Beighton Miners Welfare F.C. was an English

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club based in Beighton,

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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 knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

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

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on two occasions.

Honours

League

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

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**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