Oswestry United F.C.

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Oswestry United F.C.
Full nameOswestry United Football Club
FoundedSeptember 1893
DissolvedMarch 1915
GroundVictoria 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 Town in 1891. [1] They joined the Shropshire & District League. [2]

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The club won the Shropshire Senior Cup in 1899 [3] and 1909, and won the Welsh Cup in 1901 [4] and in 1907. [5]

Demise

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.

A second incarnation of Oswestry Town replaced them as the main club in Oswestry in 1920.

League history

SeasonLeaguePWDLGFGAPtsPos
1893-94 [9] Shropshire League 18441035631210
1894-95Shropshire League1810535325252
1895-96Shropshire League1830153071610
1896-97 [10] Welsh Senior League 1483333316173
1897-98Shropshire League188193640176
1898-99 [11] The Combination 28921749732012
1899-1900The Combination165293038108
1900-01The Combination2210845728284
1901-02The Combination2612685533303
1902-03The Combination26142105742305
1903-04The Combination24112114255247
1904-05The Combination261021443622210
1905-06The Combination28131147256279
1906-07The Combination2696114941249
1907-08The Combination2616466238363
1908-09The Combination30134137455309
1909-10The Combination30971444622511
1910-11The Combination2011364427253
Wrexham & District League [12] Withdrew
1911-12 Lancashire Combination Division 230135127564318
1912-13Lancashire Combination Division 2341731479803710
1913-14Lancashire Combination Division 2341441647603212
1914-15Lancashire Combination Division 2Withdrew

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Honours

Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Football". Montgomery County Times. 16 September 1893.
  2. 1 2 "Football Club History Database - Oswestry United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "SHROPSHIRE CUP.|1899-04-08|The Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "THE WELSH CUP.|1901-04-11|Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Local Football Tables.|1907-04-06|Rhyl Record and Advertiser - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Northern Union Football League and the War". Birmingham Daily Post. 9 September 1914.
  7. ↑ "Division II". Nantwich Guardian. 6 October 1914.
  8. ↑ "A Shropshire Cup Difficulty". Birmingham Post. 20 March 1915. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Shropshire & District League 1890-1900". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Welsh Senior League 1896/97". Welsh Football. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "England - The Combination". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Wrexham & District League 1910/11". Welsh Football. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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