Chirk withdrew from The Combination and entered only the Welsh league in 1893 due to low attendances caused by the coal miners' strike.

[10] Back at Chirk, Meredith gained his first honour as part of the team that beat Westminster Rovers to win the 1894 Welsh Cup.

Anecdotes by contemporary figures suggest locals initially chased them away and were only allowed to speak to Meredith after they bought drinks for his mining colleagues.

[17] The club finished as Second Division runners-up in 1895–96, but were denied promotion after heavy defeats to West Bromwich Albion and Small Heath in the test matches.

[22] "Oh I wish I was you Billy MeredithI wish I was you, I envy you, indeed I do!It ain't that you're tricky with your feet,But it's those centres that you send inWhich Turnbull then heads in,Oh, I wish I was you,Indeed I doIndeed I do" City dominated the Second Division in the 1898–99 season and won promotion as champions.

[21] Helping them to keep them in winning ways in the close season was late signing Jimmy Ross, a veteran forward who Meredith considered to be his "favourite hero".

Meredith scored City's first goal in the First Division on the opening day of the 1899–1900 season in a 4–3 defeat to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on 2 September.

[27] Ormerod was forced to step down as new business figures took control behind the scenes and began to sign promising young Scottish players.

[28] New manager Tom Maley was more willing than his predecessor to confront Meredith over his tendency to stray out of position and attempt to dominate the City attack.

[29] City won immediate promotion as Second Division champions in 1902–03, with Meredith scoring 23 goals in 35 appearances and claiming a hat-trick against Chesterfield Town.

[31] Drawn against a strong Sunderland club in the First Round of the FA Cup, Meredith was the "raider-in-chief" as City claimed a 3–2 victory at Hyde Road.

[33] There they faced The Wednesday at Goodison Park, and Meredith scored one goal (bundled in by Gillespie) and claimed two assists as City won the game 3–1.

[38] The Football Association launched an investigation into the violence, and the findings shocked the sporting world as Meredith was suspended for the entirety of the 1905–06 season for (unsuccessfully) attempting to bribe Alex Leake.

He was transfer listed in May 1906 after he claimed that he had only attempted to bribe Leake on the orders of manager Tom Maley and that illegal payments were common practice at Hyde Road.

[42] You approve of the severe punishment administered by the Commission AGAINST ME and state that the offence I committed at Aston Villa should have wiped me out of football forever.

[44] He returned from suspension on 1 January 1907 and marked his debut at Bank Street with an assist for Sandy Turnbull to score the only goal of the game against Aston Villa.

[49] The club reached the 1909 FA Cup final, knocking out Brighton, Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley and Newcastle United.

[58] By this time, Meredith made headlines primarily due to his squabbling with the club over them stalling payment of his benefit matches and his dissatisfaction at being dropped.

[59] The club dropped to 14th spot in 1913–14 and only avoided relegation on the last day of the 1914–15 season after bribing Liverpool to lose 2–0 at Old Trafford; Meredith this time played no part in the resulting bribery scandal.

[64] On 26 April 1920, in a league match against Notts County, Meredith became the club's top appearance maker, overtaking George Wall with 320 caps to his name.

[68] He played both games against Cardiff City in the next round, a 0–0 draw at Maine Road and 1–0 win at Ninian Park, and claimed an assist in the goal that settled the tie.

[69] His last match was against Newcastle United in the semi-finals at the age of 49 years and 245 days, making him City's oldest ever player; the game ended in a 2–1 defeat.

"[75] After draws with Ireland and Scotland, Meredith "wept unashamedly" as he helped Wales to beat England 2–1 at Highbury to claim the 1920 British Home Championship.

[80] This was due in part to his extraordinary balance and agility, which allowed him to avoid clumsy challenges, and the toughness he had built up from spending his adolescence working in the mines.

[81] A model professional, he spent his spare time improving his game with extra training sessions and maintained peak physical fitness by avoiding alcohol and tobacco.

[86] His dribbling and crossing gave him a large advantage over rival wingers, who relied solely on speed to beat opposition full-backs.

[86] In addition to wing-play, he was also highly skilled at sending in long-range shots across the face of the goal, and could be relied upon to meet crosses from his left-winger with a powerful volley.

So far as I can make out, the sole reason why the best footballers in England are prevented from earning better than men of lesser ability and experience is purely sentimental."

[98] Meredith resumed league football in November 1909, bemoaning his view that "many players refuse to take things seriously and continue to live a kind of schoolboy life".

[110] There is a street in Manchester named Billy Meredith Close in his honour[111] and there are a pair of plaques dedicated to Meredith in his home village of Chirk (Cymraeg: Y Waun): one at Chirk AAA FC's home ground; the other in Millennium Gardens at the Station Avenue entrance to the park and cricket ground.