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To our Friends, Staff, and Fans, It’s been a while since our last update. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to secure a sustainable future for the club and it’s important for you to know where things stand. Quick football comment before we get started. The board’s main role for the past couple seasons […]

Saturday 29th August 2026 | Austin Ainsworth After a draw last time out at home to a strong Selby Town side, Wakefield AFC headed into another week of NCEL Division One action in which two games gave them the opportunity to finally string a run of results together. First up was a trip to Route

Saturday 21st August 2026 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC returned to NCEL Division One action on Friday, with a nighttime face-off against the returning ex-Wakey manager Steve Bodle’s Selby town. Just one point separated the two sides in the league, though Wakefield went into the game in eighth in the league as opposed to Selby’s

Saturday 15th August 2026 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC were back in NCEL Division One action on Saturday, looking to bounce back from another set-back in the previous week that saw them fall to a 1-0 defeat at home to Brigg Town. That result sent Wakefield back into mid-table in the league’s early standings, and

Saturday 1st August 2026 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC made a winning, if not wholly convincing, start to the NCEL Division One season after seeing off Winterton Rangers 1-0 in the 26-27 season’s inaugural game. A game in which Wakefield at times looked defensively vulnerable, and where they didn’t quite achieve the usual, free-flowing football

Saturday 25th July 2026 | Austin Ainsworth The NCEL Division One finally sparked back into life over the weekend, after three long months in which fans of non-league had only the Fifa World Cup to replace their football fix. Hydration breaks, half-time shows and heartache – for all but those of a Spanish persuasion –

Saturday 25th April 2026 | Austin Ainsworth Wakefield AFC stepped into uncharted territory on Saturday, as they travelled to face Worsbrough Bridge Athletic in The NCEL Division One promotion play-off final. On what was a victory for both clubs before a ball was even kicked – and a victory for the wider footballing pyramid –

Saturday 18th April 2026 | Austin Ainsworth Saturday was the day everyone with an interest in the NCEL Division One had been waiting for, as – for Wakefield AFC at least – a promotion play-off semi-final came around for the fourth season in succession. The Falcons have been here before, but so far have stumbled

Saturday 11th April 2026 | Austin Ainsworth The NCEL Division One regular season drew to a close for Wakefield AFC on Saturday, with an away trip to seventh placed Route One Rovers. The Falcons went into the weekend still in second place, safe in the knowledge their place in the play-offs had long-since been secured,

Saturday 28th March 2026 | Austin Ainsworth Although Wakefield’s play-off position is now secure and – with Dearne & District confirmed as worthy NCEL Division One winners – any hope of a late title push long gone; it is still all to play for for The Falcons in the league, who faced two real tests