Rhostyllen F.C. Explained

Clubname:Rhostyllen
Fullname:Rhostyllen Football Club
Nickname:The Village
Founded:2015
Ground:Vicarage Hill
Rhostyllen
Wrexham
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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 .

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! colspan="10"
LeagueWelsh Cup[5] FAW TrophyOther
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPPG
2015-16North East Wales Football League2016311213151align=center bgcolor="Gold"1SF[6] align=center bgcolor="Gold"North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup Winners
2016-17Welsh National League Division One[7] 2216241143550align=center bgcolor="Silver"2QR13Ralign=center bgcolor="Gold"Welsh National League Division One League Cup Winners[8]
2017-18Welsh National League Premier Division281135506435align=center 11QR22R
2018-19Welsh National League Premier Division287318388524align=center 111R3R
2019-20Welsh National League Premier Division[9] 1813236428-1316-0.71

Honours

League

Runner Up (1): 2017

Winner (1): 2016

Cups

Winner (1): 2016

Winner (1): 2017

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grovesnor . Gavin . Review of Welsh football third division - Rhostyllen . County Times . 23 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Football.
  3. Web site: Tables - North East Wales Football League.
  4. Web site: Football Club History Database - Rhostyllen.
  5. Web site: FAW / FAW Cups. www.faw.cymru. en. 2019-04-17.
  6. Web site: - Welsh Premier League. www.wpl.cymru. 2019-04-17.
  7. Web site: Welsh National League. wnl.org.uk. 2019-04-17.
  8. Web site: Welsh National League. wnl.org.uk. 2019-04-17.
  9. Web site: Welsh National League. 2020-07-08. wnl.org.uk.
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-04-18 . 2019-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020440/http://www.newfa.co.uk/media/1097/newfa-handbook.pdf . dead .