Wrexham Victoria F.C.

Wrexham Victoria

Full name	Wrexham Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)	Vics
Founded	18 August 1899
Dissolved	c.1908
Ground	Bennion's Lane, Salisbury Park, Wrexham

^[1]Wrexham Victoria F.C. were a Welsh football club based in Wrexham, Wales.^[2]

History

Formed on Tuesday 18 August 1899 in the Bowling Green Pub, taking their name from an older club with the same name.^[3] Wrexham Victoria's first game was a 5-4 defeat against Newton Rangers, on Saturday 2 September 1899, in the Chester and District League,^[4] whilst their first victory was a 3-2 win over Tarporley on 16 September 1899.^[5] Wrexham Victoria won the Football Association of Wales Trophy four times in 1890/91,^[6] 1900/01,^[7] 1901/02^[8] and 1903/04.^[9] They joined The Combination for the 1906/07 season,^[10] however they finished bottom of the league.^[11] They were to be found playing in Division One of the Wrexham and District League for 1907/08.

Seasons

Season	League	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points	Final Position	Teams in League
1899-00[12]	Chester and District League	18							2	10
1900-01[13]	Chester and District League Division 1	14	9	4	1	39	24	19	2	8
1901-02[14]	Chester and District League Division 1	16							1	9
1902-03	Chester and District League
1904-05	Wirral Senior League
1906-07[15]	The Combination	26	8	0	18	29	44	16	14	14
1907-08[16]	Wrexham and District League Division 1									12

Honours

League

• Chester and District League

Winners (1): 1902

Runners-up (2):1900, 1901

Cups

• Welsh Amateur Cup

Winners (4): 1891, 1901, 1902, 1904

• Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup

Runners-up (2): 1903, 1906

• Chester Charity Cup

Winners (1): 1902^[17]

Former people and players

A.E. Billington Horace Blew[18] Tom Burke[19] Arthur Davies[20] James Davies William Davies C.Edwards[21] J.Edwards[22] D. Harding Griffiths[23] W. Hesketh Edwin Hughes[24]

E. Husbands Jack Hughes[25] Enoch Jones[26] Jonathan Lewis[27] B. Lloyd W. Mathias William Nunnerley[28] T. H Pritchard James Trainer F. Williams Owen Williams

Other Info

Wrexham Victoria F.C. are not to be confused with Wrexham F.C., Wrexham Olympic F.C. or Wrexham Gymnasium F.C.

References

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