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Wombwell Town F.C. (1890s)

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Wombwell Town
Full nameWombwell Town Football Club
Founded1890s
Dissolved1900s

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

History

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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

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Wombwell Town (1890s) League and Cup history[1][2][3]
Season Division Position FA Cup
1895–96 Sheffield Challenge Cup League
1896–97 Sheffield Association League 1st qualifying round
1897–98 Sheffield Association League 2nd qualifying round
1898–99 Yorkshire League 1st/10 2nd qualifying round
1899–1900 Sheffield Association League 2nd qualifying round
1900–01 Sheffield Association League 1st qualifying round
1901–02 Sheffield Association League

Honours

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Records

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  • Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900

References

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  1. ^ Wombwell Football Club History Database
  2. ^ Wombwell Town WildStat
  3. ^ British Newspaper Archive