Shaw Lane A.F.C.

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Shaw Lane
File:ShawLaneAquaforce.png
Full name Shaw Lane Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Ducks
Founded 2012
Ground Shaw Lane, Barnsley
South Yorkshire
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Craig Wood
Manager Craig Elliot
League Northern Premier League Division One South
2015–16 Northern Premier League Division One South, 2nd

Shaw Lane A.F.C. 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.

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.[1] in 2011 to form Aquaforce Barnsley F.C.,[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Season by season record

Season Division Level Position FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase
Formed as Shaw Lane Aquaforce (2012)
2012–13
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division
11
1st/15
-
-
-
2013–14
Northern Counties East League Division 1
10
2nd/22
-
-
-
2014–15
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
9
1st/21
-
-
Quarter-finals
2015–16
Northern Premier League Division 1 South
8
2nd/22***
 Preliminary Round 2nd Qualifying Round
-
Changed name to Shaw Lane (2016)
2016–17
Northern Premier League Division 1 South
8
TBD
 TBD TBD
-
Season Division Level Position FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase

* League play-off winners
** League playoff runners-up
*** League play-off semi-finalists[3]

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.

  • ShawLaneAquaforce1.jpg

    The entrance to the ground

  • ShawLaneAquaforce2.jpg

    The main stand

  • ShawLaneAquaforce3.jpg

    The north end of the ground

  • ShawLaneAquaforce4.jpg

    The south end of the ground

  • ShawLaneAquaforce5.jpg

    The east end of the ground, with clubhouse and changing rooms

  • ShawLaneAquaforce6.jpg

    The main stand and north bank under the floodlights

Honours

Records

References

  1. ↑ Worsbrough Common Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ Aquaforce Barnsley Football Club History Database
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shaw Lane Aquaforce Football Club History Database
  4. ↑ http://www.nonleagueyorkshire.com/2016/04/24/wood-furious-fixture-schedule/

External links

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