Wrexham Victoria
Full nameWrexham Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)Vics
Founded18 August 1899
Dissolvedc. May 1908
GroundBennion Road, 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.

The Wrexham Victoria name did make a return in the 1920s. They appear in the second round draw of the Welsh Amateur Cup in 1923–24 against Wrexham Civil Service.[12] They were beaten 5–0 by Oswestry in the 1924–25 Welsh Amateur Cup.[13]

Seasons

Season League Cup
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Teams in League Welsh Cup[14] Welsh Amateur Cup Denbighshire & Flintshire Cup Other
1899-1900[15] Chester and District League 18 2 10 SF
1900–01[16] Chester and District League Division 1 14 9 4 1 39 24 19 2 8 W
1901–02[17] Chester and District League Division 1 16 1 9 W Chester Charity Cup Winners
1902–03[18] Chester and District League 14 7 4 3 45 21 17 3 8 4R RU
1903–04[19] West Cheshire League Division 1 20 13 3 4 56 27 29 2 11 W
1904–05 West Cheshire League Division 1 20 13 3 4 44 14 29 1 11 3R St Martins Cup Runner Up
1905–06 West Cheshire League Division 1 22 10 2 10 45 41 22 6 12 3R RU
1906–07[20] The Combination 26 8 0 18 29 44 16 14 14 3R
1907–08[21][22] Wrexham and District League Division 1 18 4 2 12 31 57 10 9 10 (+2 who withdrew) 1R 3R
Wrexham Victoria 1901–1902

Notable players

Honours

League

  • Chester and District League
Winners (1): 1902
Runners-up (2):1900, 1901
  • West Cheshire League Division 1
Winners (1): 1905
Runners-up (1): 1904

Cups

Winners (4): 1891, 1901, 1902, 1904
  • Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup
Runners-up (2): 1903, 1906
  • Chester Charity Cup
Winners (1): 1902[27]
  • St Martins Cup
Runners-up (1): 1905[28]
  • Yerburgh Challenge Cup
Winners (1): 1902[29]

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

  1. ↑ "FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE.-1900-01-19-Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal – Welsh Newspapers Online – The National Library of Wales". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online -WREXHAM. !|1900-06-30|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Start exploring". Retrieved 24 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wrexham Advertiser – Saturday 09 September 1899". Retrieved 14 December 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Wrexham Advertiser – Saturday 23 September 1899". Retrieved 24 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online -THE WELSH -JUNIOR -CUP.I|1891-04-25|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL,|1901-04-12|Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online Welsh Junior Cup. --|1902-04-10|Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer – Monday 04 April 1904". Retrieved 24 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online THE FOOTBALL COMBINATION.|1906-06-15|The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online LLAaWl -FIRST DIVISION.|1907-05-02|The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Western Mail - Monday 03 September 1923". Retrieved 24 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "Year-by-year". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online CHESTER AND DISTRICT LEAGUE. j|1900-04-21|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online I FOOTBALL.|1901-05-04|Cheshire Observer – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online ATHLETIC NEWS.|1902-04-26|Cheshire Observer – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online ATHLETIC NEWS. I|1903-05-02|Cheshire Observer – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  19. ↑ "West Cheshire League 1892–1915". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "England – The Combination". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online [No title]|1907-08-24|Denbighshire Free Press – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ↑ "The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps". TheGuardian.com. 19 November 2019.
  24. ↑ "Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser – Thursday 30 August 1906". Retrieved 20 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ↑ "First team appearances 1881 to 1902" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  26. ↑ "FOOTBALL NEWS. I|1891-10-24|The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality - Welsh Newspapers".
  27. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online ATHLETIC NEWS. I|1903-05-02|Cheshire Observer – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  28. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL,|1905-04-27|Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online ATHLETIC NEWS.|1902-04-26|Cheshire Observer – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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