Holywell Town welcomed Rhyl to Halkyn Road on a wet and blustery night with both sides looking to get back to winning ways and to climb up the table where both teams belong.

Town took the lead on 16 minutes, A great ball through by Stuart Hayes for Steve Lewis to chase, saw the Rhyl keeper come out to clear but he collided with Rhyl’s Max Peate, and the loose ball ran towards the touchline, and Peate brought Lewis down and the referee pointed to the spot. Up stepped Steve Lewis, on his first game back for the Wellmen since signing last month and he fired the ball past Rory Crowther to give the wellmen the lead.

Chances fell to both teams, Lewis forcing Rory Crowther into a good save from his shot on the turn, and Mike Pritchard had a couple of efforts wide of the target but with a couple of minutes to go, the visitors equalised as Liam Smith's shot took a wicked deflection of a Town player and ended up in the net to level the scores at the break.

With 52 minutes on the clock, Rhyl won a free kick and James Murphy's kick beat the wall and Metcalf's dive to creep in at the far post. The lead didn’t last long however as the Wellmen were soon back on level terms. The Rhyl defence lost the ball as it was played across the penalty area and Zebb Edwards picked it up and slotted the ball home into an empty net to draw the sides level.

It was end to end stuff with both sides trying to play football in the difficult wet conditions, with the visitors having the better of the chances but neither team able to find the net. As the game entered stoppage time, and the game looking to end in a draw, Rhyl won a free kick in a dangerous position, and the ball was hit high into the area, and Metcalf and Max Peate challenged for the ball in the air, but the ball fell to the floor and Ben Nash was on hand to tap the ball home to give Rhyl the victory.

The goal was hard to take on the players and the Wellmen will feel disappointed to have conceded late in the game. But it was the Rhyl supporters in the 275 crowd that left Halkyn Road the happier and the Wellmen will look to get back to winning ways next Saturday at Caersws in the 1st round match of the Welsh Cup.