Kilnhurst F.C.

The club was founded in 1877,^[2] its first competitive football coming in the Hallamshire Cup in 1880–81.^[3] The club had a successful 1890–91 season, winning the Sheffield & District League, going through the season unbeaten at home, and only losing 2 of its 14 league matches and finishing the season with nearly £8 cash in hand.^[4]

It had a fierce rivalry with Mexborough, one match in 1893 at Kilnhurst resulting in criminal proceedings, as when a fight broke out between players, a spectator climbed over a 2' 6" wire fence to join in, and provoked a general mêlée that took 20 minutes to clear; the original spectator was fined 10s .^[5]

A home FA Cup tie with Sheffield F.C. in 1896 attracted a crowd of 2,000 to their home ground.^[6]

The club was defunct by 1898, and did not play any fixtures in the 1898–99 season; the club committee still existed and tried to raise funds to pay off debts, with a view to re-starting in 1899 free from debt,^[7] but the attempt was unsuccessful, and a fresh club started up in 1902.^[8]