Denbighshire League

The Denbighshire League was a league in the early days of Welsh football. Originally titled the Welsh Senior League, it ran from 1890 until 1902. It was mainly made up of teams from the Wrexham area, with sporadic entrants from Mid Wales and the North Wales Coast. It was one of the first organised Football Leagues in Wales.{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/history.php?league_id=35|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26}} The league was resurrected in September 1903 under the name the Wrexham and District League.{{Cite web|title = Welsh Newspapers Online WREXHAM AND DISTRICT LEAGUE.{{!}}1903-09-04{{!}}The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria - Welsh Newspapers Online|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3832997/3833000/17/|website = newspapers.library.wales|access-date = 2016-02-04}}

Founding Members

The following clubs took part in the 1890-91 season.{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=1|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151225024833/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=1|archive-date = 2015-12-25|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = Welsh Newspapers Online A WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE{{!}}1890-03-01{{!}}Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online|url = http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4590940/4590945/44/|website = newspapers.library.wales|access-date = 2015-11-04}}

Champions

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!Season

!Champions

!Runners Up

!Third

!Notes

1890-91{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=1|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151225024833/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=1|archive-date = 2015-12-25|url-status = dead}}

|Druids

|Rhos

|Rhostyllen Victoria

1891-92

|League Not Run

1892-93{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=3|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201904/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=3|archive-date = 2017-10-05|url-status = dead}}

|Druids

|Chirk

|Brymbo Institute

1893-94{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=4|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201941/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=4|archive-date = 2017-10-05|url-status = dead}}

|Westminster Rovers

|Druids

|Brymbo Institute

1894-95{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=5|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201716/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=5|archive-date = 2017-10-05|url-status = dead}}

|Wrexham

|Westminster Rovers

|Druids

1895-96{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=6|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005152025/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=6|archive-date = 2017-10-05|url-status = dead}}

|Wrexham

|Rhos

|Druids

1896-97{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=7|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162941/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=7|archive-date = 2017-10-26|url-status = dead}}

|Druids

|Newtown

|Oswestry United

1897-98{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=1|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26}}

|Druids Reserves

|Wrexham Reserves

|Rhos Eagle Wanderers

1898-99{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_ws.php?season_id=9|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26}}{{Cite web|title = Wrexham Advertiser - Saturday 06 May 1899|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000496/18990506/048/0007|website = British Newspaper Archive|access-date = 2015-12-19}}

|Chirk Reserves

|Wrexham Reserves

|Adwy United

1899–1900{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=3|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26}}

|Wrexham Reserves

|Chirk Reserves

|Oswestry United Reserves

1900-01{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=4|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305211138/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=4|archive-date = 2016-03-05|url-status = dead}}

|Broughton United

|Adwy Victoria

|Druids Reserves

1901-02{{Cite web|title = Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage|url = http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=5|website = wfda.co.uk|access-date = 2015-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305084209/http://wfda.co.uk/leagues_denbigh.php?season_id=5|archive-date = 2016-03-05|url-status = dead}}

|Broughton United

|Druids Reserves

|Oswestry United Reserves

References

Sources

Category:Football leagues in Wales

Category:Sport in Wrexham

Category:Defunct football competitions in Wales