Oswestry United F.C.

Not to be confused with Oswestry Town.

Football club

Oswestry United F.C.Full name| Oswestry United Football Club

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Founded| September 1893
Dissolved| March 1915
Ground| Victoria Road
Oswestry
1914–15| Lancashire Combination Division 2, withdrew

Home colours

Oswestry United Football Club was a football club from Shropshire, playing at Victoria Road. The club was formed in September 1893 after the demise of Oswestry Town in 1891.[1] They joined the Shropshire & District League.[2]

The club won the Shropshire Senior Cup in 1899[3] and 1909, and won the Welsh Cup in 1901[4] and in 1907.[5]

## Demise

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In September 1914 it was reported that the club had lost five players due to enlistments in World War I, and it was likely that the club would no longer be able to continue in the Lancashire Combination League.[6] By October 1914 the club are shown to have only played two fixtures in the league.[7] The club were due to play a Shropshire Cup fixture with Shrewsbury Town in March 1915, but could not raise a team and were later ejected from the competition.[8]

When football started again after World War I the club did not re-emerge.

A second incarnation of Oswestry Town replaced them as the main club in Oswestry in 1920.

## League history

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Season  | League  | P  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | Pts  | Pos

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1893-94[9] | Shropshire League | 18  | 4  | 4  | 10  | 35  | 63  | 12  | 10
1894-95  | Shropshire League  | 18  | 10  | 5  | 3  | 53  | 25  | 25  | 2
1895-96  | Shropshire League  | 18  | 3  | 0  | 15  | 30  | 71  | 6  | 10
1896-97[10] | Welsh Senior League | 14  | 8  | 33  | 3  | 33  | 16  | 17  | 3
1897-98  | Shropshire League  | 18  | 8  | 1  | 9  | 36  | 40  | 17  | 6
1898-99[11] | The Combination | 28  | 9  | 2  | 17  | 49  | 73  | 20  | 12
1899-1900  | The Combination  | 16  | 5  | 2  | 9  | 30  | 38  | 10  | 8
1900-01  | The Combination  | 22  | 10  | 8  | 4  | 57  | 28  | 28  | 4
1901-02  | The Combination  | 26  | 12  | 6  | 8  | 55  | 33  | 30  | 3
1902-03  | The Combination  | 26  | 14  | 2  | 10  | 57  | 42  | 30  | 5
1903-04  | The Combination  | 24  | 11  | 2  | 11  | 42  | 55  | 24  | 7
1904-05  | The Combination  | 26  | 10  | 2  | 14  | 43  | 62  | 22  | 10
1905-06  | The Combination  | 28  | 13  | 1  | 14  | 72  | 56  | 27  | 9
1906-07  | The Combination  | 26  | 9  | 6  | 11  | 49  | 41  | 24  | 9
1907-08  | The Combination  | 26  | 16  | 4  | 6  | 62  | 38  | 36  | 3
1908-09  | The Combination  | 30  | 13  | 4  | 13  | 74  | 55  | 30  | 9
1909-10  | The Combination  | 30  | 9  | 7  | 14  | 44  | 62  | 25  | 11
1910-11  | The Combination  | 20  | 11  | 3  | 6  | 44  | 27  | 25  | 3
Wrexham & District League[12] | Withdrew
1911-12  | Lancashire Combination Division 2  | 30  | 13  | 5  | 12  | 75  | 64  | 31  | 8
1912-13  | Lancashire Combination Division 2  | 34  | 17  | 3  | 14  | 79  | 80  | 37  | 10
1913-14  | Lancashire Combination Division 2  | 34  | 14  | 4  | 16  | 47  | 60  | 32  | 12
1914-15  | Lancashire Combination Division 2  | Withdrew

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## Honours

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### Cup

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* Welsh Cup
* 1900–01, 1906–07

* Shropshire Senior Cup
* 1898–99, 1908–09

## References

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1. ^ "Football". Montgomery County Times. 16 September 1893.
2. ^ a b "Football Club History Database - Oswestry United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
3. ^ "SHROPSHIRE CUP.|1899-04-08|The Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
4. ^ "THE WELSH CUP.|1901-04-11|Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
5. ^ "Local Football Tables.|1907-04-06|Rhyl Record and Advertiser - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
6. ^ "Northern Union Football League and the War". Birmingham Daily Post. 9 September 1914.
7. ^ "Division II". Nantwich Guardian. 6 October 1914.
8. ^ "A Shropshire Cup Difficulty". Birmingham Post. 20 March 1915. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
9. ^ "Shropshire & District League 1890-1900". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
10. ^ "Welsh Senior League 1896/97". Welsh Football. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
11. ^ "England - The Combination". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
12. ^ "Wrexham & District League 1910/11". Welsh Football. Retrieved 29 November 2021.