Wombwell Town F.C. (1890s)

Wombwell Town F.C. was an English football club located in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Wombwell Town
Full nameWombwell Town Football Club
Founded1890s
Dissolved1900s

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 Sheffield Association League and entering the FA Cup 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
Wombwell Town (1890s) League and Cup history[1][2][3]
SeasonDivisionPositionFA Cup
1895–96Sheffield Challenge Cup League–
1896–97Sheffield Association League1st qualifying round
1897–98Sheffield Association League2nd qualifying round
1898–99Yorkshire League1st/102nd qualifying round
1899–1900Sheffield Association League2nd qualifying round
1900–01Sheffield Association League1st qualifying round
1901–02Sheffield Association League–

Honours

Records
  • Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900

References
  1. Wombwell Football Club History Database
  2. Wombwell Town WildStat
  3. British Newspaper Archive


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