Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club is a

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club based in

Hemsworth Hemsworth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, ...

, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Fitzwilliam Stadium in Fitzwilliam.

History

The club was established in 1981 after Hemsworth Colliery Football Club folded the year before.Club history
Hemsworth Miners Welfare F.C. The new club joined Division Three of the

Doncaster & District Senior League The Doncaster Saturday Football League is a football competition for clubs in the Doncaster area of England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north ...

. A third-place finish in 1985–86 saw the club promoted to Division Two, and another third-place finish the following season resulted in a second successive promotion to Division One. In 1987–88 they were Division One runners-up, securing a third straight promotion and entry to the Premier Division. Hemsworth won the Premier Division Cup in 1994–95, after which they joined the West Riding County League. In 1996–97 they won the Division title and the Division One Cup and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following year they won the Premier Division Cup, a feat repeated in 2001–02. In 2007–08 a fourth-place finish in the Premier Division was enough to earn promotion to Division One of the

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. They were Division One champions in 2015–16, earning promotion to the Premier Division.

Season-by-season record

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Division One champions 2015–16 *Doncaster FA Challenge Cup **Winners 1995–96 *West Riding County Amateur League **Division One champions 1996–97 **Premier Division Cup winners 1997–98, 2001–02 **Division One Cup winners 1996–97 *Doncaster Senior League **Premier Division Cup winners 1994–95 *Sheffield Junior Cup **Winners 1997–98

Records

*Best

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performance: Preliminary round, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17 *Best

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performance: Second round, 2015–16, 2016–17 *Record attendance: 505 vs Kinsley Boys, 2007Hemsworth Miners Welfare
Northern Counties East League *Biggest win: 19–0 v Highfields *Heaviest defeat: 1–10 v Blue Bell *Most appearances: Stuart Clark, 811 *Most goals: Stuart Clark, 377 *Most goals in a season: Paul Crapper, 52 *Most goals in a game: Damien Liddle, 10

References

External links

Official website
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