Shirebrook Miners Welfare F.C. was an English football club based in

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History

Formed as Shirebrook, they joined the Notts & Derbyshire League in 1911, finishing third in their first season and winning the subsidiary competition.The Central Alliance 1911–1925
Non-League Matters They subsequently joined the

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in 1912, the year in which they first entered the

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. The following season they won the Central Alliance, and went on to finish as runners-up in 1914–15. They rejoined the Central Alliance after

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, finishing as runners-up in 1920–21. They left the league in 1924, and joined the

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in 1925, and reached the 1st round of the FA Cup in 1927 and 1928, losing to

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and

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in respective years. In 1953 they changed their name to Shirebrook Miners Welfare, and last entered the FA Cup in 1961.

Honours

*Central Alliance **Champions 1913–14 *Notts & Derbyshire League **Subsidiary Competition winners 1910–11

Records

*Highest league finish **

– 8th, 1927–28 *

** 1st round, 1927–28, 1928–29

References

Defunct football clubs in Derbyshire Central Alliance Midland Football League (1889) East Midlands Regional League Shirebrook Mining association football teams in England Defunct football clubs in England {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub