Staveley Miners Welfare are set to return to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA from next season.

Their request to move from Derbyshire FA affiliation has been fully endorsed this week by the Football Association Sanction and Registrations Committee.

Staveley wanted to move to their original county FA due to economic and financial considerations and it was fully supported by the Derbyshire FA.

Chairman Terry Damms said: "We are delighted to be able to seek affiliation to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA next season and hope that the application will be a formality.

"This is particularly good news for the club whose first affiliation was to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA some 20-years ago.

"We are in the main a club whose management, secretary and 95% of the registered players all reside in the Sheffield area.

"We are just a couple of miles away from the offices of the Sheffield & Hallamshire but 50-miles away from the offices of the Derbyshire County FA and any disciplinary meetings will hopefully from next season be so much easier and cheaper for us to attend.

"I would thank Mr Compton and the Derbyshire County FA for their support in fully endorsing the request and also the Football Association for approving our request for a move back to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA.

"We hope that we can be of assistance in the future to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA and also the Derbyshire County FA for the holding of any County FA games or the like or County Association meetings at Staveley MWFC."