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Upton Colliery F.C.

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before joining the Yorkshire Football League in 1933. In the 1934–1935 season the club missed out on being league champions by goal difference alone. After the break in
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in the 1939–1940 season and competed in the competition every season between 1945 and 1960. The club reached the third qualifying round on three occasions.
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site. In 1949 the stadium facilities were apparently deemed not sufficient for the club to gain re-election to the
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after the 1946–1947 season. The club ceased to operate sometime around 1964, when the colliery itself was closed.
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football for the Second World War the club re-joined the Yorkshire Football League, before dropping down into the
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Upton Colliery was formed in 1931 as the colliery works team of Upton Colliery, and initially competed in the
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who jointly holds the record of scoring in 10 consecutive games in the
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The former entrance to part of the Colliery Ground recreation area.
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The club played at the Colliery Ground, located near to the
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Football Club History Database – Upton Colliery
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Home colours
association football
Upton, West Yorkshire
Yorkshire Football League

Upton Colliery
Yorkshire Football League
South Kirkby
Doncaster & District Senior League
Yorkshire Football League
Sheffield Association League
FA Cup
Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
Clarrie Jordan
Football League
Joe Shaw
Sheffield United
Charlie Williams
Yorkshire Football League
Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup
Sheffield Association League
FA Cup
"Football Club History Database - Upton Colliery"



Frickley Athletic Museum – Upton Colliery
Football Club History Database – Upton Colliery
Official Frickley Athletic museum and hall of fame website

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