Nothing has stopped the men’s side this year, though, with only seven points dropped from 29 games. At home, they have been flawless with 50 goals scored and only six conceded.
“At the start of the season we wanted to finish in the top four and better last year’s points,” he says, with sights now set on making Llandudno a top-flight mainstay.
“I didn’t think we’d win the league, perhaps as a manager I didn’t think I’d be experienced enough.”
Guinn – who had the agonising wait of making sure promotion was secured by the award of a tier-one licence – said there were some doubts he was doing the right thing in placing such faith in youth.
“His age was a bit of a worry, whether he could control the dressing room,” says the former player who was at the club when they faced Swedish giants IFK Goteborg just ten years ago.
“But he had an old head on young shoulders and I’m glad my gut was right.”
Hadaway adds: “I wasn’t naive when I was appointed. It wasn’t so much the players, but others asking why the chairman would put his faith in me when the club could fold if we went down.
“I knew what people were going to say and think but I’ve always tried to be honest and open and it wasn’t about trying to prove anything, just hard work and letting people see. If you treat people with respect it goes a long way
“I’m not without flaws and I don’t have everything but I’ve surrounded myself with good people and I’m able to still learn.”
Including during the day job as a PE teacher at a local sixth form, where he says there’s not much between the boisterous nature of the classroom or the dressing room.
After all, as football has shown once again, age is just a number.
