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Hemsworth Miners Welfare

Full name	Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Wells
Founded	1981
Ground	Just Football MDC Stadium Fitzwilliam
Capacity	2,000 (100 seated)
League	Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division
2023–24	Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division, 8th of 14
Home colours Away colours

Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division and play at the Just Football MDC Stadium in Fitzwilliam.

History

The club was established in 1981 after Hemsworth Colliery folded the year before. The new club joined Division Three of the Doncaster & District Senior League. A third-place finish in 1985–86 saw the club promoted to Division Two, and another third-place finish the following season resulted in a second successive promotion to Division One. In 1987–88 they were Division One runners-up, securing a third straight promotion and entry to the Premier Division.

Hemsworth won the Premier Division Cup in 1994–95, after which they joined the West Riding County League. In 1996–97 they won the Division title and the Division One Cup and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following year they won the Premier Division Cup, a feat repeated in 2001–02. In 2007–08 a fourth-place finish in the Premier Division was enough to earn promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. They were Division One champions in 2015–16, earning promotion to the Premier Division. At the end of the 2022–23 season the club were demoted to the Premier Division of the Sheffield & Hallamshire League after failing ground grading requirements. In their first season in the league, they won the League Cup final, beating Dodworth Miners Welfare 5–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.

Season-by-season record

Honours

• Northern Counties East League
  • Division One champions 2015–16
• Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League
  • League Cup winners 2023–24
• West Riding County Amateur League
  • Division One champions 1996–97
  • Premier Division Cup winners 1997–98, 2001–02
  • Division One Cup winners 1996–97
• Doncaster Senior League
  • Premier Division Cup winners 1994–95
• Doncaster FA Challenge Cup
  • Winners 1995–96
• Sheffield Junior Cup
  • Winners 1997–98

Records

• Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17
• Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Record attendance: 505 vs Kinsley Boys, 2007
• Biggest win: 19–0 v Highfields
• Heaviest defeat: 1–10 v Blue Bell
• Most appearances: Stuart Clark, 811
• Most goals: Stuart Clark, 377
• Most goals in a season: Paul Crapper, 52
• Most goals in a game: Damien Liddle, 10

References

1. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p470 ISBN 978-1869833695
2. ^ Club history Hemsworth Miners Welfare F.C.
3. ^ Hemsworth Miners Welfare Northern Counties East League
4. ^ Hemsworth Miners Welfare at the Football Club History Database
5. Hemsworth MW facing up to life outside NCE League after appeal against relegation fails Wakefield Express, 23 June 2023

External links

• Official website

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• Football clubs in England
• Football clubs in West Yorkshire
• Hemsworth
• 1981 establishments in England
• Association football clubs established in 1981
• Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA members
• Doncaster & District Senior League
• West Riding County Amateur Football League
• Northern Counties East Football League
• Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League
• Mining association football teams in England