Rhostyllen F.C.

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.

Rhostyllen

Full name	Rhostyllen Football Club
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
Home colours

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

Season	League										Welsh Cup[5]	FAW Trophy[5]	Other
	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

Honours

League

• Welsh National League Division One

Runner Up (1): 2017

• North East Wales Football League

Winner (1): 2016

Cups

• North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup^[7]

Winner (1): 2016

• Welsh National League Division One League Cup

Winner (1): 2017

References

1. Grovesnor, Gavin. "Review of Welsh football third division - Rhostyllen". County Times. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
2. "Football".
3. "Tables - North East Wales Football League".
4. "Football Club History Database - Rhostyllen".
5. "FAW / FAW Cups". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
6. "- Welsh Premier League". www.wpl.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
7. "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. "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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