NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wakefield And Emley F.C.

Wakefield F.C. are a football club based in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. A football team is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it association football (soccer), rugby, Australian football, American football, Gaelic football, or other version of football. ... Statistics Population: 79,885 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE335205 Administration Metropolitan Borough: City of Wakefield Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

They began in the village of Emley as Emley A.F.C. in the local Huddersfield District League, and graduated via the West Riding League to the UniBond League Northern Premier League. Emley is a small village in West Yorkshire between Huddersfield and Wakefield with a population of 1,867 according to the 2001 census. ... The Northern Premier League logo. ...

In 2000/01 season they moved from their original home, the Welfare Ground, to play at the bigger capacity Belle Vue in Wakefield. This was because the Welfare Ground could not extended due to a lack of planning permission.

They then changed their name to Wakefield & Emley FC to include the city of their home ground the following season. They then changed it to Wakefield-Emley FC in the summer of 2004 as Paul David took over the manager's job.

The 2005/06 season was a very difficult one for Wakefield-Emley FC, as players wages were cut by 50% at the end of December to stop the club from going into debt. Therefore, the club struggled and were relegated into the Northern Premier League First Division at the end of the season. The Northern Premier League First Division is an football league covering the north of England. ...

In June 2006 it was announced that the club would be vacating Belle Vue and moving to College Grove, the former home of the defunct Wakefield Rugby Club. Along with the move came a breaking of all ties to Emley as they changed their name to simply Wakefield F.C. // Wakefield RFC Wakefield RFC was an English Rugby Union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of professionalism. ...

In 2005 some former club officials formed AFC Emley, who are now playing in the Northern Counties East Football League Division One at the Welfare Ground. AFC Emley are a football club based in Emley, West Yorkshire, England. ... The Northern Counties East Football League Division One is a football competition based in England. ...

In 1998, Emley reached the third round of the FA Cup and played away against Premiership side West Ham United. Note: for the full results of all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... The West Ham United Crest West Ham United F.C are a professional English football club based in East London. ...

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