Rhostyllen Victoria F.C.
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Full name | Rhostyllen Victoria Football Club | |
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Founded | Appr. 1881 | |
Dissolved | 1897 | |
Ground | Rhostyllen | |
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Rhostyllen Victoria was a Welsh football club based in Rhostyllen, Wrexham during the Victorian era.
History
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Colours
By 1895 the club was playing in white shirts.[1]
League history
They played in the Welsh Senior League from 1890 to 1897[2]
Cup History
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score | Notes |
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1881–82 | Welsh Cup | First Round | Corwen Mountaineers | 6–1 | |
Second Round | Ruthin | 0–11 | |||
1883–84[3] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Wrexham Crown | 1–1 | |
1–1 | Replay. | ||||
Second Round | Wrexham | 0–2 | |||
Denbighshire Challenge Cup | Semi Final | Rhos Olympic | 3–1[4] | ||
Final | Wrexham Olympic | ||||
1884–85[5] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Wrexham Crown | 0–5 | Rhostyllen Victoria in Second Round |
Second Round | Chirk | 0–4 | |||
1885–86 | Welsh Cup | First Round | Berwyn Rangers | 1–2 | |
2–1 | Replay | ||||
Second Round | Bye | ||||
Third Round | Druids | 0–0 | |||
1–5 | Replay | ||||
1887–88[6] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Druids | 0–3 | |
1888–89[7] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Corwen | 8–1 | |
Second Round | Vale of Llangollen | 3–3 | |||
2–1 | Replay | ||||
Third Round | Wrexham | 0–1 | |||
0–4 | Replay after Protest | ||||
1890–91[8][9] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Ruabon | 1–1 | |
1–3 | Replay | ||||
Second Round | Wrexham Hibernians | 5–3 | |||
Third Round | Chirk | 1–2 | |||
1891–92[10] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Wrexham | 1–2 | |
Soames Charity Cup | First Round | Rhosllanerchrugog | 9–2 | ||
Second Round | Gresford | ||||
Third Round | Westminster Rovers | 2–1 | |||
Fourth Round | Flint | 1–5 | |||
1892–93[11] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Denbigh | w/o | Denbigh withdrew |
Second Round | Rhosllanerchrugog | 2–2 | |||
1–1 | Replay | ||||
2–3 | Second Replay | ||||
Soames Charity Cup | First Round | Brymbo Institute | |||
1893–94[12] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Westminster Rovers | 0–3 | |
1894–95[13] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Brymbo Institute | 1–4 | |
Soames Charity Cup | First Round | Rhosllanerchrugog | 4–0 | ||
Second Round | Brymbo Institute | 3–2 | |||
Third Round | Westminster Rovers | 2–1 | |||
Semi Final | Wrexham | 0–2[14] | |||
1895–96[15] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Wrockwardine Wood | 0–2 | |
Soames Charity Cup | First Round | Bye | |||
Second Round | Chirk | 1–9 | |||
1896–97[16] | Welsh Cup | First Round | Westminster Rovers | 2–0 | |
Second Round | Druids | 0–8 |
Notable players
Alf Pugh Achieved International honours as a Rhostyllen Victoria player, also first ever person to be substituted in an International football match.
Bill Roberts Achieved International honours.
Other Notes
Listed as having striped jerseys in 1889, exact colours are unknown.[17] Source from 1885 lists them as playing in white shirts.[18]
References
- ^ "Westminster Rovers v Rhostellyn". Wrexham Advertiser: 2. 28 September 1895.
- ^ "FCHD".
- ^ "Year-by-year". wfda.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online LOCAL EVENTS, &c..I IN 1 8 8 5.|1885-12-26|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ "WFDA".
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- ^ "RSSSF".
- ^ "WFDA".
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- ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online SOAMES'S CHARITY CUP. f|1895-04-06|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
- ^ "WFDA".
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- ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online SPECIAL REPORTS OF THE MATCHES.|1889-04-27|Rhyl Record and Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online THE WELSH LEAGUE.|1895-09-28|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
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