Les Davies wasn’t able to play in our first ever match away to FC United on 20 July but it wasn’t long before he had an impact in a Bangor 1876 shirt. His debut came a few days later on Thursday 25 July away to Chester. He told us recently that he “remembered being really excited, and looking forward to playing a very good team and seeing what our team could do”.

What Les was able to do midway through the first half was equalise with his first goal for our new team and the second ever in our history. He cancelled out Chester’s early opener with a powerful left-footed shot from outside the penalty box. The hosts regained their lead a few minutes later and won the match 2-1 but the significance of what he had experienced was not lost on our experienced attacker. He has talked of “coming off the pitch knowing we were going to have a good season with the team we had after that one game”.

Les Davies has scored 27 goals during the current season despite the absence of football during the last two months. However, he has confessed that it is actually Matthew Lock’s last gasp equaliser that forced extra time against Penycae in the Welsh Cup which is his favourite goal of the season.

The massive contribution that Les has made to football in North Wales, and Wales as a whole, was recognised in December last year when he was voted Sgorio’s player of the decade. More recently, Sgorio featured Les in their alphabet of players, teams and places that have been standout features of their coverage.

The video that Sgorio recently tweeted included some memorable goals as well as a few goal celebration dances that some might have forgotten. So does this mean that Les could make the transition from showing deft footwork on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon to excelling on the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing? When we put this to him, he jokingly replied “I think you can see with the moves that I have in my locker, I would be in with a great chance of winning”. He added, again somewhat in jest, “I just hope they see Sgorio’s video and give me a ring”.

A perhaps more natural transition for the player known as the truck may ultimately be that from player to coach. Les is planning to take some steps towards becoming a coach by helping out with the sessions at the Bangor 1876 development centre, a role that he is relishing. “I’m looking forward to becoming a coach and testing myself in a different role”, he states before adding “I'm most looking forward to helping players in any way that I can, and hopefully helping 1876 progress through the leagues all the way to the top”.

At the moment, it is unclear when Les and countless other footballers in North Wales and elsewhere will be able to start playing again. However, Les says that he is “coping OK with the lockdown” and has found some positives in the current situation. He added “it's really nice being able to spend a lot of time with the family even though there's not much to do, it's just nice being with them”. Nevertheless, he says he is “obviously missing football and looking forward to getting back to it when it's safe to do so”.