Oswestry United Football Club was a
football
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club from
Shropshire, playing at Victoria Road. The club was formed in September 1893 after the demise of
Oswestry Town
Oswestry Town Football Club was a football club from Shropshire, playing at Victoria Road. They joined the Birmingham League in 1924 and switched to the Cheshire County League in 1959. In 1975 they made the move to the Southern League before ...
in 1891. They joined the
Shropshire & District League.
The club won the
Shropshire Senior Cup in 1899 and 1909, and won the
Welsh Cup in 1901 and in 1907.
Demise
In September 1914 it was reported that the club had lost five players due to
World War I, and it was likely that the club would no longer be able to continue in the Lancashire Combination League. By October 1914 the club are shown to have only played two fixtures in the league.
The club were due to play a Shropshire Cup fixture with
Shrewsbury Town in March 1915, but could not raise a team and were later ejected from the competition.
When football started again after World War I the club did not re-emerge.
League history
Honours
Cup
*
Welsh Cup
**
1900–01,
1906–07
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Music ...
*
Shropshire Senior Cup
**
1898–99,
1908–09
References
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Defunct football clubs in Shropshire
Oswestry