Rhostyllen Victoria
Full nameRhostyllen Victoria Football Club
FoundedAppr. 1881
Dissolved1897
GroundRhostyllen

Rhostyllen Victoria was a Welsh football club based in Rhostyllen, Wrexham during the Victorian era.

History

Colours

By 1895 the club was playing in white shirts.[1]

League history

They played in the Welsh Senior League from 1890–1897[2]

Cup History

Season Competition Round Opposition Score Notes
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

  • Wales Alf Pugh Achieved International honours as a Rhostyllen Victoria player, also first ever person to be substituted in an International football match.
  • Wales 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

  1. ↑ "Westminster Rovers v Rhostellyn". Wrexham Advertiser: 2. 28 September 1895.
  2. ↑ "FCHD".
  3. ↑ "Year-by-year". wfda.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "WFDA".
  6. ↑ "WFDA".
  7. ↑ "WFDA".
  8. ↑ "WFDA".
  9. ↑ "RSSSF".
  10. ↑ "WFDA".
  11. ↑ "WFDA".
  12. ↑ "WFDA".
  13. ↑ "WFDA".
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "WFDA".
  16. ↑ "WFDA".
  17. ↑ "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.
  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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