Oswestry Town F.C.

Oswestry Town

Full name	Oswestry Town Football Club
Founded	1860
Dissolved	2003
Ground	Park Hall Oswestry
Ground Capacity	2,000
League	Welsh Premier League 2000–03
Home colours Away colours

Oswestry Town F.C. was a football club, formerly playing in the League of Wales.

Matches were latterly played at Park Hall stadium, Oswestry, after a spell at Victoria Road. The club's crest consisted of a blue shield outlined in Gold, featuring a large golden lion on the right and a small red shield (with a white cross in the centre) below a red Welsh dragon on the left.

History

On 7 June 2003, it was announced that the club would merge with Total Network Solutions, from Llansantffraid, eight miles away, with the aim of playing at a new stadium in Oswestry from 2005/06. The Football Association of Wales approved the merger, but on 12 August 2003 the European governing body, UEFA, ruled against it on the grounds that the two clubs were in different countries. On appeal two days later UEFA reversed its decision having reviewed the history of the development of football in England and Wales, and particularly noting Oswestry's role in the founding of the F.A.W. and regular participation in the Welsh Cup from 1877. Consequently, Oswestry Town was excused from completing its fixture at the start of the 2003/04 season on 16 August. After 143 years as a single entity, this signalled the end of the club. After the lapse of its sponsorship deal, from the 2007 season Total Network Solutions became known as The New Saints F.C.. In the 2015/16 season, the team continues to play at Park Hall.

Biggest victories and losses

• Biggest League of Wales win: 7–3 v. Flexsys Cefn Druids in 2001.
• Biggest League of Wales defeat: 0–11 v. Llanelli in 2001.

External links

• Football club history databaseno:The New Saints FC#Oswestry Town FC