Mexborough Athletic F.C.

Mexborough Athletic
Full name Mexborough Athletic Football Club
Founded 1903 (as Mexborough Town)
Dissolved 1930s

Mexborough Athletic F.C. was an English association football club based in Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

History

The club was formed as Mexborough Town in 1903, and was the second team to take the Mexborough name, the first having been wound up three years earlier.[1][2]

They spent their first season in the Sheffield Association League, winning the league title at the first attempt. The club joined the Midland League in 1905 and would remain in the competition for the rest of their existence.

The Midland League was suspended for the duration of the First World War, but Mexborough rejoined the competition when hostilities ended. The club won its only Midland League title in 1926, the same year as they changed their name to Mexborough Athletic.[3] The following year they reached the First Round of the FA Cup, losing to Chesterfield at Saltergate.

Athletic would struggle on in the lower echelons of the Midland League until 1936, when after finishing bottom of the table, they resigned from the competition and disbanded.[4]

League and cup history

Mexborough League and Cup history[5][6][7][8]
Season Division Position FA Cup
1903–04
Sheffield Association League
1st/14
3rd Qualifying Round
1904–05
Wharncliffe Charity Cup League
5th Qualifying Round
1905–06
Midland League
5th/18
2nd Qualifying Round
1906–07
Midland League
6th/20
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1907–08
Midland League
17th/20
1st Qualifying Round
1908–09
Midland League
12th/20
4th Qualifying Round
1909–10
Midland League
20th/22
5th Qualifying Round
1910–11
Midland League
10th/20
2nd Qualifying Round
1911–12
Midland League
9th/19
3rd Qualifying Round
1912–13
Midland League
19th/20
Preliminary Round
1913–14
Midland League
17th/18
Preliminary Round
1914–15
Midland League
17th/20
1st Qualifying Round
1919–20
Midland League
5th/18
2nd Qualifying Round
1920–21
Midland League
17th/20
2nd Qualifying Round
1921–22
Midland League
6th/22
Preliminary Round
1922–23
Midland League
18th/22
2nd Qualifying Round
1923–24
Midland League
4th/22
2nd Qualifying Round
1924–25
Midland League
8th/15
Preliminary Round
1925–26
Midland League
1st/21
2nd Qualifying Round
1926–27
Midland League
5th/20
1st Round
1927–28
Midland League
17th/23
Preliminary Round
1928–29
Midland League
20th/26
3rd Qualifying Round
1929–30
Midland League
20th/26
3rd Qualifying Round
1930–31
Midland League
20th/24
2nd Qualifying Round
1931–32
Midland League
16th/24
1st Qualifying Round
1932–33
Midland League
21st/23
Preliminary Round
1933–34
Midland League
16th/17
Preliminary Round
1934–35
Midland League
15th/20
Preliminary Round
1935–36
Midland League
21st/21
1st Qualifying Round

Honours

League

Cup

Records

References

  1. ↑ The Boro' Matchday Magazine – Mexborough Town AFC programme, 18 October 1986
  2. ↑ Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 18 March 1903
  3. ↑ The Boro' Matchday Magazine – Mexborough Town AFC programme, 18 October 1986
  4. ↑ The Boro' Matchday Magazine – Mexborough Town AFC programme, 18 October 1986
  5. ↑ FA Cup Archive The FA
  6. ↑ Sportsman Rovers WildStat
  7. ↑ Mexborough Football Club History Database
  8. ↑ Mexborough Athletic Football Club History Database
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