Rhostyllen Football Club is a Welsh football club from Rhostyllen in Wrexham County Borough. The club was founded in 2015 and they play in the North East Wales Premier Division.

Rhostyllen
Full nameRhostyllen Football Club
Nickname(s)The Village
Founded2015
GroundVicarage Hill
Rhostyllen
Wrexham
LeagueNorth East Wales Premier Division
2023–24North East Wales Premier Division, 5th of 12

History

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The first football club in Rhostyllen dates back to 1879 and existed until 1881. The Club then reformed as Rhostyllen Victoria in 1881[1] and contested the Welsh Cup. On 15 April 1889 during a match between Wales and Scotland at The Racecourse, Wrexham, Alf Pugh, a Rhostyllen Victoria player, became the first ever player to be substituted in international football.[2]

The current incarnation were formed in 2015, and began playing in the 2015–16 season in the North East Wales League, a competition which it won.[3]

The following season, the team achieved second consecutive promotion when it finished second in the Welsh National League Division One.[4]

Seasons

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Season League Welsh Cup[5] FAW Trophy[5] Other
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos PPG
2015-16 North East Wales Football League[3] 20 16 3 1 121 31 51 1 SF[6] North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup Winners[7]
2016-17 Welsh National League Division One[8] 22 16 2 4 114 35 50 2 QR1 3R Welsh National League Division One League Cup Winners[9]
2017-18 Welsh National League Premier Division[8] 28 11 3 5 50 64 35 11 QR2 2R
2018-19 Welsh National League Premier Division 28 7 3 18 38 85 24 11 1R 3R
2019-20 Welsh National League Premier Division[10] 18 13 2 3 64 28 -13 16 -0.71

Honours

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League

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Runner Up (1): 2017
Winner (1): 2016

Cups

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Winner (1): 2016
  • Welsh National League Division One League Cup
Winner (1): 2017

References

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  1. ^ Grovesnor, Gavin. "Review of Welsh football third division - Rhostyllen". County Times. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Football".
  3. ^ a b "Tables - North East Wales Football League".
  4. ^ "Football Club History Database - Rhostyllen".
  5. ^ a b "FAW / FAW Cups". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  6. ^ "- Welsh Premier League". www.wpl.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  7. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ a b "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  9. ^ "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  10. ^ "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-08.


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