Rhostyllen F.C.

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Rhostyllen
Rhostyllen FC logo.png
Full nameRhostyllen Football Club
Nickname(s)The Village
Founded2015
GroundVicarage Hill
Rhostyllen
Wrexham
League North East Wales Division One
2024–25 North East Wales Premier Division, 5th of 12

Rhostyllen Football Club is a Welsh football club from Rhostyllen in Wrexham County Borough. The club was founded in 2015 and they play in the North East Wales Division One.

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History

The first football club in Rhostyllen dates back to 1879 and existed until 1881. The Club then reformed as Rhostyllen Victoria in 1881 [1] and contested the Welsh Cup. On 15 April 1889 during a match between Wales and Scotland at The Racecourse, Wrexham, Alf Pugh, a Rhostyllen Victoria player, became the first ever player to be substituted in international football. [2]

The current incarnation were formed in 2015, and began playing in the 2015–16 season in the North East Wales League, a competition which it won. [3]

The following season, the team achieved second consecutive promotion when it finished second in the Welsh National League Division One. [4]

Seasons

SeasonLeagueWelsh Cup [5] FAW Trophy [5] Other
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPPG
2015-16 North East Wales Football League [3] 20163112131511SF [6] North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup Winners [7]
2016-17 Welsh National League Division One [8] 22162411435502QR13R Welsh National League Division One League Cup Winners [9]
2017-18Welsh National League Premier Division [8] 28113550643511QR22R
2018-19Welsh National League Premier Division287318388524111R3R
2019-20Welsh National League Premier Division [10] 1813236428-1316-0.71

Honours

League

Runner Up (1): 2017
Winner (1): 2016

Cups

Winner (1): 2016
Finalist: 2024–25
Winner (1): 2017

References

  1. ↑ Grovesnor, Gavin. "Review of Welsh football third division - Rhostyllen". County Times. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Football".
  3. 1 2 "Tables - North East Wales Football League".
  4. ↑ "Football Club History Database - Rhostyllen".
  5. 1 2 "FAW / FAW Cups". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  6. ↑ "- Welsh Premier League". www.wpl.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. 1 2 "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  10. ↑ "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-08.

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