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| Full name | Maltby Main Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Miners | |
| Founded | 1916 | |
| Ground | Muglet Lane,Maltby | |
| Capacity | 2,000 (150 seated)[1] | |
| Chairman | Kieron White | |
| Manager | James Kaye | |
| League | Northern Counties East League Division One | |
| 2024–25 | Northern Counties East League Division One, 10th of 22 | |
Maltby Main Football Club is afootball club based inMaltby,Rotherham,South Yorkshire. They are currently members of theNorthern Counties East League Division One and play at Muglet Lane.
The club was established in 1916 asMaltby Main, with the players all working atMaltby Main Colliery.[2] They joined theSheffield Association League in 1919 when it restarted afterWorld War I, and were runners-up in 1923–24 before winning back-to-back league titles in 1925–26 and 1926–27.[2] In 1929 the club dropped into the Rotherham Minor League. They transferred to theSheffield Amateur League in 1936 and were runners-up in their first season in the league, going on to win the championship play-off with a 2–1 win over Sheffield Training College. They returned to the Sheffield Association League in 1939, before moving to the Rotherham Association League in 1942, where they played until returning to the Sheffield Association League again in 1945.
In 1949 Maltby moved up to Division Two of theYorkshire League.[3] They finished bottom of the division in 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1952–53 and again in 1954–55,[3] after which the club dropped into the Rotherham Association League for one season before withdrawing from all competitions in 1956–57. They returned to the Rotherham Association League in 1957, before joining Division Three of theDoncaster & District Senior League the following year. A third-place finish in their first season in the league saw the club promoted to Division Two. In 1959 the club were renamedMaltby Miners Welfare. In 1960–61 they finished fourth in Division Two and were promoted to Division One, and in 1963–64 the club were league champions. They transferred to Division Two of the Sheffield Association League in 1965, winning the division at the first attempt to secure promotion to Division One.
Maltby were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 1967–68 season, having finishing second-from-bottom of Division One. The club subsequently folded in 1970, but were reformed in 1972 and joined Division Two of the Sheffield Association League. The following year saw the club rejoin the Yorkshire League, entering Division Three.[4] They were Division Three runners-up in 1973–74 and were promoted to Division Two. A fourth-place finish in Division Two the following season saw the club promoted to Division One.[3] However, they were relegated back to Division Two after a single season.[4] Although the club were promoted again in 1979–80, they spent only a single season in Division One before being relegated again.[4]
In 1982 the Yorkshire League merged with theMidland League to form theNorthern Counties East League, with Maltby placed in Division One South. They were moved into Division One Central in 1984, before being placed in Division Two the following year amidst league reorganisation.[4] Despite only finishing sixth in Division Two in1985–86, the club were promoted to Division One.[4] A fifth-place finish in1989–90 saw them promoted to the Premier Division. They won the league's Presidents Cup in 1992–93.[1] In 1996 the club reverted to their original name ofMaltby Main.[4]
Maltby were relegated to Division One at the end of the1999–2000 season. However, after finishing third in Division One in2003–04, the club were promoted back to the Premier Division.[3] They finished bottom of the Premier Division in2023–24 and were relegated to Division One.
Since 2024, the club has been sponsored by Yorkshire metal bandBring Me the Horizon, with club chairman Kieron White a close friend of drummerMatt Nicholls.[5] Their 2025–26 kits were designed by Nicholls and modelled by he andOli Sykes to promote the club.[6]
The club plays at Muglet Lane in Maltby. The ground has a capacity of 2,000, of which 150 is seated and 300 covered.[1] The record attendance of 1,500 was set in June 1991 for a friendly match againstSheffield Wednesday.[1]
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