The 24-year-old manager who has won a top-flight promotion

Llandudno have been promoted to Welsh football's top division having lost just one game in the Cymru North this season [FAW] Football has long disproven the notion that you can't win anything with kids. It turns out it doesn't just apply to players. Just ask Llandudno, the north Wales club who this weekend will celebrate the end of an all-conquering campaign that will see them return to the top-flight Cymru Premier after a seven-year absence that included genuine fears over their future.

At the helm? A manager younger than the majority of the promotion-winning team he selects. At just 24, Jordan Hadaway has orchestrated Llandudno's revival, sealing the second-tier Cymru North title in style - and is likely to be the youngest top-division boss in Europe next season.

Incredibly, he will do so with a decade of coaching experience already to his name - including a touch of Real Madrid mentoring. Llandudno set for Cymru Premier return after title The Championship striker 'out-performing' Harry Kane 'He had an aura about him' It's an impressive CV for someone who would still be considered young if he was in the starting XI rather than selecting it. But it's even more eye-catching given the circumstances in which this Gen Z gaffer got his break.

Back in 2023, Llandudno were unable to use their own ground, had seen their entire coaching staff walk out and didn't have enough players to field a side with the second-tier season just weeks away. Perceived football wisdom suggests you look to an old head at times of crisis but Llandudno chairman Dave Guinn turned to a 21-year-old youth team coach. "I don't think you could print some of the things that were said to me on social media when we appointed him," Guinn recalls.