The club were formed as The Faith Street Football Club[1] but were known as South Kirkby Wednesday by 1905 at the latest, when they were competing in the FA Cup alongside local rivals South Kirkby Colliery and a fledgling Frickley Colliery.
[2] It is not known for certain where in South Kirkby the club played, though their ground was used by the Hemsworth and District Football Association to host cup finals and inter-league challenge games.
In 1905 the club signalled their intention to join the new Hemsworth League, run by the West Yorkshire Association[4] In the 1928/1929 season the club won the Doncaster Red Triangle League Division Two title.
[9] In the 1933/34 season the club again returned to the Doncaster Red Triangle League[10] and the 1935/36 season saw the club return to the South Kirkby League[11] before folding.
[13] In the 1933/34 season the club reached the semi-final of the Doncaster and District Junior Challenge Cup[14] Notable former players include outside right J. Bennett who was signed for Rotherham United from the club in August 1933.