Norton Woodseats F.C.

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Norton Woodseats
Full nameNorton Woodseats Football Club
Founded1912
Dissolved1999
GroundCoach & Horses Ground (Dronfield, Derbyshire)

Norton Woodseats F.C. was an English association football club from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, but based for most of their existence in Dronfield, Derbyshire. [1]

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History

Formed in 1912, in their early years the club competed in local Sheffield leagues before entering the Sheffield Amateur League and then the Sheffield Association League, winning the latter in 1928. They entered the FA Amateur Cup for the first time in 1926 and the FA Cup a year later. They won the Association League again in 1938, and a year later reached the semi-finals of the Amateur Cup, losing to Willington at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough.

After the Second World War the club joined the Yorkshire League, gaining promotion to Division 1 in 1950. They finished as high as league runners-up in 1955, but were relegated back to Division 2 in 1964. Although they won promotion back to the Yorkshire League's top flight after two seasons, they struggled in the lower echelons of Division 1 for four years before being relegated again.

In 1974 they were relegated to Division 3, but won promotion back to Division 2 at the first time of asking, and when the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League in 1982, Norton Woodseats were accepted into the new competition. They remained members of the NCEL until 1991 (being known as Dronfield United from 1984 to 1991), when they resigned from the league. A year later they joined the Central Midlands League before resigning from this league too after just three years and disbanding. Although the club was reformed to enter the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League in 1994, the club was on its last legs, and dissolved for good in 1999.

Notable former players

Players that played in the Football League either before or after being with Norton Woodseats –

League and cup history

Norton Woodseats League and Cup history [2] [3] [4] [5]
SeasonDivisionPosition FA Cup FA Amateur Cup FA Vase
1924–25 Sheffield Amateur League Division 2/15---
1925–26 Sheffield Association League /13-3rd Round-
1926–27 Sheffield Association League /14 Preliminary round 1st round-
1927–28 Sheffield Association League 1st/14-1st round-
1928–29 Sheffield Association League /15 1st qualifying round 1st round-
1929–30 Preliminary round 1st round-
1930–31 Preliminary round 2nd round-
1931–32 1st qualifying round 1st round-
1932–33 Preliminary round 3rd qualifying round-
1933–34-3rd qualifying round-
1934–35-2nd qualifying round-
1935–36 Preliminary round 1st round-
1936–37 2nd qualifying round 2nd round-
1937–38 Sheffield Association League 1st Preliminary round 4th qualifying round-
1938–39 2nd qualifying round Semi-finals-
1945–46 Sheffield Association League Division 2 1st qualifying round 2nd round-
1946–47 Sheffield Association League /18 Preliminary round 3rd Round-
1947–48 Sheffield Association League /20 Preliminary round 3rd Round-
1948–49 Sheffield Association League /18 4th qualifying round 2nd round-
1949–50 Yorkshire League Division 25th/18 1st qualifying round 1st round-
1950–51 Yorkshire League Division 24th/17 2nd qualifying round 1st round-
1951–52 Yorkshire League Division 19th/18 2nd qualifying round 1st round-
1952–53 Yorkshire League Division 111th/18 3rd qualifying round 4th qualifying round-
1953–54 Yorkshire League Division 14th/18 2nd qualifying round 4th qualifying round-
1954–55 Yorkshire League Division 12nd/18 2nd qualifying round 2nd round-
1955–56 Yorkshire League Division 113th/16 1st qualifying round 3rd Round-
1956–57 Yorkshire League Division 17th/18 3rd qualifying round 1st round-
1957–58 Yorkshire League Division 16th/18 4th qualifying round 2nd round-
1958–59 Yorkshire League Division 111th/18 3rd qualifying round 1st round-
1959–60 Yorkshire League Division 16th/18 2nd qualifying round 3rd Round-
1960–61 Yorkshire League Division 112th/18-2nd round-
1961–62 Yorkshire League Division 17th/16 1st qualifying round 1st round-
1962–63 Yorkshire League Division 17th/16 1st qualifying round 2nd round-
1963–64 Yorkshire League Division 115th/16 2nd qualifying round 1st round-
1964–65 Yorkshire League Division 212th/15 1st qualifying round 1st round-
1965–66 Yorkshire League Division 21st/15 1st qualifying round 1st round-
1966–67 Yorkshire League Division 112th/17-4th qualifying round-
1967–68 Yorkshire League Division 114th/17 2nd qualifying round 1st round-
1968–69 Yorkshire League Division 115th/18 1st qualifying round 4th qualifying round-
1969–70 Yorkshire League Division 115th/18 1st qualifying round 3rd qualifying round-
1970–71 Yorkshire League Division 28th/14 2nd qualifying round 1st qualifying round-
1971–72 Yorkshire League Division 213th/15 1st qualifying round 1st qualifying round-
1972–73 Yorkshire League Division 213th/16 Preliminary round 1st qualifying round-
1973–74 Yorkshire League Division 216th/16 1st qualifying round Preliminary Round-
1974–75 Yorkshire League Division 34th/16--1st round
1975–76 Yorkshire League Division 210th/15--2nd round
1976–77 Yorkshire League Division 28th/16--Preliminary Round
1977–78 Yorkshire League Division 26th/15--3rd Round
1978–79 Yorkshire League Division 210th/16--3rd Round
1979–80 Yorkshire League Division 29th/16--1st round
1980–81 Yorkshire League Division 29th/16--4th round
1981–82 Yorkshire League Division 27th/16--1st round
1982–83 Northern Counties East League Division 1 South9th/14--2nd round
1983–84 Northern Counties East League Division 1 South13th/14--1st round
1984–85 Northern Counties East League Division 1 South3rd/16---
1985–86 Northern Counties East League Division 115th/16---
1986–87 Northern Counties East League Division 118th/18---
1987–88 Northern Counties East League Division 116th/16---
1988–89 Northern Counties East League Division 26th/14---
1989–90 Northern Counties East League Division 213th/14---
1990–91 Northern Counties East League Division 211th/13---
1991–92 Central Midlands League Premier Division North3rd/14---
1992–93 Central Midlands League Premier Division4th/19---
1993–94 Central Midlands League Premier Division3rd/15---
1996–97 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 26th/15---
1997–98 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 24th/15---
1998–99 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division 21st/12---

Honours

Records

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References

  1. ↑ "Coach & Horses Ground". sheffieldfc.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Norton Woodseats". fchd.info. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Norton Woodseats WildStat
  4. ↑ British Newspaper Archive
  5. ↑ Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.
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