Wrexham AFC

Wrexham AFC
	Wrexham AFC
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Basic data
Surname	Wrexham Association Football Club
Seat	Wrexham , Wales
founding	1864
Colours	Red White
Website	wrexhamafc.co.uk
First soccer team
Head coach	Brian Flynn (interim)
Venue	Racecourse Ground ; Wrexham
Places	15,550
league	National League
2019/20	19th place
home	Away

The AFC Wrexham (officially: Wrexham Association Football Club ) - also known as The Red Dragons or The Robins - is a football club from the North Wales city of Wrexham . The club currently plays in the English National League .

history

Beginnings

The club was founded in 1864 by members of the Wrexham Cricket Club who wanted to extend their sporting activities to the winter months. Since the rules were not yet precisely defined, the number of players varied depending on the opposing team. The club became one of the most important representatives for the restriction to eleven players.

In 1876 they became a member of the newly formed Football Association of Wales and provided several players for the first international matches. Two years later, the club was in the first final of the Welsh Cup , which was carried out according to the rules of the FA Cup . They defeated FC Druids 1-0, but had to wait a year for the trophy to be presented due to the association's financial problems. Around 1880 the name was changed to Wrexham Association Football Club .

In the following years mostly friendlies were played and the Welsh Cup was the only competition. In 1883 they won again and in the same year they started in the FA Cup, but failed early when Oswestry Town won 3: 4 in Wrexham in the second round . Because of riots, the club was excluded from all competitions and disbanded. At the same time, Wrexham Olympic was founded, which three years later should reproduce its original name.

From 1881 to 1883 one had to move to another place because the home theater had become too expensive. But then they returned and have been playing on the same pitch ever since.

In 1890, the Wrexham AFC joined the Football Combination , which, however, was left four years later due to increased costs. Therefore, you entered from 1894 in the Welsh league and won the title twice before the return to the Combination was decided in 1896. The money saved through lower travel costs had been offset by reduced fan interest and thus lower entrance fees.

They stayed in the combination until 1905 and won the title four times. In 1905 they were accepted into the Birmingham & District League after several unsuccessful attempts in previous years . In the following years the Welsh Cup was won several times.

Third Division

In 1921 Wrexham was selected to play in the newly formed Third Division North of the Football League . They stayed here for the next few years, the best placement was a second place in 1933. In 1939 they appeared for the first time in today's common jersey colors.

During the Second World War and the resulting restricted game traffic , Wrexham entered the Regional League West . Since soldiers were stationed in the village, famous players such as Stanley Matthews or Stan Cullis could be won from them .

After the war they became part of the Third Division North again and in the summer of 1949 the club appeared outside the British Isles for the first time when they played against national teams of British soldiers stationed in Germany .

1957 won the Welsh Cup for the first time in 26 years when they beat Swansea Town 2-1.

Descents and ascents

In 1960 Wrexham rose for the first time in the club's history and played in the newly formed Fourth Division . Although the immediate rise was successful, the class could only be held for two years and in 1966 the season ended as the 92nd team and thus the last in the league system.

Under coach John Neal , he was promoted to the Third Division in 1970 and qualified for the 1972/73 European Cup Winners' Cup two years later , when the Welsh Cup was won again. In 1974 they made it to the quarter-finals in the FA Cup and in 1976 they failed in the European Cup Winners' Cup at the eventual winner RSC Anderlecht .

1979 succeeded Wrexham promotion to the Football League Second Division , in which one played four years. In 1989 they failed only in the promotion play-off against Leyton Orient .

In 1992 the club created a small sensation when the previous year's champions FC Arsenal were defeated in the FA Cup . In 1993 the company was promoted to the newly structured Second Division, in which it remained until relegation in 2002. Although they were immediately promoted to the Second Division, renamed Football League One in 2004, in 2005 they rose again to Football League Two , in which they played until the end of the 2007/08 season. By relegating to the Conference National, the club played outside the Football League for the first time since 1921 .

Old logo (founded in 1873)

After the takeover of the insolvent "Wrexham Association Football Club Limited" by "Wrexham Football Club (2006) Ltd", the old club name "Wrexham Association Football Club" no longer officially exists since 2006. The new owners - including Neville Dickens and Geoff Moss - decreed a shortening to "Wrexham Football Club". The club has since been known as "Wrexham FC" (or simply "FC Wrexham" in German), although the majority of its own supporters continue to use the old club name "Wrexham AFC".

For the 2015/16 season, the name was changed back to "Wrexham Association Football Club".

title

Cup winners ( Welsh Cup ):

Winner: 1878, 1883, 1893, 1897, 1903, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1995 (23 times and record winner)
Finalist: 1879, 1890, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1920, 1932, 1933, 1950, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991