BANGOR City have been relegated from the JD Welsh Premier League after their FAW Dometic Licence appeal was rejected.

The Citizens now face a prospect of life in the Huws Gray Alliance after receiving the news at a hearing in Cardiff today, which was unsuccessful due to the club failing to meet the financial criteria requirements.

A club statement, said: “At 4.10pm today we received the news that our Welsh Premier League licence and Europa league qualification appeal has been revoked for failure to meet the financial criteria requirements.

“Bangor City FC having gained automatic Europa qualification to find ourselves without a Welsh Premier League licence for 2018-2019. Incredibly the football club has built a championship contending squad with excellent sponsorship, investors and shareholders who have backed the club for the past 2 seasons.

“On the field we've finished third and off the field we find ourselves up date with HMRC VAT and PAYE, all wages squad and staff paid up to date, no football creditors, no pressing debt, stadium grants being matched by new investment to find ourselves now without a WPL licence for season 2018- 2019.

“We will take stock of the situation over the next few days and make further announcements in due course. In the meantime we ask all the supporters to stand with us as we aim to get the club back in the WPL as soon as we can. We will work with the relevant parties at the FAW to ensure we are never in this position in the future.”

FAW officials stated they were not satisfied with what City had “not rectified” the initial concerns raised by the governing body, which was the reason behind the rejection A statement, read: In relation to Bangor City, the Appeals Body upheld the decision of the First Instance Body to refuse both the UEFA and Tier 1 Licences.

“The Appeals Body were not satisfied that Bangor City has rectified the original concerns of the First Instance Body. As a consequence, Bangor City will be demoted to Tier 2 of the Welsh football pyramid for the 2018/19 season. In addition, the club will not be permitted to participate in the JD Welsh Premier League Europa League Play-Offs.”

Carmarthen Town could now be set for a reprieve following their recent demotion, but this does not affect Prestatyn Town as they withdrew their licence submission.