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Norton Woodseats F.C.

Norton Woodseats F.C.

Football club


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

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Honours

Records


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. Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.

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