:Rhosddu Recreation Ground
{{Short description|Former Welsh football ground}}
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| opened = 1879
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| closed = 1886
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| surface = Grass
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| tenants = Civil Service (Wrexham) (1879-1880)
Wrexham Excelsior (1880-1885)
Wrexham Crown (1883)
Wrexham (1881-1883)
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Rhosddu Recreation Ground was a football ground in Wrexham, Wales. It was first mentioned in the local press in September 1879 as the New Recreation Ground, Rhosddu, prior to a game between Civil Service (Wrexham) and Gwersyllt Foresters.{{cite web|url=https://hdl.handle.net/10107/3855179|title=Notitle - Wrexham Guardian|date=1879-09-13|accessdate=2022-08-31|publisher=William Garratt Jones & John Hamlyn|hdl=10107/3855179 }}
It was the home ground of Wrexham between 1881 and 1883.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wst.org.uk/www3/index.php/component/k2/itemlist/category/167-wrexham-afc|title=Wrexham AFC|website=www.wst.org.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-10-04}} It hosted home games of Wrexham Civil Service, Wrexham Excelsior, Wrexham Albion and Wrexham Victoria to name a few.
It was last used for football in 1885.{{Cite news|date=3 October 1885|work=Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register}}
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Category:Football venues in Wales
Category:Sport in Wrexham County Borough
Category:Defunct football venues in Wales
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