Nickname(s) The Miners Ground Capacity 2,000 (150 seats) Manager Spencer Fearn | Ground Muglet Lane Chairman Wilf Race Founded 1916 | |
League Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division | ||
Maltby Main Football Club is an English football club based in Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division, at level 9 of the English football league system.
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History
The club, named after the local colliery, was formed in 1916. They made their FA Cup debut in 1920 while members of the Sheffield Association League. In 1925 and 1926 Main were crowned Association League champions.
After the Second World War they moved from the Association League to the Yorkshire League, where they spent six seasons in the bottom three of Division Two before resigning their membership.
The club soon folded, but before long it had been reformed as Maltby Miners Welfare, playing in local football before rejoining the Yorkshire League in 1973, entering Division Three. They won two successive promotions to reach Division One in 1975, but were relegated back to Division Two after just a single season. In 1978 Maltby won the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup by beating Mexborough Town at Belle Vue. They won promotion again in 1980, but again spent just one season in the top flight before being relegated.
When the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) in 1981, Maltby were placed in Division One South of the new competition. In 1989 the club installed follodlights, enabling them to win promotion to the NCEL Premier Division a year later. In 1993, under the stewardship of former New Zealand international Colin Walker, Maltby finished 4th in the leaue and won the NCEL Presidents Cup.
In 1996 the club changed its name back to Maltby Main. Maltby were relegated to the NCEL Division One in 2000 but reclaimed their Premier Division status in 2004, and have remained there since.
Notable former players
Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Maltby Main –
Ground
The club plays at Muglet Lane (with the ground entrance actually on Outgang Lane), Maltby.