Rawmarsh Welfare F.C. was an English football club located in

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History

The club was formed in 1910 as Horse & Jockey, and initially played in the Rotherham Licensed Victuallers League before moving on to the

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and renaming themselves as Rawmarsh Town. After the

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finished, the club was again renamed, this time to Rawmarsh Athletic, but this name too would not last long as Rawmarsh Welfare was soon settled upon, and the club started to gain success on the pitch. They won the Association League for the first time in 1936, and three years later they secured a league and cup double by winning their second league title and the prestigious Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup – beating

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in the final. A third Association League title was won soon after the

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in 1951, and a year later they reached the 1st Round of the

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for the first and only time – losing 1–4 to

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– continually being promoted and relegated between Divisions 1 and 2 during the 1950s, and between Divisions 2 and 3 in the 1970s and 1980s. They won the Division Two title a record four times, and won the Yorkshire League title for the only time in 1970. In 1982 the club disbanded after finishing near the foot of Division 3 for the first time – having previously won promotion from the division on three occasions only to be relegated straight back again.

Notable former players

Players that played in the Football League either before or after being with Rawmarsh Welfare – *

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* Wally Gould * Jack Haigh *

Harold Mosby Harold Mosby (26 June 1926 – 15 June 2007) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a forward.Yorkshire League Division One **Champions: 1969–70 * Yorkshire League Division Two **Promoted: 1953–54 (champions), 1955–56 (champions), 1958–59, 1963–64 (champions), 1968–69 (champions) * Yorkshire League Division Three **Promoted: 1975–76 (champions), 1977–78, 1979–80 *

**Champions: 1935–36, 1938–39, 1950–51 * Hatchard League **Runners-up: 1901–02

Cup

* Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup **Winners: 1938–39, 1970–71 **Runners-up: 1932–33

Records

*Best League performance: 1st, Yorkshire League Division 1, 1969–70 *Best

performance: 1st Round, 1951–52 *Best FA Amateur Cup performance: 3rd Round, 1930–31, 1933–34 *Best FA Vase performance: 1st Round, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79

References

{{reflist, 2 Defunct football clubs in England Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire 1982 disestablishments in England Association football clubs disestablished in 1982 Hatchard League Sheffield Association League Yorkshire Football League Sheffield Amateur League