Druids United F.C.
| Full name | Druids United Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Ancients, Druids |
| Founded | 1923 (amalgamation of Rhosymedre Druids F.C. and Acrefair United F.C.) |
| Dissolved | 1992 (merged with Cefn Albion F.C. to form Cefn Druids) |
| Ground |
Plaskynaston Lane Cefn Mawr Wrexham |
Druids United F.C. were a football club based in village of Cefn Mawr, Wrexham Wales. The club was formed in 1923 as after the amalgamation between Druids F.C. and Acrefair United F.C..
The club played at two previous grounds before redeveloping a site in the heart of Cefn Mawr, known as Plaskynaston Lane, where football is still being played by the successor club Cefn Druids A.F.C.
The once successfulDruids F.C., who formed in 1869 as Plasmadoc F.C., fell on hard times after reforming following the events of the Great War. Playing on the Church Field in Rhosymedre the former Giants of Welsh football, Druids F.C. felt that the only way to survive as a competitive team was to merge with another local club Acrefair United F.C. Joining the Welsh National League (North) and playing from the Church Field, the team failed to provide a strong competition in the short lived league.
Following the disbanding of the Welsh National League (North) in 1930, Druids United joined the Wrexham & District League and relocated to a new ground in Acrefair. Moving to the new ground provided the club with some success as they went on to be crowned league Champions for the 1931–32 and again in 1933–34. Following the league title the previous season, Druids United went on to finish runners-up to Llanerch Celts F.C., followed by a third place spot in 1935–36. Another league title in 1936–37 would see Druids United finish the interwar period in good standing as a football club in the Wrexham area, before the distruption to competitive football following the impending events of World War II.
As the country tried to recover following the events of the War, football resumed in Acrefair with Druids United joining the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One for the start of the 1945–46 season. Success in the league would follow as Druids United would be crowned Champions for the 1950–51 season and go on to claim a runners-up spot, second to Overton St. Mary's F.C., in 1952–53. It was during this period the club would create links with the Monsanto Company, which had interest in the town of Cefn Mawr, and the club relocateing to The Bont, a football pitch over-shadowed by the UNESCO World Heritage Site recognised Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. With a new home and some modest investment, the 1956–57 season saw the Druids gain a senond runners-up spot, behind Welshpool, along with a healthy run in the Welsh Amateur Cup. Reaching the final, a feat the previous club Druids F.C. last achieved in 1903–04, they drew with Porthmadog F.C., but lost the replay at the Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor. Using profits from the cup run the club bought land in the heart of Cefn Mawr, which once sited by the Plas Kynaston Colliery railway sidings. Despite this the ground would not be prepared for a pitch until 1961.
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