The FAW Welsh Cup, currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions in domestic Welsh association football.
Wrexham is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county of Denbighshire, and later the county of Clwyd in 1974, it has been the principal settlement of Wrexham County Borough since 1996.
Wrexham Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. Formed in 1864, it is the oldest club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. The team will compete in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system, in the 2023–24 season.
The FAW Premier Cup was a Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales from 1997 to 2008. Since the FAW excluded clubs playing in English leagues from playing in the Welsh Cup from 1996 onwards, the FAW needed another competition where the best Welsh teams could compete.
Wrexham County Borough is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to the east and south-east respectively, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north-west. The city of Wrexham is the administrative centre.
The Racecourse Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the STōK Cae Ras, is a football stadium in Wrexham, Wales. It is the home of Wrexham A.F.C.
James William Harris is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Warrington Town.
Melvyn Pejic is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Hereford United, Stoke City and Wrexham. His brother Mike was also a professional footballer as well as his son Shaun.
Matthew Done is an English former professional footballer who is now a Player Development Phase Coach at EFL League One club Port Vale. In a seventeen-year playing career he scored 60 goals in 592 league and cup appearances, playing mostly as a winger or as a striker.
Richard "Dixie" McNeil is an English former footballer and manager, who played as a striker.
Anthony James is a Welsh former footballer who last played as a centre-back for English club Hereford.
Stuart James Mason was an English professional footballer who made appearances in The Football League for five clubs. The vast majority of his time was spent with Chester and Wrexham, mainly from full–back.
John Richard Rooney is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Oldham Athletic.
The 1877–78 Welsh Cup was the first season of the Welsh Cup. The cup was won by Wrexham who defeated Druids 1–0 in the final.
Martin James Riley is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One West side Hednesford Town, where he plays as a defender.
The 2012–13 FA Trophy was the 43rd season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 266 clubs entered the competition. This season's competition was only the third time that the Trophy Holders, in this case York City F.C., were ineligible to defend it due to promotion to the English Football League Two.
The cross-border derby is a football match played between Wrexham and Chester. The clubs are 12 miles apart but are Welsh and English respectively.
Robert McLaughlin was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a wing half.
James Horsfield is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back.
