Westminster Rovers
Full nameWestminster Rovers Football Club
FoundedAppr. 1889
Dissolved1897
GroundStansty Park

Westminster Rovers F.C. was a Welsh football club based in Wrexham, Wales.[2]

History

Formed sometime around 1889 as the team of the Westminster Colliery, Westminster Rovers were runners up in the Welsh Cup in 1892 and 1894, on both occasions losing to Chirk. They were also founding members of the Welsh Senior League, a competition which they won in 1894. They are last mentioned in 1897. The name reappeared in 1919, for one season in the Ffrith and District League.

Colours

The club wore white jerseys.[3]

Seasons

Season League P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Teams in League
1890–91[4] Welsh Senior League 9 2 3 4 18 18 1* 6 6
1892–93[5] Welsh Senior League 14 5 1 8 30 31 11 6 8
1893–94[6][7] Welsh Senior League 16 11 2 3 54 26 25 1 9
1894–95[4] Welsh Senior League 15 8 4 3 45 27 20 2 9
1895–96[8] Welsh Senior League 12 2 2 8 23 48 6 6 7
1896–97[9] Welsh Senior League 14 2 3 9 22 65 7 7 8
1919–20[10] Ffrith and District League 20 16 1 3 89 21 33 3 12

Cup history

Season Competition Round Opposition Score Notes
1889–90[11] Welsh Cup Round 1 Over Wanderers 3–4[12] Over Wanderers withdrew after protests.
Round 2 Wrexham 1–1
1–1 Replay
0–1 Second Replay
1890–91[13] Welsh Cup Round 1 Nantwich w/o
Round 2 Gresford 4–3
Quarter Final Wrexham 0–1
1891–92[14] Welsh Cup Round 1 Brymbo Institute 4–3 Replayed after protest.
4–1[15] Replay
Round 2 Gresford 6–1
Quarter Final Crewe Alexandra Hornets [16] Crewe withdrew after being ordered to replay.[17]
Semi Final Shrewsbury Town 0–4 Played at Chirk. Replayed after protest.
3–1 Replay. Played at Chirk.
Final Chirk 1–2[18] Attendance 4,000. Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham.
1892–93[19] Welsh Cup Quarter Final Druids 0–1
1893–94[20] Welsh Cup Round 1 Rhostyllen Victoria 3–0
Round 2 Brymbo Institute 3–2
Round 3 Bye
Quarter Final Druids 4–3[21]
Semi Final Wrexham 5–3 Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham.
Final Chirk 0–2[22] Played at Wynnstay Park, Ruabon.
1894–95[23] Welsh Cup Quarter Final Newtown 0–1
1895–96[24] Welsh Cup Round 1 Flint 1–0
Round 2 Carnarvon Ironopolis w/o
Round 3 Bangor 1–1
1–3 Replay
1896–97[25] Welsh Cup Round 1 Rhostyllen Victoria 0–2
Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup Final Chirk 0–1[26]

Notable players

Honours

League

Winners (1): 1894
Runner Up (1): 1895

Cups

Runner Up (2): 1892, 1894
Runner Up (1): 1897

References

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  2. ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online IWALES AND BORDER COUNTIES CHALLENGE CUP.|1889-10-05|Rhyl Record and Advertiser – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Westminster Rovers v Rhostellyn". Wrexham Advertiser: 2. 28 September 1895.
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  27. ^ "The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps". the Guardian. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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