Linby Colliery F.C.

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Linby Colliery
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Full nameLinby Colliery Football Club
Founded1892
GroundChurch Lane
Capacity1500
ChairmanAde Ward
ManagerMatt Peberday
League Central Midlands League South Division
2022–23 Central Midlands League South Division, 10th of 17

Linby Colliery Football Club is a football club from Linby in Nottinghamshire, England.

They were formed in 1892 [1] and were known as Linby Colliery Welfare for a period during the 1990s and 2000s. [2] In 2012–13 they started playing in the Central Midlands League South Division. [1]

Their most significant achievement was reaching the 1st round proper of the FA Cup in 1950–51. In a cup run lasting seven rounds they won 4–0 at Boston United before playing Gillingham in the first round proper. [3] They lost to Gillingham 1–4 at home on 25 November 1950, with Linby's goal scored by Ralph 'Dickie' Dulson, father of future Port Vale star Garry Dulson. [4]

In 1975–76 the club became founder members of the Midland County League Division One. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Linby Colliery at the Football Club History Database
  2. Linby Colliery Welfare at the Football Club History Database
  3. "The 1950s" (PDF). Boston United FA Cup Matches. soccer.mistral.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. Collett, Mike (1993). The Guinness Record of the FA Cup. Guinness. ISBN   0-85112-538-7.