Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Just Football MDC Stadium in Fitzwilliam.
History The club was established in 1981 after Hemsworth Colliery folded the year before.Club history Hemsworth Miners Welfare F.C. The new club joined Division Three of the Doncaster & District Senior League. A third-place finish in 1985–86 saw the club promoted to Division Two, and another third-place finish the following season resulted in a second successive promotion to Division One. In 1987–88 they were Division One runners-up, securing a third straight promotion and entry to the Premier Division.
Hemsworth won the Premier Division Cup in 1994–95, after which they joined the West Riding County League. In 1996–97 they won the Division title and the Division One Cup and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following year they won the Premier Division Cup, a feat repeated in 2001–02. In 2007–08 a fourth-place finish in the Premier Division was enough to earn promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. They were Division One champions in 2015–16, earning promotion to the Premier Division. At the end of the 2022–23 season the club were demoted to the Premier Division of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League after failing ground grading requirements.Hemsworth MW facing up to life outside NCE League after appeal against relegation fails Wakefield Express, 23 June 2023 In their first season in the league, they won the League Cup final, beating Dodworth Miners Welfare 5–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.
In 2025–26 Hemsworth were champions of the Sheffield & Hallamshire League Premier Division, securing promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League.
Season-by-season record SeasonDivisionLevelPositionFA CupFA VaseNotes1981–82Bentley League–––1982–83Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–14/15––1983–84Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–––1984–85Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–9/14––1985–86Doncaster & District Senior League Division Three–3/12––Promoted1986–87Doncaster & District Senior League Division Two–3/10––Promoted1987–88Doncaster & District Senior League Division One–2/12––Promoted1988–89Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–3/13––1989–90Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–5/13––1990–91Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–6/14––1991–92Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–4/13––1992–93Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–4/15––1993–94Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–2/14––1994–95Doncaster & District Senior League Premier Division–3/11––1995–96West Riding County League Division One–3/16––1996–97West Riding County League Division One–1/16––Promoted1997–98West Riding County League Premier Division–4/14––1998–99West Riding County League Premier Division–2/14––1999–2000West Riding County League Premier Division–2/14––2000–01West Riding County League Premier Division104/14––2001–02West Riding County League Premier Division105/14––2002–03West Riding County League Premier Division105/13––2003–04West Riding County League Premier Division106/14––2004–05West Riding County League Premier Division118/14––2005–06West Riding County League Premier Division1111/14––2006–07West Riding County League Premier Division118/14––2007–08West Riding County League Premier Division114/14––Promoted2008–09Northern Counties East League Division One1010/19––2009–10Northern Counties East League Division One107/18–1R2010–11Northern Counties East League Division One1016/20PR1QR2011–12Northern Counties East League Division One108/20EPR2QR2012–13Northern Counties East League Division One1013/22PR1QR2013–14Northern Counties East League Division One1017/22–2QR2014–15Northern Counties East League Division One103/22–2QR2015–16Northern Counties East League Division One101/21EPR2RPromoted2016–17Northern Counties East League Premier Division99/22PR2R2017–18Northern Counties East League Premier Division96/22EPR2QR2018–19Northern Counties East League Premier Division94/20EPR2R2019–20Northern Counties East League Premier Division9– PR1R League season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic2020–21Northern Counties East League Premier Division9– EP 1R League season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic2021–22Northern Counties East League Premier Division9 18/20 EPR 1QR 2022–23Northern Counties East League Premier Division9 8/20 Demoted2023–24Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division11 8/14 2024–25Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division11 2/14 2025–26Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division11 1/14 Promoted (champions)Source: Non-League Matters, FCHD
Honours Northern Counties East League Division One champions 2015–16 Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division champions 2025–26 League Cup winners 2023–24 West Riding County Amateur League Division One champions 1996–97 Premier Division Cup winners 1997–98, 2001–02 Division One Cup winners 1996–97 Doncaster Senior League Premier Division Cup winners 1994–95 Doncaster FA Challenge Cup Winners 1995–96 Sheffield Junior Cup Winners 1997–98
Records Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17 Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2015–16, 2016–17 Record attendance: 505 vs Kinsley Boys, 2007Hemsworth Miners Welfare Northern Counties East League Biggest win: 19–0 v Highfields Heaviest defeat: 1–10 v Blue Bell Most appearances: Stuart Clark, 811 Most goals: Stuart Clark, 377 Most goals in a season: Paul Crapper, 52 Most goals in a game: Damien Liddle, 10
References
External links Official website