Club Thorne Colliery F.C.

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Club Thorne Colliery
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Club Thorne badge, 2021
Full nameClub Thorne Colliery
Nickname(s)Colls
Founded1927
GroundChesterfield Poultry Stadium, Moorends
Capacity1,200
League Northern Counties East League Division One
2023–24 Humber Premier League Premier Division, 1st of 16 (promoted)

Club Thorne Colliery (formerly Thorne Colliery F.C.) [1] is a football club based in Moorends, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Division One and play at the Chesterfield Poultry Stadium.

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History

Little is known of the formation of the club, but Thorne first came to the limelight in 1927, then they reached the 3rd qualifying round of the FA Cup in their debut campaign in the competition. [2] Five years later they joined the Yorkshire League, finishing as high as 4th in the years before the Second World War. [3]

They re-joined the Yorkshire League after the war and finished as runners-up in 1946. A year they went one better, being crowned as league champions. They were relegated to Division Two in 1950 but won promotion back to the top flight four years later. Their stay in Division One would only last another year before being relegated again, but their yo-yo status continued when they were promoted back again in 1956. Following another relegation in 1958, Thorne wouldn't get back to Division One again until 1966.

After another relegation in 1970, the club embarked on a decade of tough times which saw them relegated again to Division Three in 1974, remaining in the basement division for five years. Between 1978 and 1982 they went through a remarkable period where they won back-to-back promotions to reach Division One, before then going through back-to-back relegations to find themselves back in Division Three.

Their last relegation came at the wrong time, as the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League (NCEL), with Thorne being placed in Division Two North of the new competition. They only remained in the NCEL for five years before resigning and joining the Doncaster & District Senior League. They won the Doncaster League in all five years they stayed in the competition, before joining the Central Midlands League (CMFL) in 1993.

They won promotion to the top flight of the CMFL in 1995 but spent only three seasons in the Supreme Division before being relegated back to the Premier Division, remaining at that level until 2011, when they were placed in the North Division of the newly restructured CMFL.

In 2020, the club began improvements at the ground with a new roof to the main stand and for the first time in the club's history floodlights were installed. In 2021 they merged with the local junior team Moorends Hornets & Stingers to become Club Thorne, forming a development team, an Under 21's team and junior teams. This merge saw the release of the new club logo and a change from blue and white stripes to blue and black stripes to incorporate the main colours of both clubs.

The club is moving forward at an impressive rate. In 2021-22 the club missed out on promotion by losing on the final day of the season to Retford United knowing that three points would have secured the CMFL title and promotion to the NCEL. The following season they again finished third but won silverware by securing their first trophy since 1993 by beating Staveley Miners Welfare Reserves in the Central Midlands Floodlit Cup. The decision was made to switch to the Humber Premier League for the 2023–24 season and it paid off as the Championship was secured by an 8-point margin with only 4 league defeats all season. This brought promotion back to the NCEL, returning to that league after a 38-year hiatus.

Season-by-season record

Notable former players

Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Thorne Colliery:

Ground

The club plays at the Chesterfield Poultry Stadium, on Grange Road, Moorends, postcode DN8 4NA.

Honours

Records

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References

  1. ↑ "Thorne Colliery announce new name and junior club merger". Doncaster Free Press. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Thorne Colliery WildStat
  3. ↑ Thorne Colliery Football Club History Database

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