| Clubname: | Llanerchrugog |
| Fullname: | Llanerchrugog Football Club |
| Nickname: | Rhos |
| Founded: | 1876 |
| Dissolved: | 1879 |
| Ground: | Llanerchrugog Park |
| Mgrtitle: | Secretary |
| Manager: | Ll. de Powys Jones |
| Leftarm1: | 0000FF |
| Body1: | 0000FF |
| Rightarm1: | 0000FF |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | FF0000 |
Llanerchrugog F.C. was a football club based in Rhosllanerchrugog, Wales.
The club was formed in 1876, following a suggestion by the Wrexham Guardian in October that the miners in Rhosllanerchrugog would be as enthusiastic for the game as those who had made up the Druids club; the newspaper had even arranged a practice ground for any side, granted to a new club by a Mr Whalley.[1] The club was duly "got up" by the Messrs. Jones of Llanerchrugog Hall, with one O'Connor as captain, and the club formally christened Llanerchrugog.[2]
The club was sometimes known as Llanerchrugog Hall; the first recorded game for the club, a 1–0 defeat at home to the Civil Service (Wrexham) Cricket and Football Club in February (although the club disputed the goal as being offside),[3] had the club's name in this form.[4] It was also more simply sometimes reported as Rhos.[5]
At the end of its first season, the club had 21 members,[6] which increased to nearly 40 at the end of its second.[7]
The club entered in the first two Welsh Cups, in 1877–78 and 1878–79. In 1877–78 it was lucky enough to receive a bye in the first round,[8] even though four clubs entered after the first round draw had been made, as those four clubs were drawn separately against each other.[9] In the second round, the club was drawn at home to Druids, and lost 3–0, the ground being in a "shocking" state.[10]
The club had struggled through the season, its matches including a 5–0 defeat at Wrexham,[11] but towards the end the side was "greatly improved", demonstrated by a 1–0 win over Llangollen on the Druids' Plasmadoc ground.[12] The club also won through the first round in its second Welsh Cup entry, scoring an 84th-minute equalizer at Gwersyllt Foresters (having dominated the second half)[13] and winning easily at home in the replay, thanks to a T. Evans hat-trick. However Llanerchrugog scratched when paired with Bangor in the second round,[14] and although the club finished out the 1878–79 season, Powys Jones even representing the North Wales FA in goal against the Lancashire FA in February 1879,[15] there is no further record of the club after the end of the season. A new town club was formed in 1889.[16]
The club wore blue jerseys and caps, white knickerbockers, and red stockings.[17]
The club played at the public Llanerchrugog Park,[18] 2½ miles from Ruabon railway station.[19] The site is now the home ground of Rhos Aelwyd.