Beighton Miners Welfare F.C. was an English

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in Beighton,

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

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History

Starting from the first qualifying round, they reached the first round of the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

in 1953, where they were beaten by

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. During this era they were also members of the Yorkshire League and won the prestigious

Sheffield Senior Cup The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 5th oldest surviving cup competition ...

on two occasions.

Honours

League

* Yorkshire League Division 1 **Runners-up: 1952–53 * Yorkshire League Division 2 **Promoted: 1949–50 *

Hatchard League The Hatchard Football League was an English association football league based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. History Founded in 1892, it was originally called the Sheffield & District Alliance, only changing name to the Hatchard Cup League halfw ...

**Champions: 1919–20 (shared), 1920–21

Cup

**Winners: 1939–40, 1955–56 **Runners-up: 1940–41, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1952–53 *Aston-cum-Aughton Charity Cup **Runners-up: 1903–04

Records

*Best League performance: Yorkshire League Division 1, 1952–53 *Best

performance: 1st Round, 1952–53

References

Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire Defunct football clubs in England Sheffield Association League Hatchard League Yorkshire Football League Mining association football teams in England {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub