| Full name | Oswestry United Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | September 1893 | |
| Dissolved | March 1915 | |
| Ground | Victoria Road Oswestry | |
| 1914–15 | Lancashire Combination Division 2, withdrew | |
| ||
Oswestry United Football Club was a football club from Shropshire, playing at Victoria Road.
The club was formed in September 1893 after the demise of Oswestry F.C. in 1891. [1] They joined the Shropshire & District League. [2]
The club won the Shropshire Senior Cup in 1899 [3] and 1909, and won the Welsh Cup in 1901 [4] and in 1907. [5]
In September 1914 it was reported that the club had lost five players due to enlistments in World War I, and it was likely that the club would no longer be able to continue in the Lancashire Combination League. [6] By October 1914 the club are shown to have only played two fixtures in the league. [7] The club were due to play a Shropshire Cup fixture with Shrewsbury Town in March 1915, but could not raise a team and were later ejected from the competition. [8]
When football started again after World War I the club did not re-emerge.
The new Oswestry Town club replaced United as the main club in Oswestry in 1920.
The club is known to have worn the following colours:
| Season | League | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-94 [13] | Shropshire League | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 63 | 12 | 10 |
| 1894-95 | Shropshire League | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 25 | 2 |
| 1895-96 | Shropshire League | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 71 | 6 | 10 |
| 1896-97 [14] | Welsh Senior League | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 3 |
| 1897-98 | Shropshire League | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 17 | 6 |
| 1898-99 [15] | The Combination | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 49 | 73 | 20 | 12 |
| 1899-1900 | The Combination | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 10 | 8 |
| 1900-01 | The Combination | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 28 | 4 |
| 1901-02 | The Combination | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 33 | 30 | 3 |
| 1902-03 | The Combination | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 57 | 42 | 30 | 5 |
| 1903-04 | The Combination | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 55 | 24 | 7 |
| 1904-05 | The Combination | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 62 | 22 | 10 |
| 1905-06 | The Combination | 28 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 72 | 56 | 27 | 9 |
| 1906-07 | The Combination | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 24 | 9 |
| 1907-08 | The Combination | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 38 | 36 | 3 |
| 1908-09 | The Combination | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 74 | 55 | 30 | 9 |
| 1909-10 | The Combination | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 62 | 25 | 11 |
| 1910-11 | The Combination | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 25 | 3 |
| Wrexham & District League [16] | Withdrew | ||||||||
| 1911-12 | Lancashire Combination Division 2 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 75 | 64 | 31 | 8 |
| 1912-13 | Lancashire Combination Division 2 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 79 | 80 | 37 | 10 |
| 1913-14 | Lancashire Combination Division 2 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 32 | 12 |
| 1914-15 | Lancashire Combination Division 2 | Withdrew | |||||||
