Sherwood Colliery F.C.

Association football club in England

Football club

Sherwood Colliery

Full name

Sherwood Colliery Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Wood

Founded

2008

Ground

Debdale Park

Chairman

Mike Staton

Manager

Wayne Savage

League

United Counties League Premier Division North

2022–23

United Counties League Premier Division North, 6th of 20

Home colours

Away colours

Sherwood Colliery F.C. is an English football club based in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North. The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Nottinghamshire County Football Association.^[1] The club's nickname is The Wood.^[2]

History

The club was formed in 2008, although a club of the same name did compete in the FA Cup in the late 1940s and early 1950s.^[3] They joined the Central Midlands League in 2012, and entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2016 where they beat both Penistone Church and Clipstone both of higher divisions before being knocked out 3–2 by Westfields.^[4] The 2017–18 season saw the club finish as runners-up in the league and subsequently gain promotion to the East Midlands Counties Football League.^[5] The 2019–20 season saw the club enter the FA Cup for the first time, getting past Quorn F.C. in the extra preliminary round, before losing out to Loughborough Dynamo in a replay in the next round.^[4] In 2021, the club were promoted to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.^[6] The 2023–24 season saw Colliery promoted as champions to the eighth tier.^[7]

Ground

The club play their home games at Debdale Park.^[8]

Honours

League

United Counties League Premier Division North
- Champions: 2023-24 ^[9]
Midland Amateur Alliance Division One
- Champions: 2010-11^[10]

Cup

Central Midlands Football League Floodlit Cup
- Winners: 2016–17 ^[11]

Records

Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2016–17, 2019–20^[4]
Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 2021–22, 2023-24^[4]

References

^ Sherwood Colliery F.C. : Details: Sherwood Colliery F.C. : Details, accessdate: February 12, 2020
^ BBC Sport: FA Cup: Lottery winner Gareth Bull hopes Sherwood Colliery can cash in – BBC Sport, accessdate: February 12, 2020
^ Debdale Park: The Wycombe Wanderer: Sherwood Colliery – Debdale Park, accessdate: February 12, 2020
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sherwood Colliery at the Football Club History Database
^ The Bootiful Game: A Step 7 side have just been PROMOTED to EMCFL, 7 weeks after the season had ended! – The Bootiful Game, accessdate: February 12, 2020
^ "Sherwood Colliery FC, Sherwood Colliery FC Promoted to NCEL Prem for 2021/2022 Season". www.sherwoodcolliery.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ "Sherwood Colliery Champions". theucl.co.uk. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ Debdale Park: The Wycombe Wanderer: Sherwood Colliery – Debdale Park, accessdate: February 12, 2020
^ Sherwood Colliery FC: [1], accessdate: Mar 28, 2024
^ Football Club History Database : Midland Amateur Alliance: Football Club History Database : Midland Amateur Alliance, accessdate: May 19, 2020
^ Phoenix Trophies Floodlit Cup : Results: Phoenix Trophies Floodlit Cup : Results, accessdate: February 12, 2020

External links

Official website

United Counties League

2023–24
clubs

Premier Division North	AFC Mansfield Ashby Ivanhoe Belper United Boston Town Deeping Rangers Eastwood Heanor Town Hucknall Town Kimberley Miners Welfare Lincoln United Loughborough University Melton Town Newark and Sherwood United Pinchbeck United Sherwood Colliery Skegness Town Sleaford Town Wisbech Town
Premier Division South	Aylestone Park Bugbrooke St Michaels Cogenhoe United Coventry United Daventry Town Desborough Town Easington Sports Eynesbury Rovers GNG Oadby Town Godmanchester Rovers Histon Leicester Nirvana Lutterworth Town March Town United Newport Pagnell Town Racing Club Warwick Rugby Borough St Neots Town Wellingborough Town Yaxley
Division One	Asfordby Birstall United Blackstones Bourne Town Clifton All Whites Clipstone Dunkirk Gedling Miners Welfare Grantham Town Academy Harrowby United Holwell Sports Kirby Muxloe Leicester St Andrews Lutterworth Athletic Newark Town Radford Rainworth Miners Welfare Saffron Dynamo Sandiacre Town Selston Southwell City West Bridgford

Seasons

as Northamptonshire League	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34
as United Counties League	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

as Northamptonshire League