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| Full name | Sherwood Colliery Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Wood | ||
| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Ground | Debdale Park | ||
| Chairman | Mike Staton | ||
| Manager | Wayne Savage | ||
| League | United Counties League Premier Division North | ||
| 2024–25 | Northern Premier League Division One East, 20th of 22 (relegated) | ||
Sherwood Colliery F.C. is anEnglishfootball club based inMansfield Woodhouse,Nottinghamshire. They are currently members of theUnited Counties League Premier Division North. The club is aFA Charter Standard Club affiliated to theNottinghamshire County Football Association.[1] The club's nickname isThe Wood.[2]
The club was formed in 2008, although a club of the same name did compete in theFA Cup in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[3] They joined theCentral Midlands League in 2012, and entered theFA Vase for the first time in 2016 where they beat bothPenistone Church andClipstone both of higher divisions before being knocked out 3–2 byWestfields.[4] The 2017–18 season saw the club finish as runners-up in the league and subsequently gain promotion to theEast Midlands Counties Football League.[5] The 2019–20 season saw the club enter theFA Cup for the first time, getting pastQuorn F.C. in the extra preliminary round, before losing out toLoughborough Dynamo in a replay in the next round.[4] In 2021, the club were promoted to the Premier Division of theNorthern Counties East League based on their results in the abandoned2019–20 and2020–21 seasons.[6] The2023–24 season saw Colliery promoted as champions to the eighth tier.[7] They were, however, relegated straight back, finishing 20th in the 2024-25 Season in theNorthern Premier League.
The club play their home games at Debdale Park.[3]
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