Sherwood Colliery F.C.

Sherwood Colliery F.C. is an English football club based in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. They are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League. The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Nottinghamshire County Football Association.[1] The clubs nick name is The Wood.[2]

Sherwood Colliery
Full nameSherwood Colliery Football Club
Nickname(s)The Wood
Founded2008
GroundDebdale Park
ChairmanGareth Bull
ManagerWayne Savage
LeagueEast Midlands Counties League
2019–20East Midlands Counties League (season abandoned)

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 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]

Ground

The club play their home games at Debdale Park.[6]

Honours

Records
  • Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2016–17, 2019–20
  • Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary qualifying round, 2019–20

References
  1. Sherwood Colliery F.C. : Details: Sherwood Colliery F.C. : Details, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  2. BBC Sport: FA Cup: Lottery winner Gareth Bull hopes Sherwood Colliery can cash in – BBC Sport, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  3. Debdale Park: The Wycombe Wanderer: Sherwood Colliery – Debdale Park, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  4. Sherwood Colliery at the Football Club History Database
  5. 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
  6. Debdale Park: The Wycombe Wanderer: Sherwood Colliery – Debdale Park, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  7. Phoenix Trophies Floodlit Cup : Results: Phoenix Trophies Floodlit Cup : Results, accessdate: February 12, 2020
  8. Football Club History Database : Midland Amateur Alliance: Football Club History Database : Midland Amateur Alliance, accessdate: May 19, 2020

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