Wombwell Town F.C. was an English football club located in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
| Full name | Wombwell Town Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1890s |
| Dissolved | 1900s |
History
editThe club was formed in the early 1890s and entered their first league in 1895 when joining the Sheffield Challenge Cup League, before moving onto the Sheffield Association League and entering the FA Cup for the first time in 1896.
They entered, and won, the Yorkshire League in the 1898–99 season before returning to the Association League. The club became defunct in the early 1900s.
League and cup history
edit| Wombwell Town (1890s) League and Cup history[1][2][3] | |||||
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| Season | Division | Position | FA Cup | ||
| 1895–96 | Sheffield Challenge Cup League | – | |||
| 1896–97 | Sheffield Association League | 1st qualifying round | |||
| 1897–98 | Sheffield Association League | 2nd qualifying round | |||
| 1898–99 | Yorkshire League | 1st/10 | 2nd qualifying round | ||
| 1899–1900 | Sheffield Association League | 2nd qualifying round | |||
| 1900–01 | Sheffield Association League | 1st qualifying round | |||
| 1901–02 | Sheffield Association League | – | |||
Honours
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Leagueedit
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CupeditNone |
Records
edit- Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900
References
edit- ^ Wombwell Football Club History Database
- ^ Wombwell Town WildStat
- ^ British Newspaper Archive
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