Connah's Quay & Shotton United F.C. was a Welsh football team based at Connah's Quay in Flintshire. It is commonly shortened in print to Connah's Quay & Shotton as well as just Connah's Quay.
| Full name | Connah's Quay & Shotton United Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1905 (as Connah's Quay Twenties) |
| Dissolved | November 1931 |
The club formed in 1905 as Connah's Quay Twenties. They signed on the majority of the players from the recently folded Connah's Quay club (1890–1905).[1] They rented land at the rear of the Halfway House Hotel from the Northgate Brewery, and joined the Chester and District League Division 1. Two years later they merged with local rivals Hawarden Bridge, and now named as Connah's Quay & Shotton United, they joined The Combination league. Later in the 1920s they were playing in the Welsh National League (North) as a fully professional outfit in 1922, having spent 2 years in the Cheshire County League from 1920.
The club played in the English FA Cup during their time[2][3] and re-joined the Cheshire County League in 1929.[4] They had joined the Cheshire League again after an unsuccessful application to the Football League in 1929.[5] They were runners-up to Port Vale in the 1929-30 campaign, they slipped to 18th the following season before disbanding in November 1931, halfway through the 1931–32 season.
Timeline
edit1890 - Original Connah's Quay club formed.
1905 - Connah's Quay folded after completing their first season in the Wirral Combination Senior Division in 1904–05. The Connah's Quay Twenties club was then formed and signed on most of the original Connah's Quay club players and joined the Chester & District League Div 1[6]
1907 - Connah's Quay and Shotton United enter The Combination (team name shortened to Connah's Quay in most newspapers). This was after a merger of Connah's Quay Twenties and another local side Hawarden Bridge.[7]
1911 - The Combination folded in 1911 so they joined the Liverpool County Combination for 1911–12 season
1912 - They joined the North Wales Alliance Division 1 for the 1912–13 season[8]
1919 - After World War 1, Connah's Quay and Shotton United continue in the North Wales Alliance Division 1[9]
1920 - Connah's Quay and Shotton United join the Cheshire County League for their 1st spell in the league[10]
1922 - They join the Welsh National League Division One North
1929 - They apply to join the Football League, ultimately unsuccessful and instead join the Cheshire County League again [11][12]
1931 - In November they resigned from the 1931-32 Cheshire League and folded[13]
See also
edit- Connah's Quay Nomads F.C.: the present day club
References
edit- ^ "The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales - 16 August 1905 - Page 3". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Connah's Quay & Shotton". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "Club Connah's Quay & Shotton, England". Wildstat.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "The RSSSF Archive".
- ^ "BNA - Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 28 Mat 1929 - Page 10". Retrieved 2023-05-07 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales - 16 August 1905 - Page 3". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Rhyl Record and Advertiser - 14 September 1907 - Page 8". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Welsh Football - North Wales Alliance League 1912-21". welshfootballstatistician.weebly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Welsh Football - North Wales Alliance League 1912-21". welshfootballstatistician.weebly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Connah's Quay & Shotton". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "BNA - Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 28 Mat 1929 - Page 10". Retrieved 2023-05-07 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Connah's Quay & Shotton". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Connah's Quay & Shotton". Fchd.info. Retrieved 2023-05-07.