Nickname(s) The Ducks Chairman Craig Wood Ground Barnsley | Ground Capacity 1,300 Manager Craig Elliott Founded 2012 | |
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Full name Shaw Lane Association Football Club 2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South, 2nd League Northern Counties East Football League Division One | ||
Shaw Lane Association Football Club is a football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, at level 8 of the English football league system.
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History
Although formed in 2012, the club traces its history to 1991. That year, an U11 team was formed at the Shaw Lane sports complex in Barnsley. The next decade saw the club gradually expand and in 2004 they became part of the Shaw Lane Community Sports Association. The senior team merged with Worsbrough Common F.C. in 2011 to form Aquaforce Barnsley F.C., taking Worsbrough's Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Division One place and winning promotion to the Premier Division in 2012. Aquaforce Barnsley then merged with Barugh F.C., another ailing local team, to form Shaw Lane Aquaforce.
In their first season, the club won the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division, winning promotion to the Northern Counties East League (NCEL) Division One. A year later, their rise continued when they finished runners-up in the NCEL Division One, winning promotion to the Premier Division. This was followed by the club winning the Premier Division in the 2014–15 season and gaining promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One South.
In the middle of 2016 the club changed its name to Shaw Lane to fall in line with FA kit and advertising regulations which prohibit the use of sponsored names above a certain level.
Season by season record
* League play-off winners
** League playoff runners-up
*** League play-off semi-finalists
Notable former players
Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Shaw Lane Aquaforce –
Ground
The club plays at the Shaw Lane Sports Complex on Shaw Lane, Barnsley, postcode S70 6HZ.
Gallery
A series of images taken during the Shaw Lane Aquaforce vs. Sheffield Wednesday U21 match, 8 September 2014.