Wrexham Albion F.C.
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| Full name | Wrexham Albion Cricket and Football Club | |
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| Founded | c. 1867 | |
| Dissolved | 23 August 1880 (merged into Wrexham Football Club) | |
| Ground | Chester Road | |
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Wrexham Albion were a Welsh football and cricket club from Wrexham.
The name Wrexham Albion first appears in the cricket fixtures in August 1867.[1]
The first mention of the team as a football club appeared in November 1877.[2] The football club played its home games at Chester Road, Wrexham.[3]
The club are recorded as playing in White shirts and short, with Red and Black hooped socks.[4]
The team entered the Welsh Cup in 1879-80.[5]
In the close season of 1880, the players of Albion (Wrexham) Football Club were amalgamated into Wrexham Football Club to provide additional depth and strength to the first and second teams.[6][7]
The Wrexham Albion name briefly made a come back in 1887-88[8] and again in 1890–91.[9]
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