrow’s derby with Flint Mountain, they are in third position and sitting six points off top spot.

And Mountain manager Aden Shannon, who has also welcomed news of a Welsh football shake-up, heads to Halkyn Road bragging up tomorrow’s opponents.

“I’ve got a whole load of respect for Johnny,” said Shannon. “He’s a good manager and we’ve had some good battles over the years and this will be another one.

“They won the league last year and have probably not started as well as they expected but it doesn’t take away from the fact that they are a fantastic side with fantastic players.

“We know it’s going to be tough but we’re confident of going there and causing an upset.

“My lads have trained well and we’ll be ready and prepared. If we can start getting consistency then we should have a good season.”

Also going well are Mold Alex, who are in fourth place, the position they finished in last season.

While manager Owen is looking for a few items to be clarified by the FAW, he said: “I think it’s exciting for Welsh football. The current format has gone quite dull.”

Mold, who are unbeaten in five matches, can look forward to tomorrow’s tasty encounter at home to league leaders Airbus.

For Wingmakers’ boss Mark Allen, a clean sheet wouldn’t go amiss after a couple of dramatic weeks.

While they have managed to score 10 goals in their last two matches, Airbus have also shipped nine and this is something Allen is looking to address.

He told the club’s X site: “When we look at the statistics of how many goals we need to score to win this league, how many goals we need to not concede and that’s too many over the last two games.

“It’s been a lot, so there’s something that we need to figure out quickly.

“Clean sheets are important, really important and we need to make sure we get them.”

Allen (pictured right) remains fully confident in his squad, though, and he added: “We’ve got a really, really honest group and they’ll all contribute this year, whether they start, whether they come on for 10 minutes, whether they don’t start and that’s so important as a team, as a collective.”

Looking ahead to tomorrow, Owen said: “We will need to assess a few (players)... but either way, I believe we have a strong enough squad to get a result against Airbus.”

Michael Wilde’s in-form Colwyn Bay, who have won seven games in a row in all competitions, are away to Guilsfield tomorrow. The action kicks-off tonight with Bangor 1876 hosting Denbigh. Tomorrow, Ruthin go to Penrhyncoch.