Kiveton Park F.C.
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| Full name | Kiveton Park Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Park | ||
| Founded | 1880 | ||
| Ground |
Hard Lane, Kiveton Park Sheffield | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Bob Poad | ||
| Manager | Chris Nelson | ||
| League |
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior Football League Division 2 | ||
| 2012–13 |
Central Midlands League North Division, 8th | ||
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Kiveton Park Football Club is a football club based in Kiveton Park, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They currently play in Division Two of the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League. Their home ground, Hard Lane, has been the venue for three Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup finals, and holds up to 2,000 spectators, with seating space for 200 in the main stand - built in 1968. The club has been known in the past as Kiveton Park Colliery and Kiveton Park United.
History
The club's official foundation year is given as 1892, although a Kiveton side has recently been found to have played in Sheffield football as early as 1880, and competing in the 1884 Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup. Its first club colours were believed to be red and black quarters. They were founder members of the Sheffield Association League in 1891 (being Chesterfield F.C.'s first league opponents on the first day of that season), and prior to the outbreak of the Second World War they played in other Sheffield leagues such as the Hatchard League and Sheffield Amateur League. The club won its first trophy in 1892 when winning the Sheffield Minor Cup, following up this success with Hatchard League titles in 1894 and 1896.
Kiveton's most famous sons, Harry and Herbert Chapman, played for the club during this era before going onto greater things - Harry became a Sheffield Wednesday legend while Herbert went on to become one of the most successful managers of all time. In 2004 the Sunday Times voted Herbert the greatest British manager ever.[1]
In 1921, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time - two years later they progressed to the 3rd qualifying round of the competition. Park rejoined the Association League in 1947 before moving onto the Yorkshire League in 1949. After suffering two disastrous campaigns at this higher level,[2] they moved into the Worksop & District League, where they stayed for the duration of the 1950s. By the early 1960s Kiveton were competing, and finding great success, in the East Derbyshire League (in 1961/62 they won seven trophies in one season), and so in 1963 they successfully applied to re-join the Yorkshire League.
They finally found their feet at the higher level, but became something of a yo-yo club, winning promotion to the First Division and being relegated back to the Second Division on four occasions during their stay in the league. This era also saw the club win the prestigious Sheffield Senior Cup for the only time (1972), and a run to the fourth round of the FA Vase (1981). When the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1981, Park were among the founder members of the new league.[3]
Kiveton spent nine seasons in the NCEL, before leaving for the Central Midlands League (CMFL) in 1991. The club won promotion to the Supreme Division in 1993 and finished 3rd in the league's top flight the following year. It was the high point of the club's 21 year stay in the league, a run interrupted in the late 1990s by a four year hiatus which seemed to have ended the game in the village. In 2005, just days after winning the inaugural Sheffield and Hallamshire Association Cup (a trophy they retained the following year), the club was relegated from the Supreme Division for their failure to install floodlights. It wasn't until the league formed North and South divisions in 2011 that the club regained step 7 status in the English football league system.
The year of 2013 was a busy one for the club. It decided, due to the cost of travelling to away games, to leave the CMFL, and join the more local Sheffield County Senior League (S&HCSL). The club entered the Second Division of the S&HCSL for the start of the 2013/14 season, with hopes of eventually reaching the Premier Division - a step 7 league. The year also brought much needed ground improvements thanks to a grant from the Inspired Olympics Legacy Fund.[4]
Notable former players
The following players played in the Football League either before or after playing for Kiveton Park. In 1940, Empire News reported that pro-rata, the village turned out more professional football players than anywhere in England apart from the Shropshire town of Oakengates.[5] Those in bold won a major honour or played for their country while a player or manager.
National cup records
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Honours
League
Hatchard League
- Champions - 1893/94, 1895/96
Portland Senior League
- Champions - 1901/02, 1902/03
East Derbyshire League
- Champions - 1961/62, 1962/63
Yorkshire League Division 2
- Champions - 1977/78
- Promoted - 1965/66, 1971/72, 1977/78, 1979/80
Northern Counties East League Division 2
- Promoted - 1986/86
Central Midlands Football League Premier Division
- Promoted - 1992/93, 2002/03
Cup
Sheffield & Hallamshire Minor Cup
- Winners - 1891/92
Aston-cum-Aughton Charity Cup
- Winners - 1902/03, 1903/04, 1904/05, 1906/07, 1907/08
Portland Charity Cup/Worksop Senior Cup
- Winners - 1903/04, 1908/09, 1913/14, 1920/21, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1953/54
- Runners-up - 1919/20, 1924/25, 1943/44
East Derbyshire League Cup
- Winners - 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63
Sheffield & Hallamshire Junior Cup
- Runners-up - 1962/63
Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
- Winners - 1971/72
Sheffield & Hallamshire Association Cup
- Winners - 2004/05, 2005/06
Records
- Best League performance: 3rd in Yorkshire League, 1968/69
- Best FA Cup performance: 3rd Qualifying Round, 1921-22
- Best FA Amateur Cup performance: 2nd Qualifying Round, 1946/47
- Best FA Vase performance: 4th Round, 1980/81
- Biggest attendance: 2,500 vs Bramley Sunnyside on 5 May 1962, Whitlam Memorial Cup final
Playing squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ↑ "The Greatest Manager Ever". The Sunday Times. 2004-01-10.
- ↑ "Kiveton Park Colliery". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- ↑ "Kiveton Park". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- ↑ "News about the Rotherham and Dearne Valley areas - Clubs to benefit from Olympic legacy". Rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ↑ Rotherham Advertiser, 28 November 1986
External links
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Coordinates: 53°20′23.20″N 1°15′30.34″W / 53.3397778°N 1.2584278°W