The club was established as Askern Welfare in 1924, playing in local Doncaster leagues for several decades.

In 1967 Welfare won the Doncaster & District Senior League title for the only time in the club's history.

In 1992 they finished as runners-up and chose to take promotion to the Central Midlands Football League (CMFL), joining the Premier Division.

[3] Winning the CMFL earned the club promotion to the Northern Counties East League (NCEL), and they changed their name to Askern Villa.

[6] In 2020, the club was renamed as Askern Miners FC and re-joined the Doncaster Saturday League.