Yorkshire Main F.C.

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Yorkshire Main
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Full nameYorkshire Main Football Club
Founded1960;65 years ago (1960)
GroundEdlington Lane, Edlington
Capacity20
ChairmanMatthew Wynne & Dominic Gibbs
ManagerRyan Ambler
League Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North
2024–25 Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North, 14th of 17

Yorkshire Main Football Club is a football club based in Edlington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. They play in the Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North.

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History

The club, representing the Yorkshire Main Colliery, claims to have been formed in 1925 as Edlington Rangers, [1] who did use the Yorkshire Main name for a two-year spell in the 1940s before folding in 1958.

A new Yorkshire Main Colliery FC was formed in 1960 [1] and entered the Doncaster & District Senior League. After two separate spells out (between 1967 and 1971, and 1977 and 1980), they returned to the league again in 1980, and subsequently won the Third Division title. A year later they joined the Sheffield Association League, winning the Division Two title. [1] In the summer of 1982 the Association League merged with the Hatchard League to form the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League (S&HCSL), and Yorkshire Main Colliery were placed in Division One, [1] eventually securing a league and cup double in the competition's inaugural campaign. [1]

On the back of their success in the S&HCSL, the club decided to join the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1983, [2] being entered into Division Two South. After two seasons of league restructuring, they found themselves in Division Two. In 1986 they became Yorkshire Main after the closure of the colliery. [1] In 1990 they won promotion to the NCEL Division One, and the following year they entered the FA Vase for the first (and only) time. [2]

The club dropped out of the NCEL in 1991 after finishing second bottom, and rejoined the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. [2] They spent seven seasons back in the S&HCSL, during which time they were relegated from Division One to Division Two, and in 1998 they decided to leave to join the Central Midlands League (CMFL), entering the Premier Division. [2]

They spent ten seasons in the Premier Division before winning promotion to the Supreme Division in 2008, only spending one year in the CMFL's top flight before being relegated back again due to the club's lack of floodlights. [1] This problem was rectified in 2010, and just a year later they won the CMFL Floodlit Cup, the CM Premier Championship, the Doncaster and District FA Challenge Cup and the League Cup. [1] The next season they were placed in the North Division when the CMFL restructured, but in 2013 Yorkshire Main left the league. [2]

They rejoined the Doncaster & District Senior League, finishing bottom of the Premier Division in their first season back in the competition. [3]

Season-by-season record

SeasonDivision Level Position FA Vase Notes
1960–61 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three
1961–62 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three
1962–63 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three10th/13
1963–64 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three5th/14Promoted
1964–65 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two12th/12
1965–66 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two9th/13
1966–67 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two
Club dissolved (1967) and reformed (1971)
1971–72 Doncaster & District Senior League Division ThreePromoted
1972–73 Doncaster & District Senior League Division TwoPromoted
1973–74 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One
1974–75 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One
1975–76 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One
1976–77 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One
Club dissolved (1977) and reformed (1980)
1980–81 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three1st/15League champions
1981–82 Sheffield Association League Division Two1st/15League champions, promoted
1982–83 Sheffield Association League Division One1st/15League champions
1983–84 Northern Counties East League Division Two South 6th/13
1984–85 Northern Counties East League Division One Central 12th/16
1985–86 Northern Counties East League Division Two 13th/16
1986–87 Northern Counties East League Division Two 15th/18
1987–88 Northern Counties East League Division Two 17th/15
1988–89 Northern Counties East League Division Two 18th/14
1989–90 Northern Counties East League Division Two 5th/14 Promoted
1990–91 Northern Counties East League Division One 12th/13 1R
1991–92 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One4th/11
1992–93 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One8th/14
1993–94 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One-7th/13
1994–95 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One-13th/14
1995–96 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One-13th/13Relegated
1996–97 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two-9th/15
1997–98 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two-7th/15
1998–99 Central Midlands League Premier Division9th/15
1999–00 Central Midlands League Premier Division10th/16
2000–01 Central Midlands League Premier Division16th/17
2001–02 Central Midlands League Premier Division18th/20
2002–03 Central Midlands League Premier Division17th/17
2003–04 Central Midlands League Premier Division14th/19
2004–05 Central Midlands League Premier Division1218th/19
2005–06 Central Midlands League Premier Division1215th/20
2006–07 Central Midlands League Premier Division1214th/19
2007–08 Central Midlands League Premier Division123rd/20Promoted
2008–09 Central Midlands League Supreme Division1110th/18Relegated
2009–10 Central Midlands League Premier Division124th/16
2010–11 Central Midlands League Premier Division121st/15League champions
2011–12 Central Midlands League North Division115th/17
2012–13 Central Midlands League North Division1116th/17
2013–14 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division148th/8
2014–15 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division144th/9
2015–16 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One154th/8
2016–17 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One151st/8League champions, promoted
2017–18 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division149th/10
2018–19 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division147th/8
2019–20 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division14-Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division147th/11
2021–22 Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division143rd/12
2022–23 Central Midlands League North Division119th/15
2023–24 Central Midlands League North Division115th/16
2024–25 Central Midlands League North Division1114th/16
SeasonDivision Level Position FA Vase Notes
Source: Football Club History Database

Notable former players

Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Yorkshire Main:

Ground

The club plays on Edlington Lane in Edlington, postcode DN4 9LT.

Honours

Records

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 History Archived May 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Yorkshire Main FC
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Yorkshire Main Football Club History Database
  3. Final table The FA

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