Norton Woodseats F.C.

Norton Woodseats
Full name Norton Woodseats Football Club
Founded 1912
Dissolved 1999
Ground Coach & Horses Ground (Dronfield, Derbyshire)

Norton Woodseats F.C. was an English association football club from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, but based for most of their existence in Dronfield, Derbyshire.[1]

History

Formed in 1912, in their early years the club competed in local Sheffield leagues before entering the Sheffield Amateur League and then the Sheffield Association League, winning the latter in 1928. They entered the FA Amateur Cup for the first time in 1926 and the FA Cup a year later. They won the Association League again in 1938, and a year later reached the semi-finals of the Amateur Cup, losing to Willington at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough.

After the Second World War the club joined the Yorkshire League, gaining promotion to Division 1 in 1950. They finished as high as league runners-up in 1955, but were relegated back to Division 2 in 1964. Although they won promotion back to the Yorkshire League's top flight after two seasons, they struggled in the lower echelons of Division 1 for four years before being relegated again.

In 1974 they were relegated to Division 3, but won promotion back to Division 2 at the first time of asking, and when the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League in 1982, Norton Woodseats were accepted into the new competition. They remained members of the NCEL until 1991 (being known as Dronfield United from 1984 to 1991), when they resigned from the league. A year later they joined the Central Midlands League before resigning from this league too after just three years and disbanding. Although the club was reformed to enter the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League in 1994, the club was on its last legs, and dissolved for good in 1996.

Notable former players

Players that played in the Football League either before or after being with Norton Woodseats -

League and cup history

Norton Woodseats League and Cup history[2][3][4][5]
Season Division Position FA Cup FA Amateur Cup FA Vase
1924–25
Sheffield Amateur League Division 2
/15
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-
-
1925–26
Sheffield Association League
/13
-
3rd Round
-
1926–27
Sheffield Association League
/14
Preliminary Round
1st Round
-
1927–28
Sheffield Association League
1st/14
-
1st Round
-
1928–29
Sheffield Association League
/15
1st Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1929–30
Preliminary Round
1st Round
-
1930–31
Preliminary Round
2nd Round
-
1931–32
1st Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1932–33
Preliminary Round
3rd Qualifying Round
-
1933–34
-
3rd Qualifying Round
-
1934–35
-
2nd Qualifying Round
-
1935–36
Preliminary Round
1st Round
-
1936–37
2nd Qualifying Round
2nd Round
-
1937–38
Sheffield Association League
1st
Preliminary Round
4th Qualifying Round
-
1938–39
2nd Qualifying Round
Semi-finals
-
1945–46
Sheffield Association League Division 2
1st Qualifying Round
2nd Round
-
1946–47
Sheffield Association League
/18
Preliminary Round
3rd Round
-
1947–48
Sheffield Association League
/20
Preliminary Round
3rd Round
-
1948–49
Sheffield Association League
/18
4th Qualifying Round
2nd Round
-
1949–50
Yorkshire League Division 2
5th/18
1st Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1950–51
Yorkshire League Division 2
4th/17
2nd Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1951–52
Yorkshire League Division 1
9th/18
2nd Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1952–53
Yorkshire League Division 1
11th/18
3rd Qualifying Round
4th Qualifying Round
-
1953–54
Yorkshire League Division 1
4th/18
2nd Qualifying Round
4th Qualifying Round
-
1954–55
Yorkshire League Division 1
2nd/18
2nd Qualifying Round
2nd Round
-
1955–56
Yorkshire League Division 1
13th/16
1st Qualifying Round
3rd Round
-
1956–57
Yorkshire League Division 1
7th/18
3rd Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1957–58
Yorkshire League Division 1
6th/18
4th Qualifying Round
2nd Round
-
1958–59
Yorkshire League Division 1
11th/18
3rd Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1959–60
Yorkshire League Division 1
6th/18
2nd Qualifying Round
3rd Round
-
1960–61
Yorkshire League Division 1
12th/18
-
2nd Round
-
1961–62
Yorkshire League Division 1
7th/16
1st Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1962–63
Yorkshire League Division 1
7th/16
1st Qualifying Round
2nd Round
-
1963–64
Yorkshire League Division 1
15th/16
2nd Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1964–65
Yorkshire League Division 2
12th/15
1st Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1965–66
Yorkshire League Division 2
1st/15
1st Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1966–67
Yorkshire League Division 1
12th/17
-
4th Qualifying Round
-
1967–68
Yorkshire League Division 1
14th/17
2nd Qualifying Round
1st Round
-
1968–69
Yorkshire League Division 1
15th/18
1st Qualifying Round
4th Qualifying Round
-
1969–70
Yorkshire League Division 1
15th/18
1st Qualifying Round
3rd Qualifying Round
-
1970–71
Yorkshire League Division 2
8th/14
2nd Qualifying Round
1st Qualifying Round
-
1971–72
Yorkshire League Division 2
13th/15
1st Qualifying Round
1st Qualifying Round
-
1972–73
Yorkshire League Division 2
13th/16
Preliminary Round
1st Qualifying Round
-
1973–74
Yorkshire League Division 2
16th/16
1st Qualifying Round
Preliminary Round
-
1974–75
Yorkshire League Division 3
4th/16
-
-
1st Round
1975–76
Yorkshire League Division 2
10th/15
-
-
2nd Round
1976–77
Yorkshire League Division 2
8th/16
-
-
Preliminary Round
1977–78
Yorkshire League Division 2
6th/15
-
-
3rd Round
1978–79
Yorkshire League Division 2
10th/16
-
-
3rd Round
1979–80
Yorkshire League Division 2
9th/16
-
-
1st Round
1980–81
Yorkshire League Division 2
9th/16
-
-
4th Round
1981–82
Yorkshire League Division 2
7th/16
-
-
1st Round
1982–83
Northern Counties East League Division 1 South
9th/14
-
-
2nd Round
1983–84
Northern Counties East League Division 1 South
13th/14
-
-
1st Round
1984–85
Northern Counties East League Division 1 South
3rd/16
-
-
-
1985–86
Northern Counties East League Division 1
15th/16
-
-
-
1986–87
Northern Counties East League Division 1
18th/18
-
-
-
1987–88
Northern Counties East League Division 1
16th/16
-
-
-
1988–89
Northern Counties East League Division 2
6th/14
-
-
-
1989–90
Northern Counties East League Division 2
13th/14
-
-
-
1990–91
Northern Counties East League Division 2
11th/13
-
-
-
1991–92
Central Midlands League Premier Division North
3rd/14
-
-
-
1992–93
Central Midlands League Premier Division
4th/19
-
-
-
1993–94
Central Midlands League Premier Division
3rd/15
-
-
-
1996–97
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 2
6th/15
-
-
-
1997–98
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 2
4th/15
-
-
-
1998–99
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 2
1st/12
-
-
-

Honours

League

Cup

Records

References

  1. "Coach & Horses Ground". sheffieldfc.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  2. "Football Club History Database – Norton Woodseats". fchd.info. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. Norton Woodseats WildStat
  4. British Newspaper Archive
  5. Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.
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