South Kirkby Wednesday F.C.

Football club

South Kirkby WednesdayFull name| South Kirkby Wednesday Football Club

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Nickname(s)| The Wednesday
Founded| 1905 as The Faith Street Football Club
Dissolved| 1936
Ground| South Kirkby Wednesday Ground, South Kirkby, West Yorkshire
League| South Kirkby Football League

South Kirkby Wednesday Football Club were an English football club based in South Kirkby, West Yorkshire. The club were formed as The Faith Street Football Club[1] but were known as South Kirkby Wednesday by 1905 at the latest, when they were competing in the FA Cup alongside local rivals South Kirkby Colliery and a fledgling Frickley Colliery.[2] It is not known for certain where in South Kirkby the club played, though their ground was used by the Hemsworth and District Football Association to host cup finals and inter-league challenge games.[3] It is presumed that the ground, known simply as the South Kirkby Wednesday Ground, was located near to or on Faith Street in South Kirkby.

## League history[edit]

In 1905 the club signalled their intention to join the new Hemsworth League, run by the West Yorkshire Association[4] In the 1928/1929 season the club won the Doncaster Red Triangle League Division Two title.[5] but at the end of the 1929/30 season the club withdrew from the league.[6] In the 1930/31 season the club joined the South Kirkby Football League as founding members,[7] though in the 1931/32 season the club rejoined the Doncaster Red Triangle League briefly,[8] before returning to the South Kirkby League in the 1931/32 season.[9] In the 1933/34 season the club again returned to the Doncaster Red Triangle League[10] and the 1935/36 season saw the club return to the South Kirkby League[11] before folding.

## Other cup competitions[edit]

For many seasons between the 1920s and 1930s the club took part in the Doncaster Infirmary Shield cup competition[12] and the South Elmsall Challenge Cup.[13] In the 1933/34 season the club reached the semi-final of the Doncaster and District Junior Challenge Cup[14]

## Notable players[edit]

Notable former players include outside right J. Bennett who was signed for Rotherham United from the club in August 1933.[15]

## Honours[edit]

* Doncaster Red Triangle League Division Two
* Winners 1928–29

## References[edit]

1. ^ Coy, Steve (2004). Scars and Strikes: The History of Frickley Colliery 1903 to 1933.
2. ^ Coy, Steve (2004). Scars and Strikes: The History of Frickley Colliery 1903 to 1933.
3. ^ "To Oppose the Champions". Leeds Mercury. 28 April 1932. p. 9.
4. ^ "Hemsworth and District Football". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 17 August 1905. p. 12.
5. ^ "Doncaster Doings". Star Green 'Un. 30 March 1929. p. 6.
6. ^ "Football Difficulties". Leeds Mercury. 20 March 1929.
7. ^ "South Kirkby's Proposed New League". Sheffield Independent. 3 March 1930. p. 9.
8. ^ "Today's Games". Sheffield Independent. 7 April 1931. p. 10.
9. ^ "South Kirkby Football". Leeds Mercury. 15 August 1931. p. 9.
10. ^ "Doncaster Football". Sheffield Independent. 19 July 1933. p. 10.
11. ^ "South Kirkby League". Sheffield Independent. 10 February 1936. p. 8.
12. ^ "Doncaster Infirmary Shield". Sheffield Independent. 7 November 1934. p. 8.
13. ^ "Elmsall Notes". Star Green 'Un. 19 November 1932. p. 7.
14. ^ "Doncaster and District Clubs". Sheffield Independent. 24 March 1934. p. 7.
15. ^ "Midland League". Sheffield Independent. 28 August 1933. p. 8.

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* Hemsworth Miners Welfare
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* Brook Sports
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* West Yorkshire Association Football League
* Yorkshire Amateur League
* Craven and District Football League
* Halifax and District Association Football League
* Huddersfield and District Association Football League
* Wakefield and District Football Association League

Venues|

* Valley Parade
* Horsfall Stadium
* The Citadel
* Nethermoor Park
* The Shay
* Kirklees Stadium
* Elland Road
* Belle Vue

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* Bradford derby
* West Yorkshire derby

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