[1] There had been several attempts in the preceding years to establish a Welsh football club in the capital,[2] and matches had been played on an informal basis with a degree of success.
[3] A general meeting of the newly formed club was held at the Salutation Tavern on Newgate Street on Thursday 28 August 1890 at which Sir John Puleston MP was appointed as president.
They were suspended towards the end of the season, and the points from their two remaining games went to their opponents, Thames Ironworks (who later changed their name to West Ham), who as a result finished second.
[6] In March 1895, the London Welsh FC committee decided to start a rugby section for the following season[7] and, during the 1895-96 season, the football and rugby sections of the club shared the same ground at Tufnell Park.
The club plays its home games at Riverside Lands (Chiswick) and Gunnersbury Park.