Redfearn Sports F.C. was an

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football club based in

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History

It is not known when the club was first formed, but Redfearns F.C., representing the Redfearns Glassworks in

, entered the

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on three occasions before the

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. As a Barnsley League club, they changed name to Redfearn Sports F.C. and won the prestigious

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in 1969, beating

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at Denaby United's Tickhill Square ground. In 1973 they entered the

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as Redfearn National Glass, and in their first season won the League Cup and promotion to the Second Division. A second successive promotion was earned in 1975, but the club withdrew from the league in 1977, returning to the Barnsley League. In 1982 they won the Sheffield & Hallamshire Junior Cup, and were runners-up in the same competition in 1991, having reverted to being called Redfearn Sports. Soon after, the club disbanded.

League and cup history

Honours

League

* Yorkshire League Division Two ** Runners-up: 1974–75 * Yorkshire League Division Three ** Promoted: 1973–74

Cup

** Winners: 1968–69 *

Cup ** Winners: 1973–74

Records

* Best

performance: Preliminary Round, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14 * Best

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performance: 2nd round, 1976–77

References

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