Yorkshire Main Football Club is a football club based in Edlington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. They play in the .

History The club, representing the Yorkshire Main Colliery, claims to have been formed in 1925 as Edlington Rangers,History Yorkshire Main FC who did use the Yorkshire Main name for a two-year spell in the 1940s before folding in 1958.

A new Yorkshire Main Colliery FC was formed in 1960 and entered the Doncaster & District Senior League. After two separate spells out (between 1967 and 1971, and 1977 and 1980), they returned to the league again in 1980, and subsequently won the Third Division title. A year later they joined the Sheffield Association League, winning the Division Two title. In the summer of 1982 the Association League merged with the Hatchard League to form the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League (S&HCSL), and Yorkshire Main Colliery were placed in Division One, eventually securing a league and cup double in the competition's inaugural campaign.

On the back of their success in the S&HCSL, the club decided to join the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1983,Yorkshire Main Football Club History Database being entered into Division Two South. After two seasons of league restructuring, they found themselves in Division Two. In 1986 they became Yorkshire Main after the closure of the colliery. In 1990 they won promotion to the NCEL Division One, and the following year they entered the FA Vase for the first (and only) time.

The club dropped out of the NCEL in 1991 after finishing second bottom, and rejoined the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League. They spent seven seasons back in the S&HCSL, during which time they were relegated from Division One to Division Two, and in 1998 they decided to leave to join the Central Midlands League (CMFL), entering the Premier Division.

They spent ten seasons in the Premier Division before winning promotion to the Supreme Division in 2008, only spending one year in the CMFL's top flight before being relegated back again due to the club's lack of floodlights. This problem was rectified in 2010, and just a year later they won the CMFL Floodlit Cup, the CM Premier Championship, the Doncaster and District FA Challenge Cup and the League Cup. The next season they were placed in the North Division when the CMFL restructured, but in 2013 Yorkshire Main left the league.

They rejoined the Doncaster & District Senior League, finishing bottom of the Premier Division in their first season back in the competition.Final table The FA

Season-by-season record Season Division Level Position FA Vase Notes 1960–61 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three – – 1961–62 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three – – 1962–63 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three – 10th/13 – 1963–64 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three – 5th/14 – Promoted 1964–65 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two – 12th/12 – 1965–66 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two – 9th/13 – 1966–67 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two – –Club dissolved (1967) and reformed (1971) 1971–72 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three – – Promoted 1972–73 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two – – Promoted 1973–74 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One – – 1974–75 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One – – 1975–76 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One – – 1976–77 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One – –Club dissolved (1977) and reformed (1980) 1980–81 Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three – 1st/15 – League champions 1981–82 Sheffield Association League Division Two – 1st/15 – League champions, promoted 1982–83 Sheffield Association League Division One – 1st/15 – League champions 1983–84 Northern Counties East League Division Two South – 6th/13 – 1984–85 Northern Counties East League Division One Central – 12th/16 – 1985–86 Northern Counties East League Division Two – 13th/16 – 1986–87 Northern Counties East League Division Two – 15th/18 – 1987–88 Northern Counties East League Division Two – 17th/15 – 1988–89 Northern Counties East League Division Two – 18th/14 – 1989–90 Northern Counties East League Division Two – 5th/14 – Promoted 1990–91 Northern Counties East League Division One – 12th/13 1R 1991–92 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One – 4th/11 – 1992–93 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One – 8th/14 – 1993–94 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One - 7th/13 – 1994–95 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One - 13th/14 – 1995–96 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One - 13th/13 – Relegated 1996–97 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two - 9th/15 – 1997–98 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two - 7th/15 – 1998–99 Central Midlands League Premier Division – 9th/15 – 1999–00 Central Midlands League Premier Division – 10th/16 – 2000–01 Central Midlands League Premier Division – 16th/17 – 2001–02 Central Midlands League Premier Division – 18th/20 – 2002–03 Central Midlands League Premier Division – 17th/17 – 2003–04 Central Midlands League Premier Division – 14th/19 – 2004–05 Central Midlands League Premier Division 12 18th/19 – 2005–06 Central Midlands League Premier Division 12 15th/20 – 2006–07 Central Midlands League Premier Division 12 14th/19 – 2007–08 Central Midlands League Premier Division 12 3rd/20 – Promoted 2008–09 Central Midlands League Supreme Division 11 10th/18 – Relegated 2009–10 Central Midlands League Premier Division 12 4th/16 – 2010–11 Central Midlands League Premier Division 12 1st/15 – League champions 2011–12 Central Midlands League North Division 11 5th/17 – 2012–13 Central Midlands League North Division 11 16th/17 – 2013–14 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division 14 8th/8 – 2014–15 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division 14 4th/9 – 2015–16 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One 15 4th/8 – 2016–17 Doncaster & District Senior League Division One 15 1st/8 – League champions, promoted 2017–18 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division 14 9th/10 – 2018–19 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division 14 7th/8 – 2019–20 Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division 14 - – Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division 14 7th/11 – 2021–22 Doncaster Saturday League Premier Division 14 3rd/12 – 2022–23 Central Midlands League North Division 11 9th/15 – 2023–24 Central Midlands League North Division 11 5th/16 – 2024–25 Central Midlands League North Division 11 14th/16 – Season Division Level Position FA Vase NotesSource: Football Club History Database

Notable former players Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Yorkshire Main: Glynn Snodin Joe Harvey

Ground The club plays on Edlington Lane in Edlington, postcode DN4 9LT.

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Honours

League Northern Counties East League Division Two Promoted: 1989–90 Central Midlands League Premier Division Champions: 2010–11 Promoted: 2007–08 Sheffield Association League Division One Champions: 1982–83 Sheffield Association League Division Two Promoted: 1981–82 (champions) Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three Champions: 1980–81

Records Best League performance: 12th in Northern Counties East League Division One, 1990–91 Best FA Vase performance: 1st Round, 1990–91

References

External links Official website