 The following year Porthmadog striker Dave Taylor was the highest scoring player in Europe.The club nearly folded in 1995/1996 for financial reasons and lost its place in the League of Wales in 1998.It played the following year in the Cymru Alliance, winning the League Cup, but not until 2002/2003 did it gain a 19-point lead over its nearest rivals to win promotion again to the Welsh Premier League.