Nostell Miners Welfare F.C.
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| Full name | Nostell Miners Welfare Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Cougar Park Crofton, West Yorkshire (Capacity 3000[1]) |
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| Chairman |  Granville Marshall |
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| Manager | Alan Colquhoun |
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| League | NCEL Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | NCEL Division One, 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nostell Miners Welfare are an English football club based in Nostell, near Hemsworth, West Yorkshire. For the 2007-08 season, they are members of the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division. The club play at Crofton Community Centre.
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[edit] History
Prior to the current club, a team under the name of Nostell Colliery Football Club played in the village during the 1890s and early 1900s; the team won the Wakefield and District League during this period.
The current club Nostell Miners Welfare Football Club was founded in 1928, after the purchasing of a plot of land to play on for £400, the location which they remain at today. The club won the Wakefield and District League during the 1937-1938 season.
Play was halted for World War II, but when the club returned they were successful in several colliery football competitions. In the late 1950s, the club toured Belgium and won a trophy on their tour. In the late 1960s, Nostell Miners Welfare continued their success in the Wakefield area eventually been brought up to the West Yorkshire League. The 1966-67 was a great one for the club, they won the West Yorkshire League and cup double.
By the early 1970s, they were back down in the Wakefield and District League. After a period of rebuilding of their squad, the club managed to regain the success of previous years and were promoted to the West Yorkshire League in 1982.
[edit] Recent times
The club worked their way up to the West Yorkshire League Premier Division to begin a successful period in their history. Alan Colquhoun took over as manager in the late 1990s, helping the club gradually improve in the league, becoming champions in 2004-05. They also appeared in the cup finals three consecutive times.
They finished well during the 2005-06 season, and as champions Leeds Metropolitan Carnegie were not applicable for promotion, Nostell Miners Welfare along with A.F.C. Emley were promoted to the Northern Counties East Football League Division One. This is the highest the club have ever been in their history.
[edit] Honours
- West Yorkshire League Premier Division
- Champions: 2004-05
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[edit] External links
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Armthorpe Welfare | Arnold Town | Brodsworth Welfare | Eccleshill United | Glapwell | Glasshoughton Welfare | Hallam | Lincoln Moorlands Railway | Liversedge | Long Eaton United | Maltby Main | Mickleover Sports | Nostell Miners Welfare | Parkgate | Pickering Town | Selby Town | Shirebrook Town | South Normanton Athletic | Thackley | Winterton Rangers |
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