Wombwell Town
Full nameWombwell Town Football Club
Founded1945 (as Wombwell Athletic)
Dissolved2000

Wombwell Town F.C. was an English football club located in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

History

Wombwell Athletic was formed after the end of the Second World War, entering into the Yorkshire League and winning the championship at the first attempt. They entered the FA Cup for the first time a year later, reaching the 3rd qualifying round.[1] They were relegated from Division 1 in 1953 and three years later renamed themselves Wombwell & Darfield.[2] They would spend ten years in the second tier before winning the Second Division title in 1963 as Wombwell Sporting Association, having changed name again in 1961.[3]

They were relegated back to Division 2 in 1971 and by the time the Yorkshire League came to a close in 1982 Wombwell had been in floundering at the bottom of Division 3 for a number of years. When the league merged with the Midland League in the summer of 1982 to form the Northern Counties East League (NCEL), the club was placed in Division 2 South of the new competition. They left the NCEL in 1988 to join the Central Midlands League.

In 1990 they changed name again, to Wombwell Town, and in 1993 they left the Central Midlands League to join the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. They were promoted to the Premier Division in 1996 but the club was dissolved in 2000 after over 50 years of history.[4]

In 2018 a new team named Wombwell Town F.C. were formed to play in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League and play at the Wombwell Recreation Ground in the town.


Notable former players

Players that played in the Football League either before or after being with Wombwell Town –

League and cup history

Wombwell Town League and Cup history[1][2][3][4][5]
SeasonDivisionPositionFA CupFA Trophy
1945–46Yorkshire League1st/15--
1946–47Yorkshire League8th/203rd qualifying round-
1947–48Yorkshire League10th/20Preliminary round-
1948–49Yorkshire League10th/201st qualifying round-
1949–50Yorkshire League2nd/18Extra preliminary round-
1950–51Yorkshire League Division 111th/18--
1951–52Yorkshire League Division 114th/18--
1952–53Yorkshire League Division 116th/18--
1953–54Yorkshire League Division 26th/18--
1954–55Yorkshire League Division 28th/18--
1955–56Yorkshire League Division 214th/18--
1956–57Yorkshire League Division 217th/17--
1957–58Yorkshire League Division 214th/14--
1958–59Yorkshire League Division 212th/14--
1959–60Yorkshire League Division 213th/15--
1960–61Yorkshire League Division 218th/19--
1961–62Yorkshire League Division 25th/14--
1962–63Yorkshire League Division 21st/15--
1963–64Yorkshire League Division 18th/16--
1964–65Yorkshire League Division 11st/16--
1965–66Yorkshire League Division 11st/16--
1966–67Yorkshire League Division 13rd/17--
1967–68Yorkshire League Division 18th/17--
1968–69Yorkshire League Division 17th/18Preliminary round-
1969–70Yorkshire League Division 17th/182nd qualifying round2nd qualifying round
1970–71Yorkshire League Division 117th/17--
1971–72Yorkshire League Division 210th/15--
1972–73Yorkshire League Division 211th/16--
1973–74Yorkshire League Division 215th/16--
1974–75Yorkshire League Division 38th/16--
1975–76Yorkshire League Division 38th/16--
1976–77Yorkshire League Division 39th/16--
1977–78Yorkshire League Division 32nd/16--
1978–79Yorkshire League Division 216th/16--
1979–80Yorkshire League Division 314th/14--
1980–81Yorkshire League Division 312th/14--
1981–82Yorkshire League Division 38th/15--
1982–83Northern Counties East League Division 2 South13th/14--
1983–84Northern Counties East League Division 2 South8th/13--
1984–85Northern Counties East League Division 1 Central15th/16--
1985–86Northern Counties East League Division 313th/14--
1986–87Northern Counties East League Division 217th/18--
1987–88Northern Counties East League Division 214th/15--
1988–89Central Midlands League Premier Division18th/19--
1989–90Central Midlands League Premier Division19th/20--
1990–91Central Midlands League Supreme Division16th/17--
1991–92Central Midlands League Supreme Division15th/18--
1992–93Central Midlands League Supreme Division16th/16--
1993–94Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 110th/13--
1994–95Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 17th/14--
1995–96Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 13rd/13--
1996–97Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division10th/14--
1997–98Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division11th/14--
1998–99Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division8th/14--
1999–00Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division3rd/14--

Honours

Records

  • Best FA Cup performance: 3rd qualifying round, 1946–47
  • Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1969–70

References

  1. 1 2 Wombwell Athletic
  2. 1 2 Wombwell & Darfield
  3. 1 2 Wombwell Sporting Association
  4. 1 2 Wombwell Town
  5. ↑ British Newspaper Archive
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