Brodsworth Welfare A.F.C.
Full name | Brodsworth Welfare Association Football Club | |
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Founded | 1910 (as Brodsworth Main Colliery) | |
Ground | Welfare Ground | |
Capacity | 3,000 (228 seats)[1] | |
Chairman | Barrie Abbott | |
Manager | James Irwin | |
League | Central Midlands League North Division | |
2013–14 | Central Midlands League North Division, 13th | |
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Brodsworth Welfare A.F.C. is an English football club based in Woodlands, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. They play in the Central Midlands League North Division, at level 11 of the English football league system.
History
Although the club gives its official formation date as 1912, Brodsworth Main Colliery (as they were first known) were actually founded two years earlier, entering the Sheffield Association League for their inaugural campaign in 1910/11. They joined the Yorkshire League in 1921 and won the title in 1924–25, but left the league in 1935.[2]
After World War II the club returned to the league for a third spell. In 1950–51 they were relegated to Division Two after finishing second from bottom of Division One. They withdrew from the league at the end of the 1956–57 season, but returned in 1961. Two years later they were renamed Brodsworth Miners Welfare.[3]
In their first season under the new name the club finished fourth in Division Two and were promoted to Division One, but were relegated back again after just a single season. After finishing bottom of Division Two in 1972 the club was relegated to Division Three, where they remained until withdrawing in 1976.
Welfare played in the Doncaster Senior League throughout the 1980s and won the league title in 1985. In 1988 they joined the Northern Counties East League (NCEL), entering Division Two. They were promoted to Division One when the league restructured in 1991 (despite finishing second bottom of Division Two) and floundered at the foot of the NCEL for several years, until winning promotion to the Premier Division in 1999.
In 2006 they were renamed Brodsworth Welfare, and despite finishing bottom again in 2006–07 they again avoided being demoted. They were finally relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season after again finishing bottom, and the resigned from the NCEL in the summer of 2011 after finishing bottom of Division One.[4]
They played in the Doncaster & District Senior League for a year before joining the Central Midlands League North Division in 2012.
Season by season record
Season | Division | Level | Position | FA Cup | FA Amateur Cup | FA Vase | |
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Formed as Brodsworth Main Colliery | |||||||
1910–11 | Sheffield Association League | - | 14th/14 | - | - | - | |
1911–12 | Sheffield Association League | - | 15th/16 | - | - | - | |
1912–13 | Sheffield Association League | - | 13th/15 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1913–14 | Sheffield Association League | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | - | - | ||
1914–15 | Sheffield Association League | - | Preliminary Round | - | - | ||
1919–20 | Sheffield Association League | - | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | ||
1920–21 | Doncaster & District League | - | 1st/11 | 3rd Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1921–22 | Yorkshire League | - | 3rd/17 | 2nd Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1922–23 | Yorkshire League | - | 9th/16 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1923–24 | Yorkshire League | - | 7th/18 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1924–25 | Yorkshire League | - | 1st/16 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1925–26 | Yorkshire League | - | 6th/15 | Extra Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1926–27 | Yorkshire League | - | 9th/16 | 4th Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1927–28 | Yorkshire League | - | 7th/13 | 2nd Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1928–29 | Yorkshire League | - | 15th/16 | - | - | - | |
1929–30 | Yorkshire League | - | 11th/14 | 3rd Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1930–31 | Yorkshire League | - | 11th/12 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1931–32 | Doncaster & District Senior League | - | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | ||
1932–33 | Yorkshire League | - | 7th/10 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1933–34 | Yorkshire League | - | 13th/13 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1934–35 | Yorkshire League | - | 17th/18 | Extra Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1938–39 | Sheffield Association League | - | Preliminary Round | - | - | ||
1945–46 | Sheffield Association League Division 2 | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | - | - | ||
1946–47 | Sheffield Association League | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | - | - | ||
1947–48 | Yorkshire League | - | 18th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1948–49 | Yorkshire League | - | 18th/20 | Extra Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1949–50 | Yorkshire League Division 1 | - | 13th/18 | 3rd Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1950–51 | Yorkshire League Division 1 | - | 17th/18 | Preliminary Round | - | - | |
1951–52 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 10th/13 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1952–53 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 12th/14 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1953–54 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 15th/16 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1954–55 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 13th/16 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1955–56 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 12th/16 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | - | |
1956–57 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 12th/17 | - | Extra Preliminary Round | - | |
1957–58 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | - | 3rd Qualifying Round | - | ||
1958–59 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 5th/13 | - | Preliminary Round | - | |
1959–60 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 3rd/13 | - | - | ||
1960–61 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 4th/12 | - | - | ||
1961–62 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 11th/14 | - | - | - | |
1962–63 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 11th/15 | - | - | - | |
Changed name to Brodsworth Miners Welfare (1963) | |||||||
1963–64 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 4th/15 | - | - | - | |
1964–65 | Yorkshire League Division 1 | - | 16th/16 | - | - | - | |
1965–66 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 15th/15 | - | - | - | |
1966–67 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 17th/17 | - | - | - | |
1967–68 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 15th/17 | - | - | - | |
1968–69 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 11th/15 | - | - | - | |
1969–70 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 7th/18 | - | - | - | |
1970–71 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 13th/14 | - | - | - | |
1971–72 | Yorkshire League Division 2 | - | 15th/15 | - | - | - | |
1972–73 | Yorkshire League Division 3 | - | 14th/16 | - | - | - | |
1973–74 | Yorkshire League Division 3 | - | 13th/16 | - | - | - | |
1974–75 | Yorkshire League Division 3 | - | 15th/16 | - | - | - | |
1975–76 | Yorkshire League Division 3 | - | 16th/16 | - | - | - | |
1976–77 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
1977–78 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 3 | - | 4th/14 | - | - | - | |
1978–79 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 2 | - | 1st/14 | - | - | - | |
1979–80 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
1980–81 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 9th/16 | - | - | - | |
1981–82 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 8th/14 | - | - | - | |
1982–83 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 2nd/14 | - | - | - | |
1983–84 | Doncaster & District Senior League Division 1 | - | 1st/15 | - | - | - | |
1984–85 | Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division | - | 1st/15 | - | - | - | |
1985–86 | Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division | - | 3rd/16 | - | - | - | |
1986–87 | Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division | - | 2nd/14 | - | - | - | |
1987–88 | Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division | - | 8th/11 | - | - | - | |
1988–89 | Northern Counties East League Division 2 | - | 12th/14 | - | - | - | |
1989–90 | Northern Counties East League Division 2 | - | 9th/14 | - | - | - | |
1990–91 | Northern Counties East League Division 2 | - | 12th/13 | - | - | Extra Preliminary Round | |
1991–92 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 15th/16 | - | - | Extra Preliminary Round | |
1992–93 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 13th/14 | - | - | - | |
1993–94 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 15th/15 | - | - | - | |
1994–95 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 16th/16 | - | - | - | |
1995–96 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 16th/16 | - | - | - | |
1996–97 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 14th/15 | - | - | 1st Qualifying Round | |
1997–98 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 12th/15 | Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Round | |
1998–99 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | - | 2nd/13 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | 1st Round | |
1999–00 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | - | 6th/20 | 1st Qualifying Round | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | |
2000–01 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | - | 18th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | |
2001–02 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | - | 15th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | |
2002–03 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | - | 14th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | 1st Round | |
2003–04 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | - | 20th/20 | Extra Preliminary Round | - | 1st Qualifying Round | |
2004–05 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 9 | 17th/20 | Extra Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | |
2005–06 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 9 | 20th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | 1st Round | |
Changed name to Brodsworth Welfare (2006) | |||||||
2006–07 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 9 | 20th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | |
2007–08 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 9 | 13th/20 | Extra Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Qualifying Round | |
2008–09 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 9 | 19th/20 | Preliminary Round | - | 2nd Round | |
2009–10 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | 9 | 20th/20 | - | - | - | |
2010–11 | Northern Counties East League Division 1 | 10 | 20th/20 | - | - | 1st Qualifying Round | |
2011–12 | Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division | 12 | 7th/14 | - | - | - | |
2012–13 | Central Midlands League North Division | 11 | 12th/17 | - | - | - | |
2013–14 | Central Midlands League North Division | 11 | 13th/17 | - | - | - | |
2014–15 | Central Midlands League North Division | 11 | 11th/18 | - | - | - | |
2015–16 | Central Midlands League North Division | 11 | - | - | - | ||
Season | Division | Level | Position | FA Cup | FA Amateur Cup | FA Vase |
Notable former players
Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Brodsworth Welfare –
Ground
The club plays at the Welfare Ground, on Fourth Avenue, Woodlands, postcode DN6 7PP.
Gallery
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View of Changing Rooms from pitch entry/exit point.
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View of pitch from changing rooms.
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View of pitch from Welfare Road end towards Princess Street Stand.
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Inside view of new clubhouse
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Inside view of Home changing room.
Honours
League
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Cup
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Records
- Best FA Cup performance: 4th Qualifying Round, 1926–27
- Best FA Amateur Cup performance: 3rd Qualifying Round, 1957–58
- Best FA Vase performance: 2nd Round, 1997–98, 2008–09
- Record attendance: 1,251 vs. FC United of Manchester, FA Vase, 2006–07[7]
References
- ↑ Brodsworth Welfare Sheffield & Hallamshire Non-League Grounds
- 1 2 Brodsworth Main Football Club History Database
- 1 2 Brodsworth Miners Welfare Football Club History Database
- 1 2 Brodsworth Welfare Football Club History Database
- ↑ Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.
- ↑ Brodsworth Main Colliery WildStat
- ↑ Previous match FC United of Manchester
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Coordinates: 53°33′45.65″N 1°11′17.50″W / 53.5626806°N 1.1881944°W