Druids F.C.

For the football club playing in the Cymru Premier, see Cefn Druids A.F.C.
Druids
Full nameRuabon Druids Football Club
Nickname(s)The Ancients, Druids,
FoundedOctober 1872 (as Ruabon Rovers FC)[1][2][3]
DissolvedAugust 1927 (merged with Acrefair United F.C. to form Druids United)
GroundWynnstay Park
Ruabon
Wrexham

Ruabon Druids F.C. (Welsh – CP Derwyddon) were a football club based in the village of Ruabon near Wrexham, Wales. The club was founded in October 1872 as Ruabon Rovers F.C. by David Thomson and his brother, George, of Ruabon. In 1874 the club became Plasmadoc F.C. before changing their name to Druids F.C. in 1876.

Druids are notable as becoming the first Welsh club to enter the English FA Cup and Birmingham & District League and winning the Welsh Cup eight times.

Their traditional home was Wynnstay Park on the Wynnstay Estate, and their traditional colours were white shirts, black shorts with either black and cerise or simply black socks.[4][5]

  1. ^ "CEFN.|1872-10-11|The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard - Welsh Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ^ "CEFN AND RHOSYMEDRE.|1873-09-12|The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard - Welsh Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. ^ "BANGOR LICENSING SESSIon's. !|1873-09-13|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. ^ Druids kit on historicalkits.co.uk Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 August 2009.
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