Oswestry United F.C.

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]

  1. ^ "Football". Montgomery County Times. 16 September 1893.
  2. ^ "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.