Formed as Shirebrook,[1] they joined the Notts & Derbyshire League in 1911, finishing third in their first season and winning the subsidiary competition.
[2] They subsequently joined the Central Alliance in 1912, the year in which they first entered the FA Cup.
[2] They rejoined the Central Alliance after World War I, finishing as runners-up in 1920–21.
They left the league in 1924,[2] and joined the Midland League in 1925, and reached the 1st round of the FA Cup in 1927 and 1928, losing to Tranmere Rovers and Mansfield Town in respective years.
In 1953 they changed their name to Shirebrook Miners Welfare,[3] and last entered the FA Cup in 1961.