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Oswestry United F.C.
Full nameOswestry United Football Club
FoundedSeptember 1893
DissolvedMarch 1915
GroundVictoria Road
Oswestry
1914–15Lancashire Combination Division 2, withdrew

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
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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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.
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