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Denaby United F.C. was an English football club based in Denaby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.HistoryThe club was formed as Denaby Parish Church, and it was not long after the club was formed in 1895 that they gained a reputation as one of the biggest success stories in local football circles. Within five years of formation Denaby had already won the South Yorkshire League three times (having changed their name to Denaby United in 1898), in their debut FA Cup campaign in 1899 they reached the 3rd Qualifying Round, only losing to Hunslet after a second replay at Oakwell.In 1902 Denaby left the Sheffield Association League, a competition they had been members of for just two years, to join the Midland League, at the time one of the most prestigious competitions outside the Football League. In 1906 they won the Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup for the first time, but two years later the young Owls gained their revenge by pipping Denaby to the Midland League title. They won the Senior Cup for a second time in 1910 but resigned from the Midland League in 1913 to rejoin the Association League after falling on hard times and finishing bottom of the league for two years running. This came just a year after they had moved to their new home at Tickhill Square from their old one, the Recreation Ground, on Denaby Lane.