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| nickname = Vics
| ground = Brymbo Sports and Social Complex, Tanyfron, Wrexham
| ground = Bronwen's Green, Blast Road, Brymbo
| clubname = Brymbo Victoria (2017–)
| clubname = Brymbo Victoria (2017–2021)
| fullname = Brymbo Victoria Football Club
| fullname = Brymbo Victoria Football Club
| founded = 2017
| founded = 2017
| season = 2017–18
| dissolved = 2021
| season = 2019–20
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'''Brymbo Victoria F.C.''' were a Welsh football club based in [[Brymbo]], [[Wales]]. They started the 2021–22 season as members of the [[North East Wales Football League]] Premier Division before resigning from the league in August 2021 and dissolving the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brymbo Victoria Bow Out Of NEWFL |date=11 August 2021 |url=https://clwydleagueeast.pitchero.com/brymbo-victoria-bow-out-of-newfl-66956 |publisher=North East Wales Football League |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
'''Brymbo Victoria F.C.''' are a Welsh football club based in [[Brymbo]], [[Wales]].


==History==
==History==
For a full history see; ''[[List of football seasons involving Brymbo teams]]''
For a full history see; ''List of football seasons involving Brymbo teams''


Formed sometime around 1900 Brymbo Victoria were runners up in the [[FAW Trophy|Welsh Amateur Cup]] in 1908.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTHALL.{{!}}1908-04-23{{!}}Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser&nbsp;– Welsh Newspapers Online|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3867433/3867440/93/|website = newspapers.library.wales|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref> They joined [[The Combination]] midway through the 1909/10 season, taking on the results of Birkenhead who had resigned mid season,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Denbighshire Free Press|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3773644/3773649/26/|website = newspapers.library.wales|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref> finishing bottom of the league. Upon joining The Combination their colours were reported as being red and white.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3649450/3649455/54/|title=Welsh Newspapers Online Advertising{{!}}1909-12-31{{!}}The North Wales Weekly News – Welsh Newspapers Online|website=newspapers.library.wales|language=en|access-date=2017-10-18}}</ref> The 1910/11 season saw an upturn in fortunes and they finished fourth. However they folded at the end of the 1910/11 season. The name returned in 2017, over 100 years since the previous club last played.
Formed sometime around 1900 Brymbo Victoria were runners up in the [[FAW Trophy|Welsh Amateur Cup]] in 1908.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL.{{!}}1908-04-23{{!}}Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser&nbsp;– Welsh Newspapers Online|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3867433/3867440/93/|website = newspapers.library.wales|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref> They joined [[The Combination]] midway through the 1909/10 season, taking on the results of Birkenhead who had resigned mid season,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Denbighshire Free Press|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3773644/3773649/26/|website = newspapers.library.wales|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref> finishing bottom of the league. Upon joining The Combination their colours were reported as being red and white.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3649450/3649455/54/|title=Welsh Newspapers Online Advertising{{!}}1909-12-31{{!}}The North Wales Weekly News – Welsh Newspapers Online|website=newspapers.library.wales|language=en|access-date=2017-10-18}}</ref> The 1910–11 season saw an upturn in fortunes and they finished fourth. However they folded at the end of the season. The name returned in 2017, over 100 years since the previous club last played.


==Seasons==
==Seasons==
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!Season
!Season
!League
!League
!P
!Played
!Won
!W
!D
!Drew
!L
!Lost
!GF
!Goals For
!GA
!Goals Against
!Pts
!Points
!Pos
!Position
!Teams in League
!Teams in League
|-
|-
|1903–04<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19060414/188/0009|title=Wellington Journal – Saturday 14 April 1906|last=Archive|first=The British Newspaper|website=www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>
|1902-03<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001975/19030415/090/0006|title=Northwich Guardian - Wednesday 15 April 1903|last=|first=|date=|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref>
|Flintshire League Division 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1903–04<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19060414/188/0009|title=Wellington Journal – Saturday 14 April 1906|via = The British Newspaper Archive|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>
|[[Wrexham and District League|Wrexham and District League Division 1]]
|[[Wrexham and District League|Wrexham and District League Division 1]]
|16
|16
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|9 (+1 who withdrew)
|9 (+1 who withdrew)
|-
|-
|1904–05<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19040402/143/0009|title=Register {{!}} British Newspaper Archive|last=Archive|first=The British Newspaper|website=www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>
|1904–05<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19040402/143/0009 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
|Wrexham and District League Division 1
|Wrexham and District League Division 1
|16
|16
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|9 (+3 who withdrew)
|9 (+3 who withdrew)
|-
|-
|1905–06<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19060414/188/0009|title=Register {{!}} British Newspaper Archive|last=Archive|first=The British Newspaper|website=www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>
|1905–06<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19060414/188/0009 |title= |newspaper= |location= |page= |issue= |date= |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
|Wrexham and District League Division 1
|Wrexham and District League Division 1
|14
|14
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|11
|11
|-
|-
|1909–10<ref>{{Cite web|title = England&nbsp;– The Combination|url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engcombinationhist.html|website = www.rsssf.com|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|1909–10<ref>{{Cite web|title = England&nbsp;– The Combination|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcombinationhist.html|website = [[RSSSF]]|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|[[The Combination]]
|[[The Combination]]
|30
|30
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|16
|16
|-
|-
|1910–11<ref>{{Cite web|title = England&nbsp;– The Combination|url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engcombinationhist.html|website = www.rsssf.com|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|1910–11<ref>{{Cite web|title = England&nbsp;– The Combination|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engcombinationhist.html|website = [[RSSSF]]|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|The Combination
|The Combination
|20
|20
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|-
|2017–18
|2017–18
|[[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales Football League]]
|[[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales League]]
|26
|26
|8
|8
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|-
|2018-19
|2018-19
|[[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales Football League]]
|[[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales League]]
|
|20
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|9
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|0
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|11
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|71
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|51
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|27
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|7
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|11
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|2019-20
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|[[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales League]]
|15
|10
|3
|2
|74
|28
|33
|2
|9
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!Notes
!Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan="8" |1907–08<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1907/08|url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wal1908.html|website = www.rsssf.com|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
| rowspan="8" |1907–08<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1907/08|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal1908.html|website = [[RSSSF]]|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Welsh Cup]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Welsh Cup]]
| rowspan="2" |Round 1
| rowspan="2" |Round 1
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|Played at Oswestry
|Played at Oswestry
|-
|-
|Final<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTHALL.{{!}}1908-04-23{{!}}Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser&nbsp;– Welsh Newspapers Online|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3867433/3867440/93/|website = newspapers.library.wales|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|Final<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL.{{!}}1908-04-23{{!}}Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser&nbsp;– Welsh Newspapers Online|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3867433/3867440/93/|website = newspapers.library.wales|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|[[Esclusham White Stars]]
|[[Esclusham White Stars]]
|0–1
|0–1
|Played at [[Racecourse Ground]], Wrexham
|Played at [[Racecourse Ground]], Wrexham
|-
|-
|1908–09<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1908/09|url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wal1909.html|website = www.rsssf.com|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|1908–09<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1908/09|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal1909.html|website = [[RSSSF]]|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|Welsh Cup
|Welsh Cup
|Second Preliminary Round
|Second Preliminary Round
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|-
|-
|1909–10<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1909/10|url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wal1910.html|website = www.rsssf.com|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|1909–10<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1909/10|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal1910.html|website = [[RSSSF]]|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
|Welsh Cup
|Welsh Cup
|Preliminary Round
|Preliminary Round
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| rowspan="3" |1910–11<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1910/11|url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wal1911.html|website = www.rsssf.com|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |1910–11<ref>{{Cite web|title = Wales (Cup) 1910/11|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal1911.html|website = [[RSSSF]]|accessdate = 2015-10-21}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |Welsh Cup
| rowspan="3" |Welsh Cup
|Preliminary Round
|Preliminary Round
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==Honours==
==Honours==
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:''Winners :'' 1903, 1904, 1906
:''Winners :'' 1903, 1904, 1906
:''Runners-up :'' 1905
:''Runners-up :'' 1905
*'''[[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales League]]'''
:''Runners-up :'' 2020


===Cups===
===Cups===
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==Resurrection==
==Resurrection==
The Brymbo Victoria name was resurrected more than 100 years after they last played, when in June 2017 the name was listed among the entrants for the 2017–18 [[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales Football League]] season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/offaathleticfc/news/league-lineup-finalised-1846846.html|title=League Lineup Finalised – News – Offa Athletic FC|website=www.pitchero.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> This was following the decision of Brymbo Sports and Social Club to switch to Saturday football, following the demise of the Wrexham Sunday League.
The Brymbo Victoria name was resurrected more than 100 years after they last played, when in June 2017 the name was listed among the entrants for the 2017–18 [[Clwyd East Football League|North East Wales League]] season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/offaathleticfc/news/league-lineup-finalised-1846846.html|title=League Lineup Finalised – News – Offa Athletic FC|website=www.pitchero.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> This was following the decision of Brymbo Sports and Social Club to switch to Saturday football, following the demise of the Wrexham Sunday League.


==Other Info==
==Other Info==
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{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Defunct football clubs in Wales]]
[[Category:Sport in Wrexham County Borough]]
[[Category:Sport in Wrexham]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Wrexham]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Wrexham]]
[[Category:Sport in Wrexham County Borough]]
[[Category:The Combination]]
[[Category:The Combination]]
[[Category:Welsh football clubs in English leagues]]
[[Category:1900s establishments in Wales]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Wales]]
[[Category:1911 disestablishments in Wales]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in Wales]]
[[Category:2021 disestablishments in Wales]]
[[Category:North East Wales Football League clubs]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in the 1900s]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1911]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2017]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2021]]
[[Category:Defunct football clubs in Wales]]
[[Category:Clwyd East Football League clubs]]
[[Category:Defunct Welsh football clubs in English leagues]]

Latest revision as of 14:08, 29 November 2024

Brymbo Victoria (1900–1911)
Full nameBrymbo Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)Vics
FoundedAppr. 1900
Dissolved1911
GroundBrymbo
1910–11The Combination 4th (of 11)
Brymbo Victoria (2017–2021)
Full nameBrymbo Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)Vics
Founded2017
Dissolved2021
GroundBronwen's Green, Blast Road, Brymbo
LeagueNorth East Wales Football League Premier Division

Brymbo Victoria F.C. were a Welsh football club based in Brymbo, Wales. They started the 2021–22 season as members of the North East Wales Football League Premier Division before resigning from the league in August 2021 and dissolving the club.[1]

History

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For a full history see; List of football seasons involving Brymbo teams

Formed sometime around 1900 Brymbo Victoria were runners up in the Welsh Amateur Cup in 1908.[2] They joined The Combination midway through the 1909/10 season, taking on the results of Birkenhead who had resigned mid season,[3] finishing bottom of the league. Upon joining The Combination their colours were reported as being red and white.[4] The 1910–11 season saw an upturn in fortunes and they finished fourth. However they folded at the end of the season. The name returned in 2017, over 100 years since the previous club last played.

Seasons

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Season League P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Teams in League
1902-03[5] Flintshire League Division 1
1903–04[6] Wrexham and District League Division 1 16 13 2 1 46 12 26 1 9 (+1 who withdrew)
1904–05[7] Wrexham and District League Division 1 16 11 1 4 46 17 23 1 9 (+3 who withdrew)
1905–06[8] Wrexham and District League Division 1 14 11 1 2 36 10 23 1 8 (+2 who withdrew)
1906–07[9] Flintshire League Division 1 14 3 7 4 19 26 10 7 10
1907–08[10] Wrexham and District League Division 1 18 9 3 6 40 25 21 3 10 (+2 who withdrew)
1908–09 Wrexham and District League Division 1 20 3 2 15 22 52 6 11 11
1909–10[11] The Combination 30 5 1 24 42 105 11 16 16
1910–11[12] The Combination 20 11 2 7 55 34 24 4 11
1911-2017 Club Inactive
2017–18 North East Wales League 26 8 4 14 62 73 28 10 14 (+2 who withdrew)
2018-19 North East Wales League 20 9 0 11 71 51 27 7 11
2019-20 North East Wales League 15 10 3 2 74 28 33 2 9

Cup History

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Season Competition Round Opposition Score Notes
1907–08[13] Welsh Cup Round 1 Buckley Engineers 2–1 Annulled, undersized pitch
0–3 Replay
Welsh Amateur Cup Round 1 Summerhill
Round 2[14] Gwersyllt Victoria
Round 3[15] Wrexham Victoria 4–0
Round 4[16] Holyhead 3–1
Semi Final[17] Shrewsbury Rovers 3–2 Played at Oswestry
Final[18] Esclusham White Stars 0–1 Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
1908–09[19] Welsh Cup Second Preliminary Round Johnstown Amateurs 0–5
1909–10[20] Welsh Cup Preliminary Round Ruabon 1–2
1910–11[21] Welsh Cup Preliminary Round Summerhill Victoria 3–1
Round 1 Ruabon 1–0
Round 2 Johnstown 0–2
1911-2017 Club Inactive
2017–18 Welsh Cup First Qualifying Round Acton 3–6
FAW Trophy Round 1 Plas Madoc 3–6
2018-19 Welsh Cup
FAW Trophy

Honours

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League

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Winners : 1903, 1904, 1906
Runners-up : 1905
Runners-up : 2020

Cups

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Runners-up : 1908
Winners : 1908
Runners Up : 1907[22]

Resurrection

[edit]

The Brymbo Victoria name was resurrected more than 100 years after they last played, when in June 2017 the name was listed among the entrants for the 2017–18 North East Wales League season.[23] This was following the decision of Brymbo Sports and Social Club to switch to Saturday football, following the demise of the Wrexham Sunday League.

Other Info

[edit]

Not to be confused with Brymbo Institute, Brymbo Steelworks FC or Brymbo FC.

References

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  1. ^ "Brymbo Victoria Bow Out Of NEWFL". North East Wales Football League. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL.|1908-04-23|Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  3. ^ "Denbighshire Free Press". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  4. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online Advertising|1909-12-31|The North Wales Weekly News – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  5. ^ "Northwich Guardian - Wednesday 15 April 1903". Retrieved 2020-04-29 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Wellington Journal – Saturday 14 April 1906". Retrieved 2017-03-08 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19040402/143/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19060414/188/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  10. ^ "Welsh National League". wnl.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  11. ^ "England – The Combination". RSSSF. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  12. ^ "England – The Combination". RSSSF. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  13. ^ "Wales (Cup) 1907/08". RSSSF. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  14. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online c Football.|1907-12-05|Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  15. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online WELSH CUP.|1908-01-25|Rhyl Record and Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  16. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online WELSH AMATEUR CUP.|1908-03-05|The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  17. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online WELSH AMATEUR CUP.|1908-03-24|Gwalia – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  18. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online FOOTBALL.|1908-04-23|Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  19. ^ "Wales (Cup) 1908/09". RSSSF. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  20. ^ "Wales (Cup) 1909/10". RSSSF. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  21. ^ "Wales (Cup) 1910/11". RSSSF. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  22. ^ "Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh – 2 May 1907".
  23. ^ "League Lineup Finalised – News – Offa Athletic FC". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
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