Mexborough Athletic F.C. was an English

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club based in

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History

The club was formed as Mexborough Town in 1903, and was the second team to take the Mexborough name,

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having been wound up three years earlier. They spent their first season in the

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, winning the league title at the first attempt. The club joined the

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in 1905 and would remain in the competition for the rest of their existence. The Midland League was suspended for the duration of the

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, but Mexborough rejoined the competition when hostilities ended. The club won its only Midland League title in 1926, two years after changing their name to Mexborough Athletic. The following year they reached the first round of the

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, losing to Chesterfield at

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. Athletic would struggle on in the lower echelons of the Midland League until 1936, when after finishing bottom of the table, they resigned from the competition and disbanded.

League and cup history

Colours

The club's colours were red (or scarlet) and blue, in stripes, with white shorts.

Honours

League

**Champions: 1925–26 *

**Champions: 1903–04

Cup

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**Winners: 1930–31, 1933–34 **Runners-up: 1910–11, 1922–23

Records

*Best

performance: 1st round, 1927–28

References

{{Reflist, 2 Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire Sheffield Association League Midland Football League (1889) 1903 establishments in England 1936 disestablishments in England Association football clubs established in 1903 Association football clubs disestablished in 1936