Wombwell Town F.C. (1890s) explained

Clubname:Wombwell Town
Fullname:Wombwell Town Football Club
Founded:1890s
Dissolved:1900s

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

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]
Season Division Position FA Cup
1895–96
1896–97 1st qualifying round
1897–98 2nd qualifying round
1898–99 1st/10 2nd qualifying round
1899–1900 2nd qualifying round
1900–01 1st qualifying round
1901–02

Honours

League

Cup

None

Records

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fchd.info/WOMBWELL.HTM Wombwell
  2. http://wildstat.com/p/1/club/ENG_Wombwell_Town_FC Wombwell Town
  3. http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ British Newspaper Archive