Rawmarsh Welfare F.C.

Rawmarsh Welfare F.C. was an English football club located in Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Rawmarsh Welfare
Full nameRawmarsh Welfare Football Club
Dissolved1982
GroundDale Road

History

The club was formed in 1910 as Horse & Jockey, and initially played in the Rotherham Licensed Victuallers League before moving on to the Sheffield Association League and renaming themselves as Rawmarsh Town.

After the First World War finished, the club was again renamed, this time to Rawmarsh Athletic, but this name too would not last long as Rawmarsh Welfare was soon settled upon, and the club started to gain success on the pitch. They won the Association League for the first time in 1936, and three years later they secured a league and cup double by winning their second league title and the prestigious Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup – beating Worksop Town in the final.

A third Association League title was won soon after the Second World War in 1951, and a year later they reached the 1st round of the FA Cup for the first and only time – losing 1–4 to Buxton at their Dale Road home.

In 1953 Rawmarsh joined the Yorkshire League, and won the Division 2 title at the first attempt. They stayed in the Yorkshire League for nearly 30 years and built up a reputation as a yo-yo club – continually being promoted and relegated between Divisions 1 and 2 during the 1950s, and between Divisions 2 and 3 in the 1970s and 1980s. They won the Division Two title a record four times, and won the Yorkshire League title for the only time in 1970.

In 1982 the club disbanded after finishing near the foot of Division 3 for the first time – having previously won promotion from the division on three occasions only to be relegated straight back again.

Notable former players

Players that played in the Football League either before or after being with Rawmarsh Welfare –

League and cup history
Rawmarsh Welfare League and Cup history[1][2][3][4][5][6]
SeasonDivisionPositionFA CupFA Amateur CupFA Vase
1911–12Sheffield Association League---
1912–13Extra preliminary round--
1913–14Preliminary round--
1914–15Preliminary round--
1920–21Extra preliminary round--
1921–22Preliminary round--
1922–23Preliminary round--
1927–28-1st round-
1928–29-4th qualifying round-
1929–30-2nd round-
1930–311st qualifying round3rd round-
1931–323rd qualifying round2nd round-
1932–332nd qualifying round1st round-
1933–344th qualifying round3rd round-
1934–351st qualifying round1st round-
1935–36Sheffield Association League1st2nd qualifying round--
1936–37Extra preliminary round--
1937–38Preliminary round3rd qualifying round-
1938–39Sheffield Association League1st1st qualifying round1st round-
1945–46Sheffield Association League Division 24th qualifying round2nd round-
1946–472nd qualifying round1st round-
1947–48Sheffield Association League/201st qualifying round4th qualifying round-
1948–49Sheffield Association League/18Preliminary round1st qualifying round-
1949–504th qualifying round--
1950–51Sheffield Association League1stPreliminary round1st round-
1951–521st round1st round-
1952–532nd qualifying round4th qualifying round-
1953–54Yorkshire League Division 21st/161st qualifying round3rd qualifying round-
1954–55Yorkshire League Division 118th/183rd qualifying round2nd qualifying round-
1955–56Yorkshire League Division 21st/16-2nd qualifying round-
1956–57Yorkshire League Division 114th/18---
1957–58Yorkshire League Division 116th/18---
1958–59Yorkshire League Division 24th/13---
1959–60Yorkshire League Division 118th/18---
1960–61Yorkshire League Division 212th/19-Preliminary round-
1961–62Yorkshire League Division 26th/14---
1962–63Yorkshire League Division 29th/15---
1963–64Yorkshire League Division 21st/15---
1964–65Yorkshire League Division 110th/16---
1965–66Yorkshire League Division 115th/16---
1966–67Yorkshire League Division 212th/17---
1967–68Yorkshire League Division 214th/17---
1968–69Yorkshire League Division 21st/171st qualifying round--
1969–70Yorkshire League Division 11st/183rd qualifying round--
1970–71Yorkshire League Division 13rd/141st qualifying round--
1971–72Yorkshire League Division 112th/161st qualifying round--
1972–73Yorkshire League Division 112th/16Preliminary round--
1973–74Yorkshire League Division 115th/161st qualifying round--
1974–75Yorkshire League Division 214th/15---
1975–76Yorkshire League Division 31st/16--1st round
1976–77Yorkshire League Division 214th/16--Preliminary round
1977–78Yorkshire League Division 33rd/16--1st round
1978–79Yorkshire League Division 213th/16--1st round
1979–80Yorkshire League Division 33rd/14---
1980–81Yorkshire League Division 216th/16---
1981–82Yorkshire League Division 314th/15---

* League play-off finalists

Honours

Records

References
  1. "Rawmarsh Welfare". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. Rawmarsh Town WildStat
  3. Rawmarsh Athletic WildStat
  4. Rawmarsh Welfare WildStat
  5. British Newspaper Archive
  6. Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.
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