Wrexham Grosvenor F.C.

Wrexham Grosvenor
Full nameWrexham Grosvenor Football Club
Nickname(s)Grosvenor
Foundedc. 1876
Dissolvedc. 1893
GroundMr Snape's Field, Chester Road

Wrexham Grosvenor Football Club was a Welsh football club based in Wrexham, who played in the Welsh Cup in the 1879–80 and 1880–81 seasons. The football club are first mentioned in 1876, however a cricket club of the same name existed at least a year earlier.

In 1877 at a meeting held at The Walnut Tree, Wrexham, Mr F Jones was selected as club captain, with Mr J Grant as vice-captain.[1] The following year Mr T Jones was captain, with Mr E Hopkins as vice-captain.[2]

The club are last mentioned in 1893, and are presumed to have folded around this time. They played their home fixtures at Mr Snape's Field, Chester Road, Wrexham.[3][4]

Cup history

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1879–80[5] Welsh Cup First Round Wrexham Albion 1–2[6]
1880–81[7] Northwich Victoria 0–3

Notable players

References

  1. ^ "FOOTBALL.|1877-09-22|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL.|1878-08-17|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL.|1876-12-02|Wrexham Guardian – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Eminent Victorians (Wales) - Historical Football Kits". www.historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ^ "WFDA".
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF WALES.|1879-11-01|Wrexham Guardian - Welsh Newspapers Online - The National Library of Wales". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  7. ^ "WFDA".
  8. ^ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 125. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
  9. ^ "The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps". TheGuardian.com. 19 November 2019.


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