Handsworth F.C. was an English football club based in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. They last played in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League, before merging with Parramore Sports F.C. in 2014 to form Handsworth Parramore F.C.
History The club was established in 2003, entering the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. In 2004–05, they finished third in Division Two,2004–05 Division Two Mitoo and were promoted to Division One. In 2007–08, they won Division One,2007–08 Division One Mitoo and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2009–10, they finished third in the Premier Division, and were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East Football League, winning the league in the 2011–12 season. However, Handworth were not able to be promoted to the Premier Division due to ground grading issues and instead had to move back down to the County Senior League.
In the summer of 2014, just weeks after winning the County Senior League Premier Division title for the first time, the club merged with Worksop Parramore to form Handsworth Parramore F.C. Five years later, the merged club dropped the Parramore suffix to become Handsworth FC.
League and cup history Handsworth League and Cup history Season Division Level Position 2003–04 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two 12 9th/15 2004–05 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two 13 3rd/12 2005–06 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One 12 4th/13 2006–07 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One 12 6th/14 2007–08 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One 12 1st/13 2008–09 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division 11 7th/13 2009–10 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division 11 3rd/12 2010–11 Northern Counties East Football League Division One 10 4th/20 2011–12 Northern Counties East Football League Division One 10 1st/20 2012–13 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division 11 4th/15 2013–14 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division 11 1st/14
Honours
League Northern Counties East Football League Division One Champions: 2011–12 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division Champions: 2013–14 Promoted: 2009–10 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One Promoted: 2007–08 (champions) Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two Promoted: 2004–05
Cup Northern Counties East Football League Presidents Cup Winners: 2011–12
Records Best League performance: 1st, Northern Counties East Football League Division One, 2011–12 Record attendance: 297 vs. Hallam, Northern Counties East Football League Division One, 2011–12
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