Shropshire Wanderers F.C.

Shropshire Wanderers F.C. were an amateur association football club based in Shrewsbury, England. They were active during the 1870s.

They entered the FA Cup competition in each of the years from 1873–74 to 1877–78. Their greatest success came in 1874–75, when they reached the Semi-finals where they played Old Etonians at the Kennington Oval losing 1–0. They also have a unique place in FA Cup history, as the only team to be knocked out of the competition by coin toss.[1]

The Shropshire Wanderers were notable as a team that employed passing as early as 1875.[2]

Notable players

John Hawley Edwards, who made his only international appearance for England in 1874 whilst a Shropshire Wanderers player,[3] scored for the more famous Wanderers club in the 1876 FA Cup Final and played for Wales against Scotland a week later.

Llewelyn Kenrick, one of the founders of the Football Association of Wales played for the Shropshire Wanderers in the 1874–75 season, including the FA Cup semi-final.[4]

FA Cup history
  • FA Cup 1873–74
    • 1st Round: Drew 0–0 with Sheffield; replay also drawn 0–0; eliminated on the toss of a coin
  • FA Cup 1874–75
  • FA Cup 1875–76
  • FA Cup 1876–77
  • FA Cup 1877–78
    • 1st Round: Lost 1–0 v Druids

References
  1. Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 537. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
  2. Harvey, Adrian (2005). Football, the First Hundred Years. Routledge. pp. 213–119. ISBN 0-415-35019-0.
  3. Club Affiliations – Shropshire Wanderers
  4. Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
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