Oswestry United Football Club was a football club from Shropshire, playing at Victoria Road.
History
The club was formed in September 1893 after the demise of Oswestry F.C. in 1891. They joined the Shropshire & District League.
The club won the Shropshire Senior Cup in 1899 and 1909, and won the Welsh Cup in 1901 and in 1907. For its first triumph, special trains took 1,000 supporters from Oswestry to the Racecourse Ground, although they formed a minority in the 7,000 crowd, most of the remainder supporting opponents Druids; nevertheless the Salopians scored the only goal of the game.
Demise In September 1914 it was reported that the club had lost five players due to enlistments in World War I, and it was likely that the club would no longer be able to continue in the Lancashire Combination League. By October 1914 the club are shown to have only played two fixtures in the league. The club were due to play a Shropshire Cup fixture with Shrewsbury Town in March 1915, but could not raise a team and were later ejected from the competition.
When football started again after World War I the club did not re-emerge.
The new Oswestry Town club replaced United as the main club in Oswestry in 1920.
Colours
The club is known to have worn the following colours:
1900–01: red and blue halves 1902–04: chocolate and blue 1906–07: green 1909–13: navy and sky blue by 1915: blue and white striped shirts
League history +SeasonLeaguePWDLGFGAPtsPos1893-94Shropshire League184410356312101894-95Shropshire League18105353252521895-96Shropshire League18301530716101896-97Welsh Senior League1483333161731897-98Shropshire League1881936401761898-99The Combination289217497320121899-1900The Combination1652930381081900-01The Combination22108457282841901-02The Combination26126855333031902-03The Combination261421057423051903-04The Combination241121142552471904-05The Combination2610214436222101905-06The Combination281311472562791906-07The Combination26961149412491907-08The Combination26164662383631908-09The Combination301341374553091909-10The Combination309714446225111910-11The Combination2011364427253Wrexham & District LeagueWithdrew1911-12Lancashire Combination Division 2301351275643181912-13Lancashire Combination Division 23417314798037101913-14Lancashire Combination Division 23414416476032121914-15Lancashire Combination Division 2Withdrew
Honours Cup Welsh Cup 1900–01, 1906–07
Shropshire Senior Cup 1898–99, 1908–09
References