The prizes at the festival were handed out by Mr W. H. Leatham Esq, the local Member of Parliament.
[5] In September 1890 a Hemsworth Association Football Club appealed in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph for football clubs from neighbouring towns and villages to contact their secretary, Mr F. G. Leatham of Hemsworth Hall, to arrange games for the following season.
[10] The colliery clearly placed some importance in the promotion of sports locally, as proven by their use of Fattorini and Sons of Bradford (makers of the FA Cup trophy) to supply prizes for their athletic festival.
[15] In February 1903 fans of the club brought the wrath of the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association, due to their "misconduct".
One probable major contributor to the downfall of the football club at this point is the part of the Kinsley Evictions.
[26] By the 1920s Hemsworth West End had risen to prominence as the senior football club in the town, reaching the FA Cup fourth qualifying round in the 1925–26 season.
The Kinsley Recreation Ground was described in 1894 as being "a very fair one" and included an athletics running track which was four miles to lap.