Gwersyllt Foresters F.C.

Full name	Gwersyllt Foresters Football Club
Nickname(s)	Foresters
Founded	September 1877
Dissolved	c. 1885
Ground	Gwersyllt Park
Home colours	Away colours

Gwersyllt Foresters were a Welsh football team from the village of Gwersyllt, Wrexham.

History

Foresters were formed in April 1877^[1]^[2] and participated in the inaugural Welsh Cup competition.^[3] They played their home games at Gwersyllt Park, and their colours are recorded as being green and red.^[4] Their first match was against Wrexham on 6 October 1877, a 9–0 defeat where Gwersyllt played in Red and Blue stripes.^[5] No record of them exists beyond November 1884.^[6]

Cup History

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1877–78^[7]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Northwich Victoria	0–0^[8]
		Round 1 Replay	Northwich Victoria	4–1^[9]
		Round 2	Llangollen	2–1^[10]
		Round 3	Wrexham	0–8^[11]
1878–79^[12]		Round 1	Rhosllanerchrugog	1–1^[13]
1878–79^[12]		Round 1 Replay	Rhosllanerchrugog	0–3^[14]
1879–80^[15]		Round 1	Civil Service (Wrexham)	1–1^[16]
		Round 1 Replay		1–1^[17]
		Round 1 Second Replay		2–1^[18]
		Round 2	Newtown White Stars	0–2^[19]
1880–81^[20]		Round 1	Civil Service (Wrexham)	1–3^[21]
1881–82^[22]		Round 1	Hartford St Johns	3–1^[23]
1881–82^[22]		Round 2	Bye^[24]
1883–84^[25]		Round 1	Hare & Hounds (Wrexham)	6–5^[26]
1883–84^[25]		Round 2	Druids	1–7^[27]

Colours

October 1877 v Wrexham

November 1877 v Northwich

Gwersyllt Foresters were reported as playing in Green and Red against Northwich, however the actual design of the kit is unknown.

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Gwersyllt Foresters F.C.

Contents

History

Cup History

Colours

References