Full name | Wakefield Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Bears | ||
Founded | 1903 (as Emley) | ||
Dissolved | June 2014 | ||
Ground | Welfare Ground, Emley (1903–2000) Belle Vue, Wakefield (2000–2014) | ||
2013–14 | Northern Premier League Division One North, 22nd | ||
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Wakefield Football Club was an English football club based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Originally based in the village of Emley, they were known as Emley A.F.C. from 1903 to 2002. The club relocated to Wakefield in 2000 and were renamed Wakefield & Emley in 2002. They were subsequently renamed Wakefield-Emley in 2004 and then just Wakefield in 2006, before being wound up in June 2014.