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==History==
==History==


The club was founded out of the Shropshire Wanderers cricket club.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Notes and notions |journal=The Sportsman |date=10 May 1873 |page=3}}</ref> It entered the FA Cup competition in each of the years from [[FA Cup 1873-74|1873–74]] to [[FA Cup 1877-78|1877–78]].
The club was founded out of the Shropshire Wanderers cricket club.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Notes and notions |journal=The Sportsman |date=10 May 1873 |page=3}}</ref> It entered the FA Cup competition in each of the years from [[FA Cup 1873-74|1873–74]] to [[FA Cup 1877-78|1877–78]].


Its greatest success came in [[FA Cup 1874-75|1874–75]], when it reached the [[FA Cup Semi-finals|semi-finals]]. In the second round the club conceded a late equalizer to the [[Civil Service F.C.]] at the [[Kennington Oval]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Civil Service 1-1 Shropshire Wanderers |journal=Bell's Life |date=26 December 1874 |page=6}}</ref> but the Service scratched from the replay, being unable to travel to Shrewsbury.<ref>{{cite journal |title=note |journal=Bell's Life |date=19 December 1874 |page=5}}</ref> The only match the club won in the tournament - and the only one the club would ever win in the Cup - was a replay win against [[Woodford Wells F.C.|Woodford Wells]]. The initial tie (at the [[Kennington Oval]]) ended 1–1, even after the sides played an optional 15 minutes of extra-time.<ref>{{cite journal |title=report |journal=Sportsman |date=26 January 1875 |page=3}}</ref> The replay, at the same venue, was an easier match for the Salopians, a goal from Randall (following up his own shot coming back off the post) and an own goal from Frazer (getting in the way of a clearance at a scrimmage) putting the club into the last four.<ref>{{cite journal |title=report |journal=Sportsman |date=9 February 1875 |page=4}}</ref>
Its greatest success came in [[FA Cup 1874-75|1874–75]], when it reached the [[FA Cup Semi-finals|semi-finals]]. In the second round the club conceded a late equalizer to the [[Civil Service F.C.]] at the [[Kennington Oval]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Civil Service 1-1 Shropshire Wanderers |journal=Bell's Life |date=26 December 1874 |page=6}}</ref> but the Service scratched from the replay, being unable to travel to Shrewsbury.<ref>{{cite journal |title=note |journal=Bell's Life |date=19 December 1874 |page=5}}</ref> The only match the club won in the tournament - and the only one the club would ever win in the Cup - was a replay win against [[Woodford Wells F.C.|Woodford Wells]]. The initial tie (at the [[Kennington Oval]]) ended 1–1, even after the sides played an optional 15 minutes of extra-time.<ref>{{cite journal |title=report |journal=Sportsman |date=26 January 1875 |page=3}}</ref> The replay, at the same venue, was an easier match for the Salopians, a goal from Randall (following up his own shot coming back off the post) and an own goal from Frazer (getting in the way of a clearance at a scrimmage) putting the club into the last four.<ref>{{cite journal |title=report |journal=Sportsman |date=9 February 1875 |page=4}}</ref>


The club played the [[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]] at the Kennington Oval in the semi-final; unfortunately the Countrymen were without their star half-back John Denning, and lost 1–0.<ref>{{cite journal |title=report |journal=The Field |date=6 March 1875 |page=240}}</ref> This was the club's only defeat in its first five years of existence.<ref>1875 Charles Alcock Football Annual</ref>
The club played the [[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]] at the Kennington Oval in the semi-final; unfortunately the Countrymen were without their star half-back John Denning, and lost 1–0.<ref>{{cite journal |title=report |journal=The Field |date=6 March 1875 |page=240}}</ref> This was the club's only defeat in its first five years of existence.<ref>1875 Charles Alcock Football Annual</ref>
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The club also has a unique place in FA Cup history, as the only team to be eliminated from the competition by coin toss,<ref>{{cite book |last= Collett |first= Mike |title= The Complete Record of The FA Cup |year= 2003 |isbn= 1-899807-19-5 |page=537}}</ref> the fateful coin toss taking place at the Raven Hotel in Shrewsbury, where the club and opponents [[Sheffield F.C.]] had retired to dine together after their Cup tie.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Football |journal=Sheffield & Rotherham Independent |date=19 November 1873 |page=4}}</ref>
The club also has a unique place in FA Cup history, as the only team to be eliminated from the competition by coin toss,<ref>{{cite book |last= Collett |first= Mike |title= The Complete Record of The FA Cup |year= 2003 |isbn= 1-899807-19-5 |page=537}}</ref> the fateful coin toss taking place at the Raven Hotel in Shrewsbury, where the club and opponents [[Sheffield F.C.]] had retired to dine together after their Cup tie.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Football |journal=Sheffield & Rotherham Independent |date=19 November 1873 |page=4}}</ref>


The Shropshire Wanderers were notable as a team that employed passing as early as 1875.<ref>{{cite book|first=Adrian|last=Harvey|title=Football, the First Hundred Years|year=2005|pages=213–119|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-35019-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxoZ0S-GC7MC}}</ref> The club shared a number of players (including [[John Hawley Edwards]]) with the [[Shrewsbury F.C. (1868)|Shrewsbury football club]], which focussed on more local competition.
The Shropshire Wanderers were notable as a team that employed passing as early as 1875.<ref>{{cite book|first=Adrian|last=Harvey|title=Football, the First Hundred Years|year=2005|pages=213–119|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-35019-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxoZ0S-GC7MC}}</ref> The club shared a number of players (including [[John Hawley Edwards]]) with the [[Shrewsbury F.C. (1868)|Shrewsbury football club]], which focussed on more local competition.


The club had ceased activity after the 1877–78 season, but reformed for a handful of matches at the start of the 1880s. The last recorded match of the club was a 5–3 defeat to [[Druids F.C.]] in March 1882.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Shropshire Wanderers v Druids, Ruabon |journal=Liverpool Mercury |date=13 March 1882 |page=7}}</ref> A match was scheduled against a club named Shrewsbury Town the following week but seems not to have taken place; this was not the current club.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fixtures |journal=Wellington Journal |date=18 March 1882 |page=3}}</ref>
The club had ceased activity after the 1877–78 season, but reformed for a handful of matches at the start of the 1880s. The last recorded match of the club was a 5–3 defeat to [[Druids F.C.]] in March 1882.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Shropshire Wanderers v Druids, Ruabon |journal=Liverpool Mercury |date=13 March 1882 |page=7}}</ref> A match was scheduled against a club named Shrewsbury Town the following week but seems not to have taken place; this was not the current club.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fixtures |journal=Wellington Journal |date=18 March 1882 |page=3}}</ref>


==Colours==
==Colours==
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*[[David_Thomson_(footballer,_born_1847)|David Thomson]], who won a cap for Wales (alongside Kenrick and Edwards) while a Shropshire Wanderers player.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Wales v Scotland |journal=Observer |date=26 March 1876 |page=3}}</ref>
*[[David_Thomson_(footballer,_born_1847)|David Thomson]], who won a cap for Wales (alongside Kenrick and Edwards) while a Shropshire Wanderers player.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Wales v Scotland |journal=Observer |date=26 March 1876 |page=3}}</ref>


*[[John_Wylie_(footballer,_born_1854)|John Wylie]], chosen for the England v Scotland match in 1874 while a Salopian, but forced to withdraw through injury and replaced by Hawley Edwards.<ref>{{cite journal |title=England v Scotland |journal=Sheffield Independent |date=2 March 1874 |page=4}}</ref> However, as "one of the finest dribblers in the country", he did play for the [[Football Association]] in a representative match against the [[Sheffield Football Association]] the same year.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Football yesterday |journal=Observer |date=8 November 1874 |page=3}}</ref>
*[[John_Wylie_(footballer,_born_1854)|John Wylie]], chosen for the England v Scotland match in 1874 while a Salopian, but forced to withdraw through injury and replaced by Hawley Edwards.<ref>{{cite journal |title=England v Scotland |journal=Sheffield Independent |date=2 March 1874 |page=4}}</ref> However, as "one of the finest dribblers in the country", he did play for the [[Football Association]] in a representative match against the [[Sheffield Football Association]] the same year.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Football yesterday |journal=Observer |date=8 November 1874 |page=3}}</ref>


==FA Cup history==
==FA Cup history==

Revision as of 17:17, 31 August 2023

Shropshire Wanderers
Full nameShropshire Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)the Salopians,[1] the Countrymen[2]
Founded1870
Dissolvedc. 1882
GroundRacecourse Ground, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury
SecretaryJohn Hawley Edwards[3]

Shropshire Wanderers F.C. was an amateur association football club based in Shrewsbury, England. The club was active during the 1870s and once reached the FA Cup semi-finals.

History

The club was founded out of the Shropshire Wanderers cricket club.[4] It entered the FA Cup competition in each of the years from 1873–74 to 1877–78.

Its greatest success came in 1874–75, when it reached the semi-finals. In the second round the club conceded a late equalizer to the Civil Service F.C. at the Kennington Oval,[5] but the Service scratched from the replay, being unable to travel to Shrewsbury.[6] The only match the club won in the tournament - and the only one the club would ever win in the Cup - was a replay win against Woodford Wells. The initial tie (at the Kennington Oval) ended 1–1, even after the sides played an optional 15 minutes of extra-time.[7] The replay, at the same venue, was an easier match for the Salopians, a goal from Randall (following up his own shot coming back off the post) and an own goal from Frazer (getting in the way of a clearance at a scrimmage) putting the club into the last four.[8]

The club played the Old Etonians at the Kennington Oval in the semi-final; unfortunately the Countrymen were without their star half-back John Denning, and lost 1–0.[9] This was the club's only defeat in its first five years of existence.[10]

The club also has a unique place in FA Cup history, as the only team to be eliminated from the competition by coin toss,[11] the fateful coin toss taking place at the Raven Hotel in Shrewsbury, where the club and opponents Sheffield F.C. had retired to dine together after their Cup tie.[12]

The Shropshire Wanderers were notable as a team that employed passing as early as 1875.[13] The club shared a number of players (including John Hawley Edwards) with the Shrewsbury football club, which focussed on more local competition.

The club had ceased activity after the 1877–78 season, but reformed for a handful of matches at the start of the 1880s. The last recorded match of the club was a 5–3 defeat to Druids F.C. in March 1882.[14] A match was scheduled against a club named Shrewsbury Town the following week but seems not to have taken place; this was not the current club.[15]

Colours

The club's colours were white jerseys, blue serge knickerbockers, and maroon stockings.[16]

Ground

The club played at the Racecourse, using the Raven or the Lion hotels for facilities.[17]

Notable players

  • David Thomson, who won a cap for Wales (alongside Kenrick and Edwards) while a Shropshire Wanderers player.[20]

FA Cup history

References

  1. ^ "Football". Morning Post: 3. 8 February 1875.
  2. ^ "Civil Service 1-1 Shropshire Wanderers". Bell's Life: 5. 19 December 1874.
  3. ^ Alcock, Charles (1875). Football Annual. London: Lillywhite. p. 157.
  4. ^ "Notes and notions". The Sportsman: 3. 10 May 1873.
  5. ^ "Civil Service 1-1 Shropshire Wanderers". Bell's Life: 6. 26 December 1874.
  6. ^ "note". Bell's Life: 5. 19 December 1874.
  7. ^ "report". Sportsman: 3. 26 January 1875.
  8. ^ "report". Sportsman: 4. 9 February 1875.
  9. ^ "report". The Field: 240. 6 March 1875.
  10. ^ 1875 Charles Alcock Football Annual
  11. ^ Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 537. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
  12. ^ "Football". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent: 4. 19 November 1873.
  13. ^ Harvey, Adrian (2005). Football, the First Hundred Years. Routledge. pp. 213–119. ISBN 0-415-35019-0.
  14. ^ "Shropshire Wanderers v Druids, Ruabon". Liverpool Mercury: 7. 13 March 1882.
  15. ^ "Fixtures". Wellington Journal: 3. 18 March 1882.
  16. ^ Alcock, Charles (1875). Football Annual. London: Lillywhite. p. 157.
  17. ^ Alcock, Charles (1875). Football Annual. London: Lillywhite. p. 157.
  18. ^ Club Affiliations – Shropshire Wanderers
  19. ^ Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
  20. ^ "Wales v Scotland". Observer: 3. 26 March 1876.
  21. ^ "England v Scotland". Sheffield Independent: 4. 2 March 1874.
  22. ^ "Football yesterday". Observer: 3. 8 November 1874.
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