History & Honours
FORMED... 1918
GROUND... REXVILLE
COLOURS... RED & WHITE NICKNAME...THE TOFFEMEN RECORD ATTENDANCE...10,000 V CARDIFF CITY 31/3/45
HONOURS... WARTIME FOTBALL LEAGUE (WESTERN REGIONAL) CHAMPIONS 1940/41 1941/42... FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEST CHAMPIONS 1942/43 1943/44... SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WEST) CHAMPIONS 1939/40...WESTERN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1923/24...WESTERN LEAGUE DIV 1 CHAMPIONS 1938/39...WELSH LEAGUE (SOUTH) DIV 1 CHAMPIONS 1931/32 1937/38 1938/39 1945/46 1946/47 1965/66... PREMIER DIV CHAMPIONS 1965/66...WELSH CUP WINNERS 1947/48 RUNNERS UP 1958/59...WELSH AMATEUR CUP WINNERS 1925/26 1926/27 1927/28 1953/54...MON SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1929/30 1930/31 1936/37 1937/38 1938/39 1946/47 1948/49 1949/50 1951/52 1954/55...SOUTH WALES & MON CUP WINNERS 1930/31 1934/35 1936/37 1948/49 1954/55
FULL WELSH INTERNATIONAL... EDDIE JENKINS V ENGLAND 1924/25
GREAT BRITAIN OLYMPIC TEAM... 1952 IDWAL ROBLING
WARTIME GUEST PLAYER... BILL SHANKLY
MOST OF ABOVE INFORMATION TAKEN FROM MORE DEFUNCT F.C. BY DAVE TWYDELL
THANKS TO BERNARD WILLIAMS FOR THE SCAN OF WOLVES PROGRAMME
INFORMATION BELOW FROM THE FOOTBALL CLUB DATABASE
1923-24 Joined Western League
Western League Champions
1925-26 Placed in Division Two on re-organisation
1926-27 Elevated to Division One
1928-29 Joined Southern League Western Section
1930 Left Southern League
1931-32 Rejoined Western League
Welsh League Champions
1935-36 Western League runner-up
1937-38 Welsh League Champions (2nd time)
1938-39 Welsh League Champions (3rd time)
Western League Champions (2nd time)
1939-40 Rejoined Southern League Western Section for it's wartime
emergency competition
Southern League Western Section Champions
Declared joint Southern League Champions after drawing play-off
against Eastern Section Champions Chelmsford City 3-3
1945-46 Did not resume in Southern League straight after War
Welsh League Champions (4th time)
1946-47 Welsh League Champions (5th time)
1947-48 Rejoined Southern League
Welsh Cup Winners
1958-59 Welsh Cup runner-up
1959 Left Southern League
1965-66 Welsh League Champions (6th time)
SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS
1923-24 WEST 20 16 3 1 43 10 35 1/11
1924-25 WEST 24 1 6 17 25 63 8 13/13
1925-26 WEST-2 24 8 8 8 52 46 24 4/13
1926-27 WEST-1 22 11 5 6 47 36 27 4/12
1927-28 WEST-1 20 7 2 11 40 49 16 7/11
1928-29 SOUTH-W 26 11 6 9 54 48 28 8/14
1929-30 SOUTH-W 28 13 2 13 59 57 28 8/15
1931-32 WEST-1 14 7 3 4 33 25 17 3/8
1932-33 WEST-1 16 6 3 7 36 35 15 7/9
1933-34 WEST-1 12 5 2 5 21 20 12 5/7
1934-35 WEST-1 12 3 1 8 15 42 7 7/7
1935-36 WEST-1 10 4 4 2 17 18 12 2/6
1936-37 WEST-1 8 1 1 6 11 25 3 5/5
1937-38 WEST-1 8 0 1 7 9 25 1 5/5
1938-39 WEST-1 10 7 2 1 27 14 16 1/6
1939-40 SOUTH-W 14 11 1 2 53 22 23 1/8
1947-48 SOUTH 34 17 6 11 74 50 40 6/18
1948-49 SOUTH 42 14 8 20 73 74 36 16/22
1949-50 SOUTH 46 17 10 19 86 78 44 12/24
1950-51 SOUTH 44 12 13 19 81 93 37 20/23
1951-52 SOUTH 42 18 10 14 87 68 46 8/22
1952-53 SOUTH 42 12 8 22 68 81 32 17/22
1953-54 SOUTH 42 14 11 17 62 60 39 17/22
1954-55 SOUTH 42 15 11 16 71 68 41 14/22
1955-56 SOUTH 42 19 9 14 91 78 47 8/22
1956-57 SOUTH 42 21 7 14 99 84 49 6/22
1957-58 SOUTH 42 15 6 21 60 83 36 15/22
1958-59 SOUTH-NW 34 10 3 21 51 70 23 15/18