THE CLUB WAS FORMED IN 1926 AS PART OF THE COLLIERY WELFARE SCHEME.THROUGHOUT IT,S YEARS UP TO IT,S DISBANDMENT IN 1974,IT ACHIEVED VARIED BUT LIMITED SUCCESS.
THE LACK OF SENIOR FOOTBALL IN THE VILLAGE WAS SOON RECOGNISED AND THE CLUB WAS RE-FORMED IN 1976 WHEN THEY JOINED THE DONCASTER SENIOR LEAGUE DIVISION 3.
IT WASN,T LONG BEFORE HONOURS WERE ARRIVING AND IN SEASON 1978/79 THEY WON THE SENIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.THE FOLLOWING YEARS BROUGHT FURTHER SUCCESS BY WAY OF THE SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1979/80 AND THE FIRST DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AND WEST RIDING CHALLENGE CUP IN 1981/82.THE NEXT SEASON PROVED THE CLUBS MOST SUCCESSFUL TO DATE, RETAINING THE LEAGUE TITLE AND WEST RIDING CHALLENGE CUP,THEY ALSO COLLECTED THE GOOLE AND THORNE DISTRICT FA CHALLENGE CUP AND THE RESERVES TOOK THE DONCASTER AND DISTRICT CHALLENGE TROPHY.THEY ALSO WON 4 SUCCESSIVE DONCASTER SENIOR LEAGUE CUPS BETWEEN 1980 AND 1983.
IN 1983/84 ARMTHORPE ENTERED THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE AND IN THEIR FIRST SEASON FINISHED RUNNERS-UP IN CENTRAL DIVISION ONE,THEY WENT ONE BETTER THE FOLLOWING SEASON WINNING THE LEAGUE AND GAINING A MOVE UP TO THE PREMIER DIVISION.THEIR SUCCESS AROUND THAT TIME WAS BUILT ON THE SCORING EXPLOITS OF MARTIN JOHNSON,THE FORMER BOSTON FC STRIKER AND PETER CAMM.THEY SCORED 42 GOALS BETWEEN THEM IN THE 1984/85 SEASON.
TO DATE ARMTHORPE HAVE FAILED TO LIFT ANY MORE NCEL SILVERWARE BUT THEY REMAIN A STEADY FORCE CONSISTENTLY GAINING RESPECTABLE LEAGUE POSITIONS.
THE WELFARE GROUND IS JUST ONE OF A NUMBER OF WELFARE GROUNDS THAT SPRUNG UP IN THE 1920s.IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS TO MEET GRADING REQUIREMENTS AND NOW HAS A 200 SEATER STAND AND LIMITED STANDING COVER.THE PRESENT CAPACITY IS 2500 AND IT HELD CLOSE TO THAT IN 1986 WHEN DONCASTER ROVERS PLAYED IN A CHARITY MATCH THERE.