Denbighshire League Explained

The Denbighshire League was a league in the early days of Welsh football. Originally titled the Welsh Senior League, it ran from 1890 until 1902. It was mainly made up of teams from the Wrexham area, with sporadic entrants from Mid Wales and the North Wales Coast. It was one of the first organised Football Leagues in Wales.^[1] The league was resurrected in September 1903 under the name the Wrexham and District League.^[2]

Founding Members

The following clubs took part in the 1890-91 season.^{[3] [4]}

• Druids FC
• Rhos FC
• Rhostyllen Victoria FC
• Rhyl FC
• Ruabon FC
• Westminster Rovers

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners Up	Third	Notes
1890-91^[5]	Druids	Rhos	Rhostyllen Victoria
1891-92				League Not Run
1892-93^[6]	Druids	Chirk	Brymbo Institute
1893-94^[7]	Westminster Rovers	Druids	Brymbo Institute
1894-95^[8]	Wrexham	Westminster Rovers	Druids
1895-96^[9]	Wrexham	Rhos	Druids
1896-97^[10]	Druids	Newtown	Oswestry United
1897-98^[11]	Druids Reserves	Wrexham Reserves	Rhos Eagle Wanderers
1898-99^[12] ^[13]	Chirk Reserves	Wrexham Reserves	Adwy United
1899–1900^[14]	Wrexham Reserves	Chirk Reserves	Oswestry United Reserves
1900-01^[15]	Broughton United	Adwy Victoria	Druids Reserves
1901-02^[16]	Broughton United	Druids Reserves	Oswestry United Reserves

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26.
2. Web site: Welsh Newspapers Online WREXHAM AND DISTRICT LEAGUE.1903-09-04The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria - Welsh Newspapers Online. newspapers.library.wales. 2016-02-04.
3. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20151225024833/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=1. 2015-12-25. dead.
4. Web site: Welsh Newspapers Online A WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE1890-03-01Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online. newspapers.library.wales. 2015-11-04.
5. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20151225024833/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=1. 2015-12-25. dead.
6. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201904/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=3. 2017-10-05. dead.
7. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201941/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=4. 2017-10-05. dead.
8. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201716/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=5. 2017-10-05. dead.
9. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171005152025/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=6. 2017-10-05. dead.
10. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162941/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=7. 2017-10-26. dead.
11. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26.
12. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26.
13. Web site: Wrexham Advertiser - Saturday 06 May 1899. British Newspaper Archive. 2015-12-19.
14. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26.
15. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305211138/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=4. 2016-03-05. dead.
16. Web site: Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage. wfda.co.uk. 2015-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305084209/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=5. 2016-03-05. dead.