Beighton Miners Welfare F.C.

Beighton Miners Welfare
Full name	Beighton Miners Welfare Football Club
Founded	(as Beighton Recreation)

Beighton Miners Welfare F.C. was an English association football club based in Beighton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

History

They reached the First Round of the FA Cup in 1953, where they were beaten by Wrexham at Millmoor.^[1] During this era they were also members of the Yorkshire League and won the prestigious Sheffield Senior Cup on two occasions.

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Honours

League

Yorkshire League Division 1
- Runners-up: 1952-53
Yorkshire League Division 2
- Promoted: 1949-50
Hatchard League
- Champions: 1919–20 (shared), 1920–21

Cup

Sheffield Senior Cup
- Winners: 1939-40, 1955–56
- Runners-up: 1940-41, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1952-53
Aston-cum-Aughton Charity Cup
- Runners-up: 1903–04

Records

Best League performance: Yorkshire League Division 1, 1952–53
Best FA Cup performance: 1st Round, 1952-53

References

↑ Millmoor, Rotherham Steve's Football Stats
↑ FA Cup Archive The FA
↑ Beighton MW WildStat
↑ Beighton Miners Welfare at the Football Club History Database
↑ British Newspaper Archive (direct link required)

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