Woolley 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 Woolley,

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History

The club entered the Yorkshire League in 1971, and would win back-to-back promotions in their first two seasons to reach the top flight, before being relegated back down to Division 3 again by 1977. In 1982 the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the

Northern Counties East League The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the English football pyramid respectively. ...

, and Woolley were the first winners of the NCEL Division 2 South title. They spent the rest of their history in Division 1 and reached the final of the

Sheffield & Hallamshire 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 ...

in 1989, before withdrawing from the NCEL and dissolving a year later.

League and cup history

Honours

League

* Yorkshire League Division 2 **Promoted: 1972–73 * Yorkshire League Division 3 **Promoted: 1971–72 *

Division 2 South **Promoted: 1982–83 (champions)

Cup

**Runners-up: 1988–89

Records

* Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

performance – 2nd Qualifying round, 1973/74 * Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

performance – 2nd Round, 1975/76

References

Defunct football clubs in England Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire Sheffield Association League Yorkshire Football League Barnsley Association League Northern Counties East Football League Mining association football teams in England {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub