Brymbo Victoria F.C.

Brymbo Victoria F.C. were a Welsh football club based in Brymbo, Wales. They started the 2021–22 season as members of the North East Wales Football League Premier Division before resigning from the league in August 2021 and dissolving the club.^[1]

Brymbo Victoria (1900–1911)

Full name	Brymbo Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)	Vics
Founded	Appr. 1900
Dissolved	1911
Ground	Brymbo
1910–11	The Combination 4th (of 11)
Home colours

Brymbo Victoria (2017–2021)

Full name	Brymbo Victoria Football Club
Nickname(s)	Vics
Founded	2017
Dissolved	2021
Ground	Bronwen's Green, Blast Road, Brymbo
League	North East Wales Football League Premier Division
Home colours

History

For a full history see; List of football seasons involving Brymbo teams

Formed sometime around 1900 Brymbo Victoria were runners up in the Welsh Amateur Cup in 1908.^[2] They joined The Combination midway through the 1909/10 season, taking on the results of Birkenhead who had resigned mid season,^[3] finishing bottom of the league. Upon joining The Combination their colours were reported as being red and white.^[4] The 1910–11 season saw an upturn in fortunes and they finished fourth. However they folded at the end of the season. The name returned in 2017, over 100 years since the previous club last played.

Seasons

Season	League	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Teams in League
1902-03[5]	Flintshire League Division 1
1903–04[6]	Wrexham and District League Division 1	16	13	2	1	46	12	26	1	9 (+1 who withdrew)
1904–05[7]	Wrexham and District League Division 1	16	11	1	4	46	17	23	1	9 (+3 who withdrew)
1905–06[8]	Wrexham and District League Division 1	14	11	1	2	36	10	23	1	8 (+2 who withdrew)
1906–07[9]	Flintshire League Division 1	14	3	7	4	19	26	10	7	10
1907–08[10]	Wrexham and District League Division 1	18	9	3	6	40	25	21	3	10 (+2 who withdrew)
1908–09	Wrexham and District League Division 1	20	3	2	15	22	52	6	11	11
1909–10[11]	The Combination	30	5	1	24	42	105	11	16	16
1910–11[12]	The Combination	20	11	2	7	55	34	24	4	11
1911-2017 Club Inactive
2017–18	North East Wales League	26	8	4	14	62	73	28	10	14 (+2 who withdrew)
2018-19	North East Wales League	20	9	0	11	71	51	27	7	11
2019-20	North East Wales League	15	10	3	2	74	28	33	2	9

Cup History

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score	Notes
1907–08[13]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Buckley Engineers	2–1	Annulled, undersized pitch
				0–3	Replay
	Welsh Amateur Cup	Round 1	Summerhill
		Round 2[14]	Gwersyllt Victoria
		Round 3[15]	Wrexham Victoria	4–0
		Round 4[16]	Holyhead	3–1
		Semi Final[17]	Shrewsbury Rovers	3–2	Played at Oswestry
		Final[18]	Esclusham White Stars	0–1	Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
1908–09[19]	Welsh Cup	Second Preliminary Round	Johnstown Amateurs	0–5
1909–10[20]	Welsh Cup	Preliminary Round	Ruabon	1–2
1910–11[21]	Welsh Cup	Preliminary Round	Summerhill Victoria	3–1
		Round 1	Ruabon	1–0
		Round 2	Johnstown	0–2
1911-2017 Club Inactive
2017–18	Welsh Cup	First Qualifying Round	Acton	3–6
	FAW Trophy	Round 1	Plas Madoc	3–6
2018-19	Welsh Cup
	FAW Trophy

Honours

League

• Wrexham and District League Division 1

Winners : 1903, 1904, 1906

Runners-up : 1905

• North East Wales League

Runners-up : 2020

Cups

• Welsh Amateur Cup

Runners-up : 1908

• St Martins Charity Cup

Winners : 1908

• Flintshire League Challenge Cup

Runners Up : 1907^[22]

Resurrection

The Brymbo Victoria name was resurrected more than 100 years after they last played, when in June 2017 the name was listed among the entrants for the 2017–18 North East Wales League season.^[23] This was following the decision of Brymbo Sports and Social Club to switch to Saturday football, following the demise of the Wrexham Sunday League.

Other Info

Not to be confused with Brymbo Institute, Brymbo Steelworks FC or Brymbo FC.