Football Association of Wales Records

Minutes, 1893-1986, of the meetings of the council of the Football Association of Wales and its committees as well as other material such as match programmes. There is also a folder containing Amateur International Match Records, 1908-1955.

The Football Association of Wales was founded in 1876 by a group of businessmen who wished to organise an international match between Wales and Scotland. It has since been responsible for Welsh football at all levels. It created the Welsh Cup Competition in 1877-1878. The F.A.W.'s principal officers are the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Its first president was Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. Its most notable secretary was Ted Robbins, who served in that role from 1910 to 1945. In addition to responsibility for Wales's international football and the cup competition, the F.A.W. exercises control over the regional football associations which began to emerge in the years after its creation. These associations came to elect members to the F.A.W. Council, the association's governing body. Various committees answer to it, most noteably the Finance, Referees, International, Amateur and Youth International committees and, from 1978, the Executive committee. A Selection Committee sat prior to international matches, and there was a Commission and an Emergency Committee to deal with local associations and disciplinary matters. The Council considers subjects such as international matches, sanctioned competitions, refereeing, discipline, meetings, and correspondence. The F.A.W. also holds annual general meetings and an annual meeting to consider the rules of the association. It also participates in meetings of the four British Football Associations, the International Football Association Board and FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) and in meetings with the Football Leagues of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Original order.

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Deposited by the Football Association of Wales per Mr D. G. Collins, Secretary General, March 1998; C1998/6.

The Football Association of Wales was founded in 1876 by a group of businessmen who wished to organise an international match between Wales and Scotland. It has since been responsible for Welsh football at all levels. It created the Welsh Cup Competition in 1877-1878. The F.A.W.'s principal officers are the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Its first president was Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. Its most notable secretary was Ted Robbins, who served in that role from 1910 to 1945. In addition to responsibility for Wales's international football and the cup competition, the F.A.W. exercises control over the regional football associations which began to emerge in the years after its creation. These associations came to elect members to the F.A.W. Council, the association's governing body. Various committees answer to it, most noteably the Finance, Referees, International, Amateur and Youth International committees and, from 1978, the Executive committee. A Selection Committee sat prior to international matches, and there was a Commission and an Emergency Committee to deal with local associations and disciplinary matters. The Council considers subjects such as international matches, sanctioned competitions, refereeing, discipline, meetings, and correspondence. The F.A.W. also holds annual general meetings and an annual meeting to consider the rules of the association. It also participates in meetings of the four British Football Associations, the International Football Association Board and FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) and in meetings with the Football Leagues of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

August 2001.

Compiled by Rhys Jones.

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Accruals are likely.

Unpublished PhD thesis by Martin Johnes, 'That other game: a social history of soccer in South Wales, c. 1906-39' (1998).

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