Askern Miners F.C.

Askern Miners

Full name	Askern Miners Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Miners
Founded	1924; 100 years ago (1924) (as Askern Welfare) 2020 (as Askern Miners FC)
Ground	The Welfare Ground, Askern
Capacity	2,000[1]
Chairman	Jo North
League	Doncaster Saturday League Division One
2022–23	Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division Two, 2nd of 13
Home colours Away colours

Askern Miners Football Club is a football club based in Askern, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Doncaster Saturday League Division One.

History

The club was established as Askern Welfare in 1924, playing in local Doncaster leagues for several decades. In 1967 Welfare won the Doncaster & District Senior League title for the only time in the club's history. In 1992 they finished as runners-up and chose to take promotion to the Central Midlands Football League (CMFL), joining the Premier Division.^[2] They won promotion to the Supreme Division in 2001, and in 2008 the club won the CMFL Supreme Division title.^[3]

Winning the CMFL earned the club promotion to the Northern Counties East League (NCEL), and they changed their name to Askern Villa.^[4][5] In their first NCEL campaign Askern finished third in Division One, just falling short of winning promotion to the Premier Division. They made their FA Vase debut in 2010 and made their one and only appearance in the FA Cup a year later, losing to Thackley in the Extra Preliminary Round.

In 2013 the club finished bottom of the NCEL Division One, conceding a league record 173 goals. They were relegated back to the Central Midlands League and changed their name again, this time to Askern. In their first season back in the CMFL, Askern finished second bottom of the North Division.^[6] In 2020, the club was renamed as Askern Miners FC and re-joined the Doncaster Saturday League.

On 13 May 2022, the club announced a merger with then Northern Counties East League Division One side F.C. Humber United, after the latter side were left looking for a new, "permanent home".^[7] This decision was reversed, however, on 31 May 2022, after a decision by the FA Leagues Committee that the merger could not go ahead.^[8] Askern Miners instead joined the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League.

Askern finished second in their inaugural County Senior League campaign, but withdrew from the competition in the summer of 2023, meaning the club's reserve team would become its first team, playing in the Doncaster League.

Season-by-season record

Ground

The club plays at the Welfare Ground, on Doncaster Road, Askern, postcode DN6 0AJ.

Gallery

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  Askern Villa's 96 seat main stand prior to NCEL division one match with AFC Emley. The stand was constructed to enable Askern to stay in the league.
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  Rose Lane covered stand and home and away dugouts either side.
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  Cricket pitch end and cricket pavilion with changing rooms underneath.

Honours

Records

• Best League performance: 3rd in Northern Counties East League Division One, 2008–09
• Best FA Cup performance: Extra Preliminary Round, 2011–12
• Best FA Vase performance: 3rd Round, 2011–12
• Record attendance: 865 vs. Doncaster Rovers, pre-season friendly, 2010–11^[5]

References

External links

• Official website

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