Rhostyllen Victoria F.C.

Rhostyllen Victoria
Full name Rhostyllen Victoria Football Club
Founded Appr. 1881
Dissolved 1897
Ground Rhostyllen

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

League History

They played in the Welsh Senior League from 1890-1897[1]

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[2] 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[3]
Final Wrexham Olympic
1884-85[4] 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[5] Welsh Cup First Round Druids 0-3
1888-89[6] 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[7][8] Welsh Cup First Round Ruabon 1-1
1-3 Replay
Second Round Wrexham Hibernians 5-3
Third Round Chirk 1-2
1891-92[9] 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[10] 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[11] Welsh Cup First Round Westminster Rovers 0-3
1894-95[12] 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[13]
1895-96[14] Welsh Cup First Round Wrockwardine Wood 0-2
Soames Charity Cup First Round Bye
Second Round Chirk 1-9
1896-97[15] 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.[16]Source from 1885 lists them as playing in white shirts.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "FCHD".
  2. ↑ "Year-by-year". wfda.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "WFDA".
  5. ↑ "WFDA".
  6. ↑ "WFDA".
  7. ↑ "WFDA".
  8. ↑ "RSSSF".
  9. ↑ "WFDA".
  10. ↑ "WFDA".
  11. ↑ "WFDA".
  12. ↑ "WFDA".
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "WFDA".
  15. ↑ "WFDA".
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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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