Blidworth Welfare F.C.
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| Full name | Blidworth Welfare Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | The Welfare Ground | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| League | Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North | ||
| 2023–24 | Central Midlands Alliance Division One East, 1st of 12 (promoted) | ||
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Blidworth Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Blidworth, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North.
History
Blidworth Welfare was formed in 1926 as Folk House Old Boys F.C., but changed to Blidworth Welfare F.C. in 1982. Since 2008, the club has played in the Central Midlands League. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1993–94 season.[1]
In the 1997–98 season they lost all 28 league games, conceding 186 goals and scoring only eight. They were so bad that The FA invited them to a training session with the England national football team.[2]
Staff
- Chairman – Gary Shelton
- Vice Chairman – Dave "Rudi" Voller
- Club Secretary – Dave Lane
- Club Treasurer – Dave "Rudi" Voller
- Child Development Officer – Roger Parkes
- Commercial Manager – Dave "Rudi" Voller
- Reserve/Under 19`s Secretary – Dave Lane
- Groundsman – Chris Wain
- First Team Manager – Ady Smith
- First Team Assistant – Bob Camm
- First Team Coach – Simon Hennessey
- Reserve Team Manager – Ian Cotton
- Reserve Team Assistant – Andy Ellis
- Under 19 Manager – Paul Holmes
- Under 19 Assistant – Andy North
- Under 19 Coach – Andy Ellis
- Programme Editor – Dave "Rudi" Voller
- Assistant Programme Editor – Shaun Godman
- Tea Bar, Club Photographer – Peter Dean
- Gate Man – Barry Ward
Timeline
- 1926 Club formed as Folk House Old Boys
- 1981–82 Changed name to Blidworth Welfare
- 1982–83 Founder members of Northern Counties East League
- 1984–85 Joined Division One South on re-organisation
- 1985–86 Joined Division Three on re-organisation. (Failed to complete fixtures – record expunged)
- 1986–97 Joined Central Midlands League Premier Division
- 1990–91 Elevated to Supreme Division
- 1994–95 Rejoined Northern Counties East League in Division One
- 1998–99 Rejoined Central Midlands League Supreme Division
- 1998–99 Demoted to Premier Division
- 2006–07 Won Nottinghamshire Intermediate Cup
- 2011–12 Joined Central Midlands League South Division on re-organisation
Records
References
- ^ "Blidworth Welfare". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ BBC News – Mission Impossible
- Blidworth Welfare at Groundhoppers View
- Blidworth Welfare at the Football Club History Database