Broughton United F.C.

Broughton United was a Welsh football club based in New Broughton, Wrexham, Wales.^[2] They played their home games at Plas Power.^[3]

Broughton United

Full name	Broughton United Football Club
Founded	Appr. 1899
Dissolved	1907
Ground	Plas Power
Home colours

History

Formed some time in 1899 Broughton United were members of The Combination between 1903 and 1906. They also played in the Welsh Cup on five occasions, reaching the Quarter Finals three times. In 1906 the club withdrew from the Combination due to financial difficulties.^[4] Instead the club was due to enter the Wrexham and District League, however they do not appear in the final tables for the 1906–07 season. By 1907 the club were listed as defunct and its committee members were suspended by the Football Association of Wales.^[5]

Seasons

Season	League	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Teams in League
1900–01[6]	Denbighshire League	13	12	1	0	41	10	25	1	8
1901–02[6]	Denbighshire League	13	10	2	1	44	10	22	1	8
1902–03	Flintshire League First Division
1903–04[7]	The Combination	24	8	3	13	40	52	19	10	13
1904–05	The Combination	26	14	5	7	43	44	33	3	14
1905–06	The Combination	28	11	2	15	46	61	22	13	15
1906–07	Wrexham and District League

Cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score	Notes
1899-1900	Welsh Amateur Cup	Round 1	Summerhill Albion
		Round 2	Wrexham Old Boys
1900–01[8]	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Bye
		Round 3	Carnarvon Ironopolis	2–1
		Quarter Final	Chirk	0–4
	Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup	Semi Final	Oswestry United	1-1[9][10]
		Final	Wrexham	1-0[11]
1901–02[12]	Welsh Cup	Round 2	Chester	w/o
		Round 3	Welshpool	0–2
	Welsh Amateur Cup	Semi Final	Wrexham Victoria	2-2[13]	played at Wynnstay Park, Ruabon
	Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup	Quarter Final	Druids	[14]	result unknown
		Semi Final	Rhyl	3–1[15]
		Final	Wrexham	1-5[16]
1902–03[17]	Welsh Amateur Cup	Round 2	Esclusham White Stars
		Round 3	Wrexham Victoria	0–1
	Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup	Round 1[18]	Esclusham White Stars
	Flintshire League Cup	Final	Flint U.A.C.	1-0[19]
1903–04[20]	Welsh Cup	Round 3	Wrexham	2–0
		Quarter Final	Druids	2–4
	Welsh Amateur Cup	Round 2	Hope Village
	Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup	Semi Final	Druids	0–5[21]
1904–05[22]	Welsh Cup	Round 3	Druids	0–4
	Welsh Amateur Cup	Round 3	Brymbo Victoria
1905–06[23]	Welsh Cup	Round 3	Bangor	w/o
		Quarter Final	Wrexham	1–3
1906-07	Welsh Amateur Cup	Round 2[24]	Esclusham White Stars

Honours

League

• Welsh Senior League

Winners (2): 1901, 1902

• The Combination

Third (1): 1905

Cups

• Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup

Finalists (2): 1901, 1902 (outcome unknown)

Winners (1): 1901

References

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3. "ATHLETIC NEWS. I|1904-12-03|Cheshire Observer". Retrieved 2016-02-17 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
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