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Association football club in Wales From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Premier Division.
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Full name | Rhostyllen Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Village | |
Founded | 2015 | |
Ground | Vicarage Hill Rhostyllen Wrexham | |
League | North East Wales Premier Division | |
2023–24 | North East Wales Premier Division, 5th of 12 | |
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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]
Season | League | Welsh Cup[5] | FAW Trophy[5] | Other | |||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | PPG | ||||
2015-16 | North East Wales Football League[3] | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 121 | 31 | 51 | 1 | SF[6] | North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup Winners[7] | ||
2016-17 | Welsh National League Division One[8] | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 114 | 35 | 50 | 2 | QR1 | 3R | Welsh National League Division One League Cup Winners[9] | |
2017-18 | Welsh National League Premier Division[8] | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 64 | 35 | 11 | QR2 | 2R | ||
2018-19 | Welsh National League Premier Division | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 38 | 85 | 24 | 11 | 1R | 3R | ||
2019-20 | Welsh National League Premier Division[10] | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 28 | -13 | 16 | -0.71 | |||
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