EFL TrophyThe English Football League Trophy, most recently known as the Vertu Trophy until the end of the 2025-26 season, is an annual English footballknockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One, EFL League Two, and U-21 teams from the Premier League and the EFL Championship.
2005 Football League Trophy finalDate10 April 2005VenueMillennium Stadium, CardiffRefereeBrian Curson (Leicestershire)Attendance36,216← 20042006 → The 2005 Football League Trophy final was the 22nd final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One, Two and the Conference, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 10 April 2005. The match was contested between Southend United and Wrexham.
FA TrophyThe Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's footballknockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League teams. The competition was introduced in 1969.
English football league systemThe English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isle of Man also competing.EFL ChampionshipThe English Football League Championship is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, sitting below the Premier League and contested by 24 professional clubs from England and Wales.
2013 FA Trophy finalAfter extra timeWrexham won 4–1 on penaltiesDate24 March 2013VenueWembley Stadium, LondonMan of the MatchAndy MorrellRefereeJon MossAttendance35,266← 20122014 → The 2013 FA Trophy Final was the 44th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Grimsby Town and Wrexham. It was Wrexham's first visit to Wembley Stadium in their 149-year history.FAW Premier CupThe FAW Premier Cup (until 1998 the FAW Invitation Cup) was a Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales from 1997 to 2008. Since the FAW excluded clubs playing in English leagues (including six Welsh clubs) from playing in the Welsh Cup from 1996 onwards, the FAW needed another competition where the best Welsh teams could compete.
Welsh CupThe FAW Welsh Cup (Welsh: Cwpan Cymdeithas Pêl-droed Cymru), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions in domestic Welsh football.
Association footballTeam sport played with a ballAssociation football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who mostly use their feet to kick an inflated ball around a pitch (playing field). The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball into the rectangular-framed goal which that team defends. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes.
Oldest football clubsAn 1881 Australian rules football match between Melbourne and Geelong. The clubs were founded in 1858 and 1859, respectively, and currently compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), making them the world's oldest football clubs that are now professional.The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream sport.
Welsh languageWelsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] or y Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as Cambrian, Cambric and Cymric. The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales.
WrexhamWrexham ( REK-səm; Welsh: Wrecsam [ˈrɛksam]) is a city in the north-east of Wales. It lies between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county of Denbighshire, it became part of the new county of Clwyd in 1974. It has been the principal settlement and administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough since 1996.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.