Firbeck Main F.C.

Category	Sports
Dates	1923-1927: Langold built for Firbeck Colliery. 1935-36: first FA Cup entry. 1945-46: one season in the Yorkshire League. 1949-50: last FA Cup entry recorded.

The football club of Langold, Nottinghamshire, the village built in the 1920s for the miners of Firbeck Main Colliery: it played under the colliery's name in local Worksop leagues and the FA Cup, and spent one season, 1945-46, in the Yorkshire League.

The mining history in this record

Langold was built between 1923 and 1927 to house the miners of the new Firbeck Main Colliery, sunk from 1923. Its football club, Firbeck Main, also recorded as Firbeck Main Colliery, first appears in the FA Cup in 1935-36.

The club played in the Worksop leagues through the Second World War and joined the Yorkshire League when the war ended, finishing eighth of fifteen in 1945-46 before leaving after a single season. It went on entering the FA Cup until 1949-50, losing in the preliminary or first qualifying rounds to colliery and works sides such as Brodsworth Main, Rawmarsh Welfare and Staveley Welfare.

Legacy today

The club's record survives in the league and FA Cup tables. Firbeck Colliery closed on 31 December 1968, and many of its miners moved to Maltby, Manton, Shireoaks and Steetley.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each tagged with how solidly it's grounded and attached to the source(s) that support it. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

Firbeck Main F.C., also recorded as Firbeck Main Colliery, was a football club based in Langold, Nottinghamshire. (documented fact) ^1,2
It played one season in the Yorkshire League, 1945-46, finishing eighth of fifteen. (documented fact) ^1,2
It entered the FA Cup in 1935-36 and in each season from 1945-46 to 1949-50, never getting past the first qualifying round. (documented fact) ^1,2
Langold was built between 1923 and 1927 to house the miners of Firbeck Colliery. (documented fact) ³

Mines

Firbeck Colliery — Nottinghamshire
The football club of Langold, the village built for Firbeck Colliery's miners, playing under the colliery's name in the 1930s and 1940s.

Sources

(secondary) Firbeck Main F.C. — Wikipedia
(secondary) Firbeck Main Colliery — Football Club History Database
(secondary) Langold — Wikipedia

Record created: 18 September 2026 · Last researched: 4 October 2026