Wombwell Town F.C. was an English football club located in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
History The club was formed in the early 1890s and entered their first league in 1895 when joining the Sheffield Challenge Cup League, before moving onto the Sheffield Association League and entering the FA Cup for the first time in 1896.
They entered, and won, the Yorkshire League in the 1898–99 season before returning to the Association League. The club became defunct in the early 1900s.
League and cup history Wombwell Town (1890s) League and Cup historyWombwell Football Club History DatabaseWombwell Town WildStatBritish Newspaper Archive Season Division Position FA Cup 1895–96 Sheffield Challenge Cup League – 1896–97 Sheffield Association League 1st qualifying round 1897–98 Sheffield Association League 2nd qualifying round 1898–99 Yorkshire League 1st/10 2nd qualifying round 1899–1900 Sheffield Association League 2nd qualifying round 1900–01 Sheffield Association League 1st qualifying round 1901–02 Sheffield Association League –
Honours
League Yorkshire League Champions: 1898–99
Cup None
Records Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900
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