Harworth Colliery Football Club is an English

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club based in Harworth and Bircotes, Nottinghamshire. The club are currently members of the .

History

The club was formed as Harworth Colliery Athletic in 1931 and initially played in local leagues before joining the Yorkshire League as Harworth Colliery Institute after the Second World War, remaining in that League until the

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was formed in 1982. Harworth spent four years in that league before joining the

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as a founder member of the Supreme Division. Runners-up in the first season, Harworth Colliery was top in the following season. The club was relegated to the Premier Division in 2001 before being placed back in the Supreme Division when the League was reorganised. In the 1979–80 season, the club reached the third round of the

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competition. Harworth has also competed in the

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but has never progressed past the second qualifying round.Harworth Colliery Official Website History
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/ref> After a few shaky years in the Central Midlands Division One finishing in the lower regions of the league the club took the opportunity to be promoted to the Supreme Division for the 2008–09 season. The team was top of the league for the majority of the season, but with injuries and suspensions towards the end of the season the team finished in seventh place. After the season, the manager Mark Brogan stepped down after two years in charge.

Season-by-season record

Honours

Sheffield and 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 i ...

**Winners 1947–48 **Runners-up 1948–49, 1996–97 *

Central Midlands Football League The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to its current nam ...

Supreme Division **Champions 1987–88 **Runners-up 1986–87 *

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**Champions 1964–65, 1976–77

Records

** Second qualifying round 1988–89 *

** Third round 1979–80

References

External links

Harworth Colliery Institute official website
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