Stocksbridge Works
Full nameStocksbridge Works Football Club
Dissolved1986
GroundBracken Moor

Stocksbridge Works F.C. was an English football club located in Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

History

The club played in the Sheffield Association League before joining the Yorkshire League in 1949, entering the FA Cup for the first time in the same year. They won the Division 2 title in 1951, earning promotion to Division 1. The following season they won the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup and completed a double by winning the Yorkshire League title in their inaugural top flight campaign. They remained in the upper reaches of the league until the mid-1960s, winning the championship on a further six occasions establishing themselves as one of the most successful clubs in the league's history.

A year after their seventh title win in 1963 Stocksbridge slumped to relegation back to Division 2, and the following years would see them become a yo-yo club, being either promoted or relegated in 12 out of 16 seasons between 1963 and 1979. By the time the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland Football League to form the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1982, Stocksbridge had sunk to Division 3, and were to emerge in Division 2 South of the new competition.

The club lasted just four seasons in the NCEL, until in the summer of 1986 they merged with another local side, Oxley Park Sports, to form Stocksbridge Park Steels, a club which was then a member of the Northern Premier League.

League and cup history

Stocksbridge Works League and Cup history[1][2][3][4]
SeasonDivisionPositionFA CupFA Amateur Cup
1947–48Sheffield Association League--
1948–49Sheffield Association League--
1949–50Yorkshire League Division 27th/182nd qualifying round-
1950–51Yorkshire League Division 21st/174th qualifying round-
1951–52Yorkshire League Division 11st/181st qualifying round-
1952–53Yorkshire League Division 13rd/181st qualifying round-
1953–54Yorkshire League Division 15th/181st qualifying round-
1954–55Yorkshire League Division 11st/18--
1955–56Yorkshire League Division 11st/182nd qualifying round-
1956–57Yorkshire League Division 11st/184th qualifying round-
1957–58Yorkshire League Division 11st/183rd qualifying round-
1958–59Yorkshire League Division 15th/183rd qualifying round-
1959–60Yorkshire League Division 112th/181st qualifying round-
1960–61Yorkshire League Division 12nd/18--
1961–62Yorkshire League Division 11st/163rd qualifying round-
1962–63Yorkshire League Division 11st/161st qualifying round-
1963–64Yorkshire League Division 114th/161st qualifying round-
1964–65Yorkshire League Division 21st/151st qualifying round-
1965–66Yorkshire League Division 116th/161st qualifying round-
1966–67Yorkshire League Division 24th/17--
1967–68Yorkshire League Division 117th/17-
1968–69Yorkshire League Division 213th/17-2nd qualifying round
1969–70Yorkshire League Division 29th/18-
1970–71Yorkshire League Division 31st/15-Preliminary Round
1971–72Yorkshire League Division 29th/15-1st qualifying round
1972–73Yorkshire League Division 215th/161st qualifying round-
1973–74Yorkshire League Division 38th/16Preliminary round-
1974–75Yorkshire League Division 31st/161st qualifying round-
1975–76Yorkshire League Division 215th/151st qualifying round-
1976–77Yorkshire League Division 313th/16--
1977–78Yorkshire League Division 311th/16--
1978–79Yorkshire League Division 32nd/15--
1979–80Yorkshire League Division 216th/16--
1980–81Yorkshire League Division 35th/16--
1981–82Yorkshire League Division 36th/15--
1982–83Northern Counties East League Division 2 South5th/14--
1983–84Northern Counties East League Division 2 South11th/14--
1984–85Northern Counties East League Division 1 Central14th/16--
1985–86Northern Counties East League Division 310th/14--

Honours

Records

References

  1. ↑ Stocksbridge Works Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ Stocksbridge Works WildStat
  3. ↑ British Newspaper Archive
  4. ↑ Hawthorn, Fred (2009). The FA Amateur Cup : Complete Results. soccerdata.
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