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Wombwell Town F.C. (1890s)

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Wombwell Town
Full nameWombwell Town Football Club
Founded1890s
Dissolved1900s

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

History

The 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

Wombwell Town (1890s) League and Cup history[1][2][3]
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
1899–00
Sheffield Association League
2nd Qualifying Round
1900–01
Sheffield Association League
1st Qualifying Round
1901–02
Sheffield Association League
-

Honours

Records

  • Best FA Cup performance: 2nd Qualifying Round, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–00

References

  1. ^ Wombwell Football Club History Database
  2. ^ Wombwell Town WildStat
  3. ^ British Newspaper Archive