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 Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The competition was instigated in 1969 to cater to those non-league clubs that paid their players and were therefore not eligible to enter the FA Amateur Cup.
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.
Association football is one of the most popular sports in Wales, along with rugby union. Wales has produced club teams of varying fortunes since the early birth of football during the Victorian period, and in 1876 a Wales national football team played their first international match. Football has always had a close rivalry with the country's de facto national sport rugby union, and it is much discussed as to which is Wales' more popular game. The Football Association of Wales (FAW), was established in 1876 to oversee the Wales national team and govern the sport in Wales, later creating and running the Welsh football league system.
Andrew Jonathan Morrell is an English former professional footballer. A striker, Morrell played 359 games in the Football League for Wrexham, Coventry City, Blackpool and Bury, scoring 96 goals.
Kevin Charles Dearden is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League, playing as a goalkeeper for many clubs. He later became a coach, and is currently goalkeeper coach at his home-town club Luton Town.
Albert Herbert Hoskins was an English football forward and football manager, who managed Wolverhampton Wanderers and Gillingham.
Daniel Ivor Llewellyn Williams is a former Welsh footballer and Wales under-21 international.
Dean Scott Keates is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of EFL League Two club Wrexham.
Gary Michael Bennett is an English retired professional footballer. He played for six different clubs in the Football League, with the majority of appearances being made for Chester City and Wrexham.
Scott Paul Green is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Finnish club Pallo-Iirot.
Arfon Trevor Griffiths MBE is a Welsh former football player and manager. During his playing career which lasted from 1959 to 1979, Griffiths played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a football manager.
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.
Karl Andrew Connolly is an English former footballer who played for Wrexham, Queens Park Rangers, and Swansea City.
Terence Eugene Bradbury is an English former professional footballer who played as a wing half.
George Albert Evans was a Welsh footballer, who played as a wing half for Wrexham and Chester in the 1950s and 1960s.
Brymbo Football Club are a football club based in Tanyfron, Wrexham. They play in the North East Wales Football League Premier Division, which is in the fourth tier of the Welsh football league system. The team, originally Brymbo Steelworks F.C., was formed as part of Brymbo Steelworks.
Waynne Phillips is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for various teams in the Football League.
