Mexborough Athletic F.C.

Mexborough Athletic F.C. was an English association football club based in Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Not to be confused with Mexborough F.C..

Mexborough Athletic
Full nameMexborough Athletic Football Club
Founded1903 (as Mexborough Town)
Dissolved1936

History

The club was formed as Mexborough Town in 1903, and was the second team to take the Mexborough name, the first having been wound up three years earlier.[1][2]

They spent their first season in the Sheffield Association League, winning the league title at the first attempt. The club joined the Midland League in 1905 and would remain in the competition for the rest of their existence.

The Midland League was suspended for the duration of the First World War, but Mexborough rejoined the competition when hostilities ended. The club won its only Midland League title in 1926, two years after changing their name to Mexborough Athletic.[3] The following year they reached the first round of the FA Cup, losing to Chesterfield at Saltergate.

Athletic would struggle on in the lower echelons of the Midland League until 1936, when after finishing bottom of the table, they resigned from the competition and disbanded.[4]

League and cup history
Mexborough League and Cup history[5][6][7][8]
SeasonDivisionPositionFA Cup
1903–04Sheffield Association League1st/143rd qualifying round
1904–05Wharncliffe Charity Cup League5th qualifying round
1905–06Midland League5th/182nd qualifying round
1906–07Midland League6th/20-
1907–08Midland League17th/201st qualifying round
1908–09Midland League12th/204th qualifying round
1909–10Midland League20th/225th qualifying round
1910–11Midland League10th/202nd qualifying round
1911–12Midland League9th/193rd qualifying round
1912–13Midland League19th/20Preliminary round
1913–14Midland League17th/18Preliminary round
1914–15Midland League17th/201st qualifying round
1919–20Midland League5th/182nd qualifying round
1920–21Midland League17th/202nd qualifying round
1921–22Midland League6th/22Preliminary round
1922–23Midland League18th/222nd qualifying round
1923–24Midland League4th/222nd qualifying round
1924–25Midland League8th/15Preliminary round
1925–26Midland League1st/212nd qualifying round
1926–27Midland League5th/201st round
1927–28Midland League17th/23Preliminary round
1928–29Midland League20th/263rd qualifying round
1929–30Midland League20th/263rd qualifying round
1930–31Midland League20th/242nd qualifying round
1931–32Midland League16th/241st qualifying round
1932–33Midland League21st/23Preliminary round
1933–34Midland League16th/17Preliminary round
1934–35Midland League15th/20Preliminary round
1935–36Midland League21st/211st qualifying round

Honours

Records

References
  1. The Boro' Matchday Magazine – Mexborough Town AFC programme, 18 October 1986
  2. Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 18 March 1903
  3. The Star Green Un, 23 August 1924
  4. The Boro' Matchday Magazine – Mexborough Town AFC programme, 18 October 1986
  5. FA Cup Archive The FA
  6. Sportsman Rovers WildStat
  7. Mexborough Football Club History Database
  8. Mexborough Athletic Football Club History Database
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