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