Yorkshire Main
Full nameYorkshire Main Football Club
Founded1960 (1960)
GroundEdlington Lane, Edlington
Capacity20
ChairmanMatthew Wynne
ManagerGavin Smith
LeagueCentral Midlands League North Division
2022–23Central Midlands League North Division, 9th of 15

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

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

SeasonDivisionLevelPositionFA VaseNotes
1960–61Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three––
1961–62Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three––
1962–63Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–10th/13–
1963–64Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–5th/14–Promoted
1964–65Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two–12th/12–
1965–66Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two–9th/13–
1966–67Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two––
Club dissolved (1967) and reformed (1971)
1971–72Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three––Promoted
1972–73Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two––Promoted
1973–74Doncaster & District Senior League Division One––
1974–75Doncaster & District Senior League Division One––
1975–76Doncaster & District Senior League Division One––
1976–77Doncaster & District Senior League Division One––
Club dissolved (1977) and reformed (1980)
1980–81Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–1st/15–League champions
1981–82Sheffield Association League Division Two–1st/15–League champions, promoted
1982–83Sheffield Association League Division One–1st/15–League champions
1983–84Northern Counties East League Division Two South–6th/13–
1984–85Northern Counties East League Division One Central–12th/16–
1985–86Northern Counties East League Division Two–13th/16–
1986–87Northern Counties East League Division Two–15th/18–
1987–88Northern Counties East League Division Two–17th/15–
1988–89Northern Counties East League Division Two–18th/14–
1989–90Northern Counties East League Division Two–5th/14–Promoted
1990–91Northern Counties East League Division One–12th/131R
1991–92Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One–4th/11–
1992–93Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One–8th/14–
1993–94Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One-7th/13–
1994–95Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One-13th/14–
1995–96Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One-13th/13–Relegated
1996–97Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two-9th/15–
1997–98Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two-7th/15–
1998–99Central Midlands League Premier Division–9th/15–
1999–00Central Midlands League Premier Division–10th/16–
2000–01Central Midlands League Premier Division–16th/17–
2001–02Central Midlands League Premier Division–18th/20–
2002–03Central Midlands League Premier Division–17th/17–
2003–04Central Midlands League Premier Division–14th/19–
2004–05Central Midlands League Premier Division1218th/19–
2005–06Central Midlands League Premier Division1215th/20–
2006–07Central Midlands League Premier Division1214th/19–
2007–08Central Midlands League Premier Division123rd/20–Promoted
2008–09Central Midlands League Supreme Division1110th/18–Relegated
2009–10Central Midlands League Premier Division124th/16–
2010–11Central Midlands League Premier Division121st/15–League champions
2011–12Central Midlands League North Division115th/17–
2012–13Central Midlands League North Division1116th/17–
2013–14Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division148th/8–
2014–15Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division144th/9–
2015–16Doncaster & District Senior League Division One154th/8–
2016–17Doncaster & District Senior League Division One151st/8–League champions, promoted
2017–18Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division149th/10–
2018–19Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division147th/8–
2019–20Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division14-–Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division147th/11–
2021–22Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division143rd/12–
2022–23Central Midlands League North Division119th/15–
SeasonDivisionLevelPositionFA VaseNotes
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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