Wombwell Town F.C. was an English

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located in

Wombwell Wombwell () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The town in the 2011 census was split between a ward called Wombwell, as well as small parts that fell under two other wards called Darfield (specifically ...

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History

The club was formed in the early 1890s and entered their first league in 1895 when joining the Sheffield Challenge Cup League, before moving onto the

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and entering the

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for the first time in 1896. They entered, and won, the Yorkshire League in the 1898–99 season before returning to the Association League. The club became defunct in the early 1900s.

League and cup history

Honours

League

* Yorkshire League **Champions: 1898–99

Cup

None

Records

*Best

performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900

References

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