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| Full name | Swallownest Football Club | |
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| Nickname | Swall | |
| Founded | 2006; 19 years ago (2006) | |
| Ground | Miners Welfare Ground,Swallownest | |
| Chairman | Louise Pink | |
| Manager | Brad Jones | |
| League | United Counties League Division One | |
| 2024–25 | Northern Counties East League Division One, 16th of 22 (transferred) | |
Swallownest F.C. is anEnglishfootball club based inSwallownest,Rotherham,South Yorkshire. They are currently members of theUnited Counties League Division One.
The club first entered senior league football asAston[1] in 2006, playing in theSouth Yorkshire Amateur League (SYAL). They won promotion from Division 1 in their first year and followed that up by winning the SYAL title a year later.
In the summer of 2008 they were admitted to theSheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League (S&HCSL), starting in Division Two. They won two successive promotions to reach the County Senior League Premier Division by 2010, when they changed their name toSwallownest Miners Welfare.[2] Aprevious team representing the Miners Welfare had competed in theYorkshire League during the 1960s. In their first season at Step 7 of theNational League System, the new Miners Welfare FC clinched the County Senior League championship remaining unbeaten all season.
In 2014/15 they applied for promotion to theNorthern Counties East League (NCEL) but ultimately failed to pass a ground grading inspection, and in 2015/16 (the year they were renamed as simplySwallownest[3]) they finished in too low a position to attain promotion. Finally, after winning the S&HCSL Premier Division for a second time in 2017, they won promotion to the NCEL Division One.[4]
Following a very indifferent start to the 23/24 season "Swall" find themselves rooted to the bottom of the league after 14 games, 7 points adrift with those around them having played less games. The club seem to be stuffering from the hangover following last seasons brilliant attempts to avoid relegation. Aswift change or upturn in results is very much needed as the cold nights draw in.
The club originally played at the Leonard Kyte ground in the neighbouring village ofAughton. Upon joining theSheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League in 2008, the club moved to the Swallownest Miners Welfare ground on Sheffield Road, where they have remained since, the ground is nicknamed "The Swall Siro".
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