Shaw Lane Association Football Club was a

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club based in

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. They most recently played in the

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, at level 7 of the

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History

Although formed in 2012, the club traces its history to 1991. That year, an U11 team was formed at the Shaw Lane sports complex in Barnsley. The next decade saw the club gradually expand and in 2004 they became part of the Shaw Lane Community Sports Association. The senior team merged with Worsbrough Common F.C. in 2011 to form Aquaforce Barnsley F.C., taking Worsbrough's

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Division One place and winning promotion to the Premier Division in 2012. Aquaforce Barnsley then merged with Barugh F.C., another ailing local team, to form Shaw Lane Aquaforce.Shaw Lane Aquaforce
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Premier Division, winning promotion to the

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(NCEL) Division One. A year later, their rise continued when they finished runners-up in the NCEL Division One, winning promotion to the Premier Division. This was followed by the club winning the Premier Division in the 2014–15 season and gaining promotion to the

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(NPL) Division One South. The club's first season in the NPL ended with a second-place finish, with the team missing out on promotion after losing in the end of season play-offs. In the middle of 2016, the club was renamed as simply Shaw Lane in order to comply with FA regulations which prohibit the use of sponsored names above a certain level. They went on to win the 2016/17 Division One South championship to clinch their fifth promotion in seven years, and completed a league and cup double by beating

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in the final of the

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to win competition for the first time. In the 2017-18 season, they reached their 1st FA Cup proper with a 2-1 win over Barrow and lost 1-3 to Mansfield Town. On 8 June 2018 the club's first team withdrew from football.

Season-by-season record

Notable former players

Players that have played in the

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or at international level either before or after playing for Shaw Lane Aquaforce – *

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* Neil Austin *

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* Michael Potts * Rhys Meynell * Jonathan Wafula * Jack Tuohy * David Norris * Godwin Abadaki *

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* Chib Chilaka *

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* Gavin Rothery *

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* Billy Whitehouse * Paul Ennis *

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* Sam Osborne

Honours

League

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**Champions: 2016-17 *

Premier Division **Champions: 2014–15 *

Division One **Promoted: 2013–14 *

Premier Division **Champions: 2012–13

Cup

**Winners 2016/17, 2017/18

Records

*Best League performance: 6th in

Premier Division, 2017–18 *Best

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performance: First round, 2017–18 *Best

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performance: Third round qualifying, 2016–17 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: Quarter-final, 2014–15 *Record attendance : 1,576 vs.

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

2017–18

References

{{Reflist Defunct football clubs in England Northern Counties East Football League Association football clubs established in 1991 1991 establishments in England Defunct football clubs in South Yorkshire Sport in Barnsley Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League Northern Premier League clubs Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in England