Gap Queens Park F.C.

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Gap Queens Park
Full nameGap Queens Park Football Club
Nickname(s)Park
Founded1988 (as Queens Park F.C.)
Ground Queensway Stadium, Wrexham
League Cymru Alliance
2007–08 Cymru Alliance, 6th (of 18)

Gap Queens Park Football Club was a Welsh association football club based in Wrexham. Their home ground was Queensway Stadium. Formed as Queens Park F.C. in 1988, the club nearly went out of business in 2007 after finishing bottom of the Cymru Alliance. They were subsequently taken over by new owners including recruitment firm Gap Personnel and rebranded as Gap Queens Park, playing in the company colours of all white with navy and maroon trim. [1] After one season under their new identity, the club folded in 2008.

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References

  1. "Ambitious Queens Park look to emulate TNS". Welsh Premier League. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2018.