Worsbrough Bridge Athletic F.C.

Worsbrough Bridge Athletic
Full name Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) The Briggers
Founded 1923 (as Worsbrough Bridge St. James)
Ground Park Road
Chairman John Cooper
Manager Dave Mace
League Northern Counties East League Division One
2014–15 Northern Counties East League Division One, 16th

Worsbrough Bridge Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Counties East League Division One, at level 10 of the English football league system.

History

The club was formed in 1923 as Worsbrough Bridge St James in 1923[1] After the Second World War they were renamed as Worsbrough Bridge Athletic and then Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare in 1959. They played in a local Barnsley league until 1961, when they joined the Sheffield Association League.[2] They won the league title in 1965–66 and 1969–70 and also played in the FA Amateur Cup during the same era.

In 1971 they joined the Yorkshire League,[3] winning promotion to Division Two in their first year. The following season they lost in the final of the Sheffield Senior Cup to Worksop Town at Millmoor but were promoted again in the league, to Division One. They stayed in the Yorkshire League's top flight for three years before being relegated, and by 1979 they were back in Division Three. The club had entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1978.

When the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1982, Worsbrough were among the founder members of the new competition, being placed in Division Two South. They were subsequently moved around the NCEL following several league restructures, before winning promotion from Division Three to Division Two in 1986. In 1991 they won promotion again to reach Division One, and have remained at this level since. In 2006 they changed their name back to Worsbrough Bridge Athletic.[4]

Season by season record

Worsbrough Bridge Athletic League and Cup history[3][4][5]

Notable former players

Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Worsbrough Bridge Athletic –

Ground

The club plays on Park Road, Worsbrough, postcode S70 5LJ.

Honours

League

Cup

Records

References

  1. ↑ Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Pyramid Passion
  2. 1 2 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Northern Counties East League
  3. 1 2 Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 Worsbrough Bridge Athletic Football Club History Database
  5. ↑ Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.

External links

Coordinates: 53°31′33.70″N 1°28′18.36″W / 53.5260278°N 1.4717667°W / 53.5260278; -1.4717667

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