After 1899, references to the club disappear from the FAW records we've examined. A comprehensive list of Welsh football clubs compiled in 1909 contains no Bwlchgwyn side.

Whether the original club had folded, temporarily disappeared, or continued playing outside the competitions represented in those records is not yet known.

What is clear is that by the end of the nineteenth century, Bwlchgwyn had established its own football club, joined the Football Association of Wales and competed against teams from across the region, several decades before the later village sides whose stories would follow.

After the gaps in the mid-twentieth-century record, the story of Bwlchgwyn football becomes much clearer again during the 1980s, when a village side competed under the name of one of Bwlchgwyn's best-known pubs, the King's Head.

Playing in the Wrexham Sunday League, the King's Head side enjoyed a particularly successful period during the second half of the decade. Within only a few seasons, the team climbed through the divisions and found itself competing among some of the strongest Sunday League sides in the Wrexham area.

The team did not have a single permanent home ground. Matches were played at various pitches across Coedpoeth and Minera, as well as in Bwlchgwyn at the Milestone Inn. 

For many in the village, this is a much more familiar chapter of Bwlchgwyn's football story. The players, matches and nights back at the King's remain within living memory.

Of all the King's Head seasons, 1987–88 appears to have been one of the most memorable. Playing in Division Two, the side enjoyed a superb campaign which ended with promotion to Division One.

There were some remarkable results along the way. Telephones were beaten 8–1, Buck Hotel fell to a 6–2 defeat, and Sharp UK were demolished 14–0. At the other end of the pitch, Ian Roscoe produced some memorable heroics in goal, while captain Mike Pryde was an important figure in the side.

The promotion years also produced some memorable rivalries, with Lex and Farndon among the sides the King's Head regularly battled against. These fixtures became part of the competitive character of a period when the Bwlchgwyn side was rapidly climbing through the pyramid. 

The promotion-winning team was managed by Eric Donnehan and trained by Terry Griffiths, with Jim Isaac serving as club chairman and sponsor.

The promotion squad

Mike Pryde (Captain) · Ian Clark · Alan Edwards · Tony Roberts · Paul Davies · Ian Downs · Barry Warburton · Colin Jones · Phil Hopwood · Mark Lawlor · Mark Hughes · Ian Roscoe · Bill Isaac

After the successes of the previous years, problems began to show during 1989–90. A 7–1 defeat to Lex Social Club was indicative of a more difficult campaign, while the autumn brought a remarkable 16–0 loss to Black Horse. In January, the King's Head were suspended from the league.