Yorkshire Main Football Club is a

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club based in

Edlington Edlington is a town and civil parish in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, lying to the south west of Doncaster and Warmsworth. It has a population of 8,276. The original parish town of Edlington is now known as ''Old Edlington ...

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. In N ...

, England. They play in the .

History

The club, representing the

Yorkshire Main Colliery Yorkshire Main Colliery was a coal mine situated within the village of Edlington, south west of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. History The colliery was created by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, which bought land in Edlington and lea ...

, claims to have been formed in 1925 as Edlington Rangers,History
Yorkshire Main FC who did use the Yorkshire Main name for a two-year spell in the 1940s before folding in 1958. A new Yorkshire Main Colliery FC was formed in 1960 and entered the Doncaster & District Senior League. After two separate spells out (between 1967 and 1971, and 1977 and 1980), they returned to the league again in 1980, and subsequently won the Third Division title. A year later they joined the

Sheffield Association League The Sheffield Association League was an English association football league based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. History The league was founded in 1897 to fill the void left by the disbandment of the Sheffield & District Football League, which ...

, winning the Division Two title. In the summer of 1982 the Association League merged with the

Hatchard League The Hatchard Football League was an English association football league based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. History Founded in 1892, it was originally called the Sheffield & District Alliance, only changing name to the Hatchard Cup League halfw ...

to form the

Sheffield & 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 ...

(S&HCSL), and Yorkshire Main Colliery were placed in Division One, eventually securing a league and cup double in the competition's inaugural campaign. On the back of their success in the S&HCSL, the club decided to join the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1983,Yorkshire Main
Football Club History Database being entered into Division Two South. After two seasons of league restructuring, they found themselves in Division Two. In 1986 they became Yorkshire Main after the closure of the colliery. In 1990 they won promotion to the NCEL Division One, and the following year they entered the

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for the first (and only) time. The club dropped out of the NCEL in 1991 after finishing second bottom, and rejoined the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. They spent seven seasons back in the S&HCSL, during which time they were relegated from Division One to Division Two, and in 1998 they decided to leave to join 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 ...

(CMFL), entering the Premier Division. They spent ten seasons in the Premier Division before winning promotion to the Supreme Division in 2008, only spending one year in the CMFL's top flight before being relegated back again due to the club's lack of floodlights. This problem was rectified in 2010, and just a year later they won the CMFL Floodlit Cup, the CM Premier Championship, the Doncaster and District FA Challenge Cup and the League Cup. The next season they were placed in the North Division when the CMFL restructured, but in 2013 Yorkshire Main left the league. They rejoined the Doncaster & District Senior League, finishing bottom of the Premier Division in their first season back in the competition.Final table
The FA

Season-by-season record

Notable former players

Players that have played in the

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either before or after playing for Yorkshire Main: *

Glynn Snodin Glynn Snodin (born 14 February 1960) is an English football coach, and former professional player. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1977 to 1998. He played for Doncaster Rovers and later made just under 100 appearances for Leeds United an ...

* Joe Harvey

Ground

The club plays on Edlington Lane in Edlington,

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DN4 9LT.

Gallery

File:Yorkshire main fc main pitch looking down towards lord's head lane end.jpg, View towards Lord's Head Lane end. File:Yorkshire main fc main stand edlington road ground.jpg, Main stand. File:Yorkshire main railway side and stand.jpg, Railway side and stand. File:Yorkshire Main fc changing rooms tea bar and ground paybox entrance.jpg, Changing rooms, tea bar and ground paybox entrance.

Honours

League

* Northern Counties East League Division Two **Promoted: 1989–90 *

Premier Division **Champions: 2010–11 **Promoted: 2007–08 *

Division One **Champions: 1982–83 *

Division Two **Promoted: 1981–82 (champions) * Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three **Champions: 1980–81

Records

*Best League performance: 12th in Northern Counties East League Division One, 1990–91 *Best

performance: 1st Round, 1990–91

References

External links

Official website
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