Linby Colliery F.C.

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Linby Colliery
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Full nameLinby Colliery Football Club
Founded1892
GroundChurch Lane
Capacity1,500
ChairmanAde Ward
ManagerJonathan Wass
League Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division South
2023–24 Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division South, 10th of 18

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] In 2021-22 Linby won the Central Midlands League Cup , beating Mickleover RBL on penalties, after a 1-1 draw, at Alfreton Town F.C.

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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.


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