Staveley Miners Welfare Football Club is an English

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club based in

Staveley Staveley may refer to: Places * Staveley, Cumbria, village in the former county of Westmorland and now in Cumbria, England ** Staveley railway station * Staveley-in-Cartmel, village formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria, England * Staveley, D ...

, Derbyshire. They play in the

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Division One, at level 10 (non-league step 6) of the

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with the reserve side playing at step 7 in the Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North.

History

The club was established as a Sunday league team in 1962, and initially played at Barrow Hill under the name Nags Head. They played friendly matches for three years, before joining the Mansfield League. In 1968 they joined the Chesterfield League.History
Staveley Miners Welfare FC In 1989 the club started playing Saturday football in the Chesterfield and District Amateur League. In 1991 they moved up to the

Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League The Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League is an English football league that was founded in 1983 by the merger of the former Sheffield Association League and Hatchard League. The league has three divisions – the Premier Divis ...

, winning Division Three in their first season, and Division Two in their second. In 1993 they joined the Supreme Division of the

Central Midlands League The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to its current nam ...

. After finishing third in 1996–97 they were accepted into Division One of the Northern Counties East League. The club finished second in their first season in Division One, and were promoted to the Premier Division. After three seasons of struggling, they were relegated back to Division One in 2000–01, having finished bottom of the table. They finished bottom of Division One in 2002–03, but avoided relegation. In 2010–11 the club won Division One to return to the Premier Division.

Season-by-season record

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Division One champions 2010–11 **League Trophy winners 1997–98, 2008–09, 2009–10 *Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League **Division Three champions 1991–92 **Division Two champions 1992–93 *Chesterfield and District Amateur League **Byron Cup winners 1989–90

Records

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**Second Qualifying Round 2005–06, 2011–12, 2018–19 *

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 ...

**Semi-finals 2011–12

References

External links

Club website
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