Sherwood Colliery F.C. Explained

Clubname:Sherwood Colliery
Fullname:Sherwood Colliery Football Club
Nickname:The Wood
Founded:2008
Ground:Debdale Park
Chairman:Mike Staton
Manager:Wayne Savage
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Sherwood Colliery F.C. is an English football club based in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. They are currently members of the . The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Nottinghamshire County Football Association.[1] The club's nickname is The Wood.[2]

History

The club was formed in 2008, although a club of the same name did compete in the FA Cup in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[3] They joined the Central Midlands League in 2012, and entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2016 where they beat both Penistone Church and Clipstone both of higher divisions before being knocked out 3–2 by Westfields. The 2017–18 season saw the club finish as runners-up in the league and subsequently gain promotion to the East Midlands Counties Football League.[4] The 2019–20 season saw the club enter the FA Cup for the first time, getting past Quorn F.C. in the extra preliminary round, before losing out to Loughborough Dynamo in a replay in the next round. In 2021, the club were promoted to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.[5] The 2023–24 season saw Colliery promoted as champions to the eighth tier.[6]

Ground

The club play their home games at Debdale Park.[3]

Honours

League

Cup

Records

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Sherwood Colliery F.C. : Details: Sherwood Colliery F.C. : Details, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  2. BBC Sport: FA Cup: Lottery winner Gareth Bull hopes Sherwood Colliery can cash in – BBC Sport, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  3. Debdale Park: The Wycombe Wanderer: Sherwood Colliery – Debdale Park, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  4. The Bootiful Game: A Step 7 side have just been PROMOTED to EMCFL, 7 weeks after the season had ended! – The Bootiful Game, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  5. Web site: Sherwood Colliery FC, Sherwood Colliery FC Promoted to NCEL Prem for 2021/2022 Season. 2021-09-17. www.sherwoodcolliery.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Sherwood Colliery Champions. theucl.co.uk. 6 April 2024. 16 April 2024.
  7. Sherwood Colliery FC: https://www.sherwoodcolliery.co.uk/news/ucl-premier-north-champions-2023-24, accessdate: Mar 28, 2024
  8. Football Club History Database : Midland Amateur Alliance: Football Club History Database : Midland Amateur Alliance, accessdate: May 19, 2020
  9. Phoenix Trophies Floodlit Cup : Results: Phoenix Trophies Floodlit Cup : Results, accessdate: February 12, 2020