
By Neil Winsor
Full address:
The H.E. Barnes Stadium
Stonelow Road
Dronfield
S18 2EU
Admission:
Adults - £5, Concessions £3
Directions:
From Hull take the A63 / M62.
At J35 use the left lane to join the M18 which will in 25 miles lead you onto the M1.
In 3 ½ miles take the J33 exit onto the A630 and stay left.
In a further 3 miles use the left hand lane to take the A57 slip road to A6102/Ring Road/Worksop and at the roundabout take the second exit to stay on the A57 then take the next left onto the A6102 (Prince of Wales Road).
Continue straight at the next roundabout, and then left at the following roundabout at Mossbrook Infant & Junior School (B6057).
At the next roundabout turn left onto Dyche Lane (B6158) and turn right at the next roundabout onto Eckington Road.
Turn down Stonelow Road which is the fifth street on the left and then the first right onto Shireoaks.
The ground will be on the right hand side.
A brief history – Dronfield Town
A Dronfield Town existed in the mid-1890s but folded in around 1914.
Although the club was revived in the 1920s, they were dissolved shortly afterwards.
Another incarnation of the club in the 1950s also folded soon after being re-established.
The club was re-established again in 1973 as a Sunday league team, playing in the Sheffield Sunday League.
They continued until folding in 1996.
The modern club was originally formed as Dronfield Sports Junior Football Club, before becoming Dronfield Town when they moved to the Pioneer Club ground in 1998.
An adult team was established under the name Dronfield Cavaliers, but became Dronfield Town in 2001.
They entered the Hope Valley Amateur League in 2001.
They won the B Division in 2001–02, earning promotion to the A Division, which they won at the first attempt.
A third successive title was secured in 2003–04 when the club were Premier Division champions.
In 2005 they moved up to Division One of the Midlands Regional Alliance, which they won at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
The club went on to win the Premier Division in 2007–08, and in 2009 they moved up to the Premier Division of the Central Midlands League.
Dronfield's first season in the Premier Division division saw them finish as runners-up, earning promotion to the Supreme Division.
In 2011 league restructuring saw them placed in the North Division.
They won the League Cup in 2011–12 and were North Division champions in 2012–13, resulting in promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League.