Mexborough Athletic F.C. was an English

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club based in

Mexborough Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Situated between Manvers and Denaby Main, it lies on the River Don close to where it joins the River Dearne, and the A6023 road runs through the town. It is contiguous ...

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History

The club was formed as Mexborough Town in 1903, and was the second team to take the Mexborough name,

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having been wound up three years earlier. They spent their first season in the

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, winning the league title at the first attempt. The club joined the

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in 1905 and would remain in the competition for the rest of their existence. The Midland League was suspended for the duration of the

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, but Mexborough rejoined the competition when hostilities ended. The club won its only Midland League title in 1926, two years after changing their name to Mexborough Athletic. The following year they reached the first round of the

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, losing to

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. Athletic would struggle on in the lower echelons of the Midland League until 1936, when after finishing bottom of the table, they resigned from the competition and disbanded.''The Boro' Matchday Magazine – Mexborough Town AFC programme'', 18 October 1986

League and cup history

Honours

League

**Champions: 1925–26 *

**Champions: 1903–04

Cup

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**Winners: 1930–31, 1933–34 **Runners-up: 1910–11, 1922–23

Records

*Best

performance: 1st round, 1927–28

References

{{Reflist, 2 Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire Sheffield Association League Midland Football League (1889) 1903 establishments in England 1936 disestablishments in England Association football clubs established in 1903 Association football clubs disestablished in 1936