Wales 1880/81


FAW Cup 1880/81
NWFA Cup 1880/81

FAW Cup 1880/81

NB: Llangollen FC were renamed Berwyn Rangers FC in Oct 1880; their second team
      entered the NWFA Cup.

Round 1
[Oct 30, Llanidloes]
Llanidloes              5-0 Oswestry                
[Nov 6, Dolgelley]
Dolgelley Idris         0-1 Ruthin                  
[Nov 6, Northwich]
Northwich Victoria      3-0 Grosvenor (Wrexham)     
[Nov 13, Wynnstay Park, Ruabon]
Druids                  3-1 Berwyn Rangers          
[Nov 13, Mold]
Mold                    0-2 Wrexham                 
[Nov 13, Rhossdu Recreation Ground, Wrexham]
Civil Service (Wrexham) 3-1 Foresters (Gwersyllt)   
[date?, Shrewsbury]
Shrewsbury Engineers    0-1 White Stars (Newtown)   [annulled due to referee having been ineligible]
Chirk                   bye

Round 1 Replay [Dec 4, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham]
Shrewsbury Engineers    0-0 White Stars (Newtown)   

Round 1 Second Replay [Dec 18, Newtown]
White Stars (Newtown)   1-0 Shrewsbury Engineers    

Round 2
[Dec 11, Llanidloes]
Llanidloes              1-0 Civil Service (Wrexham) 
[Dec 18, Northwich]
Northwich Victoria      2-1 Chirk                   
[Dec 18, Town Parks, Ruthin]
Ruthin                  1-1 Druids                  
[Jan 8, Rhosddu Recreation Ground, Wrexham]
Wrexham                 1-2 White Stars (Newtown)   

Round 2 Replay [Jan 1, Wynnstay Park, Ruabon]
Druids                  w/o Ruthin                  [Ruthin refused to play in Ruabon]

Semi-finals 
[Feb 12, Wrexham]
Druids                  3-0 Northwich Victoria      
[Feb 19, Rhosddu Recreation Ground, Wrexham]
White Stars (Newtown)   2-0 Llanidloes              

Final [Mar 26, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham]
Druids                  2-0 White Stars (Newtown)   

NWFA Cup 1880/81

NB: Berwyn Rangers (Llangollen) entered their second team; their first team
      competed in the FAW Cup (but had already been eliminated before the
      start of the NWFA Cup).

Round 1
[Nov 20]
Bangor Mountain Rangers 3-0 Llanrwst                
[Nov 20, Clwydbank School, Denbigh]
Denbigh                 0-3 Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    [annulled]
[Nov 27, Llandudno]
Llandudno               drw Ruthin Colts            
[Dec 4, Bryntirion, Rhyl]
Rhyl                    5-1 Bangor                  [annulled]
[dates?]
Flint                   w/o Friars' School (Bangor) 
Carnarvon Athletic      2-0 Carnarvon Colts         
Beaumaris               bye

Round 1 Replays
[Dec 27, Rhyl]
Ruthin Colts            bt  Llandudno               
[Jan 1, Ruthin]
Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    5-0 Denbigh                 
[Feb, Llanrwst (replay ordered on Feb 18 but Rhyl apparently withdrew)]
Bangor                  w/o Rhyl                    [Rhyl scratched]

Round 2
[Feb 5, Beaumaris]
Beaumaris               w/o Flint                   [Flint scratched]
[Feb 5, Bangor]
Bangor Mountain Rangers 2-1 Rhyl                    [annulled (due to Round 1 match Rhyl vs Bangor
[Feb 5, Rhyl]                                        having been annulled)]
Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    1-0 Carnarvon Athletic      [and 2 Berwyn goals disputed]
[Feb 26, Bangor]
Bangor Mountain Rangers 1-1 Bangor                  [replaced Mountain Rangers vs Rhyl]
Ruthin Colts            bye

Round 2 Replay [Mar 12, Friars' School, Bangor]
Bangor                  1-0 Bangor Mountain Rangers [annulled]

Round 2 Second Replay [Mar 22, Bangor]
Bangor                  2-0 Bangor Mountain Rangers 

Round 3
[Mar 19, Bangor]
Beaumaris               2-4 Ruthin Colts            
[Mar 26, Denbigh]
Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    2-2 Bangor                  

Round 3 Replay [Apr 2, Llanrwst]
Bangor                  0-0 Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    

Round 3 Second Replay [Apr 9, Rhosddu Recreation Grond, Wrexham]
Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    0-0 Bangor                  

Round 3 Third Replay [Apr 16, Bangor]
Bangor                  2-0 Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    

NB: on Apr 20, Bangor were ruled to have used an ineligible player against Rhyl,
      Mountain Rangers and Berwyn Rangers (2nd), and an additional tournament was
      set up between the four clubs involved to determine the final opponents of
      Ruthin Colts.

Additional Tournament Semi-finals [Apr 23, both at Bangor] 
Bangor Mountain Rangers 1-0 Rhyl
Bangor                  o/w Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    [Bangor refused to play]

Additional Tournament Final [Apr 30, Rhyl]
Bangor Mountain Rangers 2-4 Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    

NB: Berwyn Rangers (2nd) were now qualified for the final, but on the day before
      it took place, another meeting was held at which the ruling on Bangor having
      used an ineligible player was revoked.

Final [May 7, Ruthin]
Ruthin Colts            1-2 Berwyn Rangers (2nd)    [annulled]

NB: Bangor reinstated as finalists.

Final [May 14, Ruthin]
Ruthin Colts            2-0 Bangor                  


1879/80.

1881/82.

list of champions.

list of cup finals.


About this document

Sources: [Gar 93], contemporary Welsh newspapers (available through the National Library of Wales), Welsh Football Data Archive

Thanks to Hans Schöggl for an earlier version of this file

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 8 Jan 2026

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