Parkgate 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 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in Parkgate,

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

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History

Little is known of the club other than that they entered 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 1950 and won the

Sheffield Association League The Sheffield Association League was an English association football league based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. History The league was founded in 1897 to fill the void left by the disbandment of the Sheffield & District Football League, which ...

in 1962.

League and cup history

Honours

League

** Champions: 1961–62

Cup

Records

* Best

performance: 1st qualifying round, 1950–51 * Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Extra Preliminary Round, 1952–53

References

Defunct football clubs in England Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire Sheffield Association League {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub