Wellington St George's F.C. was an English

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club from near

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History

The club was founded in 1884 as an offshoot of the St George's

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club, in turn based at a church near

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. In the club's first season it entered the

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and beat Sandwell F.C. in front of a very good crowd of 750, and only lost 2–1 at Wednesbury Town in the second round. In 1886-87 the club hosted

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in a first round replay and attracted a crowd of 3,000, but lost 4–0. The same year, the club entered the

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for the first time, losing 1–0 to Derby Junction in front of another excellent crowd of 2,000. It was the club's only appearance in the main rounds of the competition; in 1922–23, the club got as far as the fifth preliminary round, before losing 5–0 to

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. The club had more success in local competitions. In 1885–86, it won the

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, beating rivals

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3–0 in the final at Shrewsbury. The club also won the Welsh Amateur Cup in 1900 and got as far as the semi-finals in the

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itself in 1908–09. The club joined the Birmingham League for its first season in 1889, but did not finish the season,and it joined the Shropshire League instead, twice finishing as champions. In 1899 the club again joined the Birmingham League but again did not complete the season, because of an accumulated debt of £50. At the time the club was bottom of the league, having only won once and drawn three times in 19 games, six points adrift of the next team (Berwick Rangers of

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). The club returned to more junior football, and changed its name to St George's Victoria in the 1900s, winning the Shropshire Senior Cup twice more, although by this time it was a much less prestigious competition than in the pre-Football League days. It was not until 1924 that it re-joined the Birmingham League, and, after finishing bottom three times from 1928 to 1931, the club resigned to join the Staffordshire League. The club's final season appears to have been in the Walsall & District League in 1935–36, only playing 14 matches out of 24 (only winning 3) in a competition that saw a number of clubs fail to complete their fixtures.

Honours

*FA Cup: best performance **First round proper: 1886–87 *Welsh Cup: best performance **Semi-final: 1908–09 *Shropshire League **Winners: 1893–94, 1894–95 *Shropshire Senior Cup **Winners: 1885–86, 1905–06, 1906–07 *Shropshire Charity Cup **Winners: 1888–89 *Welsh Amateur Cup **Winners: 1899–1900

Colours

The club originally played in all light blue, changing to claret with white shoulders and sleeves in around 1890. Apart from a brief period in claret and blue, and a dalliance with amber and black in 1898–99, the club remained in claret and white for the rest of its existence.

References

{{Reflist Defunct football clubs in England Association football clubs established in 1884 Association football clubs disestablished in 1936 Defunct football clubs in Shropshire 1884 establishments in England 1936 disestablishments in England Sport in Telford