Glasshoughton Welfare Association Football Club is a

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club based in

Glasshoughton Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of Castleford in the City of Wakefield, Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the Glasshoughton railway station, and borders Pontefract. Glassho ...

near

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. They are currently members of the and play at Leeds Road.

History

The club was established in 1964 as a Sunday league

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under the name Anson Sports.Our History
Glasshoughton Welfare A.F.C. They initially played in the Castleford Sunday League, and adopted their current name in 1974 after moving to the sports ground of Glasshoughton

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on Leeds Road. The new ground enabled them to switch to Saturday football, with the club joining the

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. In 1985 they were admitted to Division Three of the

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. The division was abolished at the end of the 1985–86 season, with the club moved up to Division Two. After a sixth-place finish in 1989–90, Glasshoughton were promoted to Division One, and the following season league restructuring saw them placed in the Premier Division. In 1993–94 they won the

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, beating Selby Town 4–0 in the final. In 1997–98 they won the league's President Cup, beating Ossett Albion 7–2 on aggregate in a two-legged final; the home leg was watched by a record crowd of 350.Honours 2
Glasshoughton Welfare A.F.C. Despite only two top-half finishes, including a best-ever third-place in 1999–2000, Glasshoughton remained in the Premier Division until being relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season, which saw them finish bottom of the Premier Division. They finished bottom of Division One the following season, failing to win a league match all season, but after two seasons of improvement, they were Division One runners-up in 2011–12, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2014–15 the club finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated back to Division One.

Ground

The club play at the Leeds Road ground, which is part of the Glasshoughton Leisure complex.Glasshoughton Welfare
Football Ground Map It has a modern seated stand on one side the pitch and a covered terrace at the Leeds Road end. File:Glass (3).jpg, Covered terracing File:Glass (5).jpg, Seated stand File:Glass (8).jpg, Clubhouse and dugouts

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **President's Cup winners 1997–98 *West Riding County Cup **Winners 1993–94

Records

*Best

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performance: Third qualifying round, 2004–05 *Best

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performance: Fourth round, 2006–07 *Record attendance: 350 vs Ossett Albion, Northern Counties East League President's Cup final, 1998Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p453 *Biggest win: 8–1 *Heaviest defeat: 8–0

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