Wakefield F.C.


Wakefield F.C. was an English football club based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The club was previously based in the village of Emley and was known as Emley A.F.C. from 1903 to 2002. The club was wound up in June 2014.

History

Paul Lines was appointed the manager of Wakefield on 9 December 2011 replacing general manager Mark Brier who was sacked earlier in week. He was joined in the dugout by Liam Sutcliffe as assistant manager.
Wakefield resigned from the Northern Premier League at the end of the 2013–14 season. and had planned to participate in the Northern Counties East Football League in the 2014–15 season with a view to returning to The Welfare Ground in Emley, where they were to share with AFC Emley. However the club informed the FA and the Northern Counties League on 21 June 2014 that they would not be competing in the forthcoming season ahead of the club being wound up.

Records

All-time leading scorer: Dan Ford 115 in 230 games.

Honours