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Westminster Rovers F.C. was a Welsh football club based in Wrexham, Wales.[2]

Westminster Rovers

Full name	Westminster Rovers Football Club
Founded	Appr. 1889
Dissolved	1897
Ground	Stansty Park
Home colours

History

Formed sometime around 1889 as the team of the Westminster Colliery, Westminster Rovers were runners up in the Welsh Cup in 1892 and 1894, on both occasions losing to Chirk. They were also founding members of the Welsh Senior League, a competition which they won in 1894. They are last mentioned in 1897. The name reappeared in 1919, for one season in the Ffrith and District League.

Seasons

Season	League	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Teams in League
1890–91[3]	Welsh Senior League	9	2	3	4	18	18	1*	6	6
1892–93[4]	Welsh Senior League	14	5	1	8	30	31	11	6	8
1893–94[5][6]	Welsh Senior League	16	11	2	3	54	26	25	1	9
1894–95[3]	Welsh Senior League	15	8	4	3	45	27	20	2	9
1895–96[7]	Welsh Senior League	12	2	2	8	23	48	6	6	7
1896–97[8]	Welsh Senior League	14	2	3	9	22	65	7	7	8
1919–20[9]	Ffrith and District League	20	16	1	3	89	21	33	3	12

Cup History

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score	Notes
1889–90[10]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Over Wanderers	3–4[11]	Over Wanderers withdrew after protests.
		Round 2	Wrexham	1–1
				1–1	Replay
				0–1	Second Replay
1890–91[12]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Nantwich	w/o
		Round 2	Gresford	4–3
		Quarter Final	Wrexham	0–1
1891–92[13]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Brymbo Institute	4–3	Replayed after protest.
				4–1[14]	Replay
		Round 2	Gresford	6–1
		Quarter Final	Crewe Alexandra Hornets	[15]	Crewe withdrew after being ordered to replay.[16]
		Semi Final	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Played at Chirk. Replayed after protest.
				3–1	Replay. Played at Chirk.
		Final	Chirk	1–2[17]	Attendance 4,000. Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham.
1892–93[18]	Welsh Cup	Quarter Final	Druids	0–1
1893–94[19]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Rhostyllen Victoria	3–0
		Round 2	Brymbo Institute	3–2
		Round 3			Bye
		Quarter Final	Druids	4–3[20]
		Semi Final	Wrexham	5–3	Played at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham.
		Final	Chirk	0–2[21]	Played at Wynnstay Park, Ruabon.
1894–95[22]	Welsh Cup	Quarter Final	Newtown	0–1
1895–96[23]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Flint	1–0
		Round 2	Carnarvon Ironopolis	w/o
		Round 3	Bangor	1–1
				1–3	Replay
1896–97[24]	Welsh Cup	Round 1	Rhostyllen Victoria	0–2
	Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup	Final	Chirk	0–1[25]

Notable players

• Harry Trainer[26] – Wales Football International.
• Job Wilding – Wales Football International.

Honours

League

• Welsh Senior League

Winners (1): 1894

Runner Up (1): 1895

Cups

• Welsh Cup

Runner Up (2): 1892, 1894

• Denbighshire and Flintshire Charity Cup

Runner Up (1): 1897

References

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