Rhosllanerchrugog F.C.

Rhosllanerchrugog

Full name	Rhosllanerchrugog Football Club
Nickname(s)	Rhos
Founded	c. 1889
Dissolved	c. 1897

Rhosllanerchrugog F.C. was a Welsh football team from the village of Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham.

League History

Rhos were founding members of the Welsh Senior League, one of the first organised football leagues in Wales.^[1]

Season	League	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points	Position	Teams in League	Notes
1890-91[2]	Welsh Senior League	9	5	0	4	26	17	10	2	6	League Finished after winners decided
1891-92	Welsh Senior League										League Not Run
1892-93	Welsh Senior League	14	6	1	7	25	24	13	5	8
1893-94	Welsh Senior League	15	5	1	9	26	44	11	6	9
1894-95	Welsh Senior League	12	0	1	11	12	62	1	9	9
1895-96[3]	Welsh Senior League	12	6	4	2	34	21	16	2	7
1896-97[4]	Welsh Senior League										Withdrew

Cup History

The club played in the English FA Cup for three seasons during the nineteenth century.^[5][6]

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score	Notes
1877-78	Welsh Cup[7]	Round 1			Bye
	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Druids	0-3
1878-79	Welsh Cup[8]	Round 1	Gwersyllt Rangers	1-1
	Welsh Cup	Round 1 Replay	Gwersyllt Rangers	3-0
	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Bangor	w/o
1889-90	Welsh Cup[9]	First Round	Overton	1-2
1890-91	FA Cup	First Qualifying Round	Shrewsbury Town	w/o
	FA Cup	Second Qualifying Round	Cliftonville	w/o
	Welsh Cup[10]	Round 1	Corwen	2-0
	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Chirk	1-2
1891-92	FA Cup	First Qualifying Round	Chester	0-1
	Welsh Cup[11]	Round 1	Llangollen Rovers	6-1
	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Druids	2-1
	Welsh Cup	Quarter Final	Wrexham	1-3
1892-93	FA Cup	First Qualifying Round	Prescot	3-1	Home Side Disqualified
	Welsh Cup[12]	Round 1			Bye
	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Rhostyllen Victoria	1-1
	Welsh Cup	Round 2 Replay	Rhostyllen Victoria	3-2
	Welsh Cup	Round 3	Druids	2-4
1893-94	Welsh Cup[13]	Round 1	Brymbo Institute	5-3	Brymbo Institute progressed
1894-95	Welsh Cup[14]	Round 1	Wellington Town	4-4	Wellington withdrew
	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Brymbo Institute	1-4
1896-97	Welsh Cup[15]	Round 1	Brymbo Institure	w/o

Former Players

• Abel Hughes^[16]
• Joseph Owens
• Seth Powell^[17]
• Robert Roberts

References

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17. "Welsh Newspapers Online [No title]|1891-02-28|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-12-11.