Shelley Community Football Club is a football club based in Shelley near Huddersfield, England but play in Kirkburton. They were most recently members of the 2024-25 Northern Counties East League having been moved from the North West Counties Football League in 2024, but resigned from the league in April 2025https://www.ncefl.org.uk/news/nceldivisionone/2024/6485-shelleyresignfromnls/ and play at The Stafflex Arena at Storthes Hall Park. They are now members of . The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association.Shelley : Details: Shelley : Details, access-date: 29 February 2020
History
The club was founded in 1903.Storthes Hall Park: The Wycombe Wanderer: Shelley – Storthes Hall Park, access-date: 29 February 2020 The club started their first season in the Huddersfield and District League.Examiner Live: Shelley football club reveals Storthes Hall expansion plan – Examiner Live, access-date: 29 February 2020 The second season in the Huddersfield & District league, saw the club pick up their first silverware when they finished as champions of Division 2 Section A, however they lost the play off for promotion to Section B winners Meltham.Championship Play-Off Final 1904/5: Championship Play-Off Final 1904/5, access-date: 29 February 2020 The club would then have to wait over twenty years for anymore success in the league, when they won the Division Two title in 1928–29.The story...: The story..., access-date: 29 February 2020 Another long wait was required for more silverware, when 31 years later they clinched the Division Three title, something they would repeat again in the 1986–87 season. Before their last title win in the Huddersfield and District league the club had folded in 1972, only returning to life for the 1980–81 season.Welcome to Shelley FC: NWCFL | Welcome to Shelley FC, access-date: 29 February 2020
Up until the end of 2010–11 season the club had stayed in the Huddersfield and District league, but the following season the club joined Division Two of the West Yorkshire League, going on to win the division at their first attempt and gaining promotion to Division one. The following season the club gained promotion to the Premier division when they finished as runners up. The club would then spend the next few seasons in the Premier division of the West Yorkshire league, until the end of the 2017–18 season, when they then joined Division one North of the North West Counties League.Stafflex: Shelley FC improve Stafflex Arena facilities for move to North West Counties League – Stafflex, access-date: 29 February 2020 Their first season in the North West Counties league, saw the club also make their debut in the FA Vase, making it to the second qualifying round, before being knocked out by Cammell Laird 1907.
In 2020 Shelley resigned from the North West Counties League, with their reserve team, then in Division One of the West Yorkshire Association Football League becoming the new first team. They finished second in WYL Division One in 2021–22, earning promotion to the Premier Division. The following season they finished in 5th place but were elevated back to the North West Counties League, after one season back in the NWCL and after finishing second bottom Shelley were transferred laterally to Division 1 of the NCEL for the 2024–25 season. In April 2025, Shelley once again resigned from the NLS, the second time in 5 years the club has pulled out of semi professional football.
Season-by-season record Season Division Level Position FA Cup FA Vase Notes2009–10Huddersfield & District League Division Four171/11––2010–11Huddersfield & District League Division Three161/12––2011–12West Yorkshire Association League Division Two121/16 – – Promoted2012–13West Yorkshire Association League Division One122/15 – – Promoted2013–14West Yorkshire Association League Premier Division1112/16 – –2014–15West Yorkshire Association League Premier Division1110/16 – –2015–16West Yorkshire Association League Premier Division1111/15 – –2016–17West Yorkshire Association League Premier Division118/16 – –2017–18West Yorkshire Association League Premier Division1110/16 – – Promoted2018–19North West Counties League Division One North1012/20 – 2QR2019–20North West Counties League Division One North10 – – 1QRSeason abandoned2020–21North West Counties League Division One North10Withdrew EPR 2QRResigned2021–22West Yorkshire League Division One122/15 – – Promoted2022–23West Yorkshire League Premier Division115/16 – – Promoted2023–24North West Counties League Division One North1017/18 – – Transferred2024–25Northern Counties East League Division One1017/22 – – Resigned2025–26Yorkshire Amateur League Premier Division 12 3/14 – – Promoted2025–26Yorkshire Amateur League Supreme Division 11 – – Season Division Level Position FA Cup FA Vase NotesSource: Football Club History Database
Ground
Since 2011 the club has played its home games at Stafflex Arena, which is Shared with Huddersfield Town W.F.C. within the Storthes Hall Park which sits in the grounds of the old Storthes Hall Hospital. The club's original ground was Back Lane in Shelley, moving to Westerley Lane in the 1950s and then Skelmanthorpe Rec in 2000.
Current squad As of 16 September 2026
Football Management Head of Football Operations: Sam Taylor Manager: Dom Webster First Team Coach/Performance Analyst : Anthony Munday Goalkeeping Coach/Kit Manager: Dan Jennings
Honours West Yorkshire Association League Division Two champions 2011–12 Huddersfield and District League Division Two champions 1928–29, 2000–01 Division Two Section A champions 1904–05 Division Three champions 1960–61, 1986–87, 2010–11 Division Four champions 2009–10 Groom Cup winners 1960–61, 2009–10, 2010–11 Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA Trophy 2025–26
Records Best League performance: 12th in North West Counties Football League Division One North (level 10) 2018-19 Best FA Cup performance: Extra Preliminary Round 2020-21 Best FA Vase performance: 2nd Qualifying Round 2018-19 & 2020-21
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