Hemsworth West End F.C.

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Hemsworth West End
Full nameHemsworth West End Football Club
GroundWest End Ground, Hemsworth, West Yorkshire

Hemsworth West End Football Club was an English association football club based in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire. In the 1925-26 season the club reached the final of the Sheffield Challenge Cup, the oldest county cup in England and fourth oldest surviving cup competition in England.

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History

Currently, the first known record of the club is in the 1920-21 season, when the club were competing in the Hemsworth Charity League [1] and the Hemsworth Combination League simultaneously. [2] By the 1922-23 season the club were competing in the South Elmsall Football League [3] and by the 1924-25 season the club had joined the Barnsley Association League [4] and also the Hemsworth and District Football League. [5] The 1924-25 season was a hugely important one for the club, who secured four cup and league titles in the season. [6]

In the 1925 season the club were beaten finalists in the Sheffield Senior Cup. In the semi-final they easily beat Frickley Colliery [7] (who have won the cup a record 14 times) but were roundly beaten by Wath Athletic in the final at Tickhill Square. [8] The 1926-27 season saw the club continuing to compete in the Barnsley Association League [9] and reach the semi-finals of the Sheffield Senior Cup, beaten in extra-time by Ecclesfield. [10]

By this time the club were strong enough to have both a senior side and junior teams, so strong that boys from the club were selected for the Hemsworth Schoolboys team competing in the English Schools Shield. [11] The 1927/28 season saw the club win the Royston Charity Cup, Pontefract Infirmary Cup and Sides Football Cup, resulting in them playing a 'Cup Winners' final against South Kirkby Colliery, winners of the Doncaster Senior League. [12] By the 1928/29 season the club were still competing in the Barnsley Association League [13] and in the 1929/30 season the club won the Royston Charity Cup again [14] but a current lack of known records after this season makes it impossible to ascertain what year the club finally folded.

Ground

Not much is known about the West End Ground other than it formerly hosted finals of the Hemsworth Hospital Cup. [15]

FA Cup

The club first played in the FA Cup in the 1925-26 season, [16] reaching the fourth qualifying round at the first attempt, where they lost to Kettering Town. [17] The official FA Cup records for the 1925–26 season show that the Anston Athletic and Hemsworth West End was a 3-1 win to Hemsworth. However, many newspapers of the day printed reports that the game ended 3-3 and no replay seems to have ever happened.

FA Cup results

SeasonRoundOpponentResultReplay
1925–26 First qualifying round Flag of England.svg Bullcroft Main 0–0 [18] 2–0 [19]
Second qualifying round Flag of England.svg Rossington Main 4–2 [20]
Third qualifying round Flag of England.svg Anston Athletic3–1
Fourth qualifying round Flag of England.svg Kettering Town 5–0 [21]
1926–27 Preliminary round Flag of England.svg Maltby Main 3–3 [22] 2-1 [23]
First qualifying round Flag of England.svg Birdwell3–2 [24]
Second qualifying round Flag of England.svg Ardsley Athletic 1–1 [25] 3-2 [26]
Third qualifying round Flag of England.svg Brodsworth Main 3–0 [27]
1927–28 Preliminary round Flag of England.svg Hallam 1–1 [28] 4-2 [29]

Records

Notable players

The most notable player to have appeared for Hemsworth West End in their short history is centre forward William Coulson who transferred to Barnsley in the 1928-29 season. [31]

Honours

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References

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  2. ↑ "Summary of Results". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 8 November 1920. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "South Elmsall Notes". Star Green 'Un. 31 March 1923. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Sports Special". Star Green 'Un. 7 March 1925. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Doncaster Football". Star Green 'Un. 4 April 1925. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Hemsworth Team's Cup Record". Leeds Mercury. 4 May 1925. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "Sheffield Cup". Sheffield Independent. 15 February 1926. p. 9.
  8. ↑ "Senior Cup Final". Sheffield Independent. 15 March 1926. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Barnsley Bits". Star Green 'Un. 4 December 1926. p. 3.
  10. ↑ "Senior Cup Final". Sheffield Independent. 17 February 1927. p. 9.
  11. ↑ "Hemsworth Team For Second Round Replay With Scarborough". Sheffield Independent. 5 January 1927. p. 6.
  12. ↑ "Cup Winners V. Champions". Leeds Mercury. 10 May 1928. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "Junior Results". Sheffield Independent. 7 January 1929. p. 11.
  14. ↑ "Results and Tables". Sheffield Independent. 22 April 1930. p. 11.
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  16. ↑ "Summary of Results". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 2 November 1925. p. 4.
  17. ↑ "Week-End Football Outlook". Hull Daily Mail. 12 November 1925. p. 2.
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