Belper United F.C.

Belper United
Full name Belper United Football Club
Founded 1969
Ground Christchurch Meadow, Belper
Capacity 2,650 (500 seated)[1]
Chairman Fraser Shaw
Manager Matt Freeman & Ian McAndrew
League East Midlands Counties League
2017–18 East Midlands Counties League, 5th of 21

Belper United Football Club is a football club based in Belper, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the East Midlands Counties League and play at Christchurch Meadow, the home of Belper Town.

History

A Belper United was established in the 1920s, but folded in the 1940s.[2] The modern club was established in 1969 by a merger of Milford Sports and Belper Park Rangers.[2] By the early 1980s the club was playing in the East Midlands Regional League.[3] This became the Midlands Regional Alliance in 1985, and Belper were its first Premier Division champions in 1985–86.[4] They won the league's Challenge Cup in 1992–93, before securing a second Premier Division title in 1994–95 and another Challenge Cup the following season.[4][5] They were later relegated to Division One, which they won in the 2004–05 season to earn promotion back to the Premier Division.[6][7]

Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2008–09, Belper were not relegated to Division One.[7] In 2010 they switched to the South Division of the Central Midlands League.[8] In 2014–15 they won the Central Midlands League Floodlight Cup, beating Clay Cross Town 3–2 in the final.[9] After finishing as runners-up in the South Division in 2015–16, the club were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League. After a two season groundshare with Borrowash Victoria, they returned to Christchurch Meadow (the home of Belper Town) for the start of the 2018-19 season.

Honours

  • Central Midlands League
    • Floodlit Cup winners 2014–15
  • Midlands Regional Alliance
    • Premier Division champions 1985–86, 1994–95
    • Division One champions 2004–05
    • Challenge Cup winners 1992–93, 1995–96

Records

  • Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2017-18[8]
  • Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2014–15

References

  1. ↑ Belper Town Non-League Club Directory
  2. 1 2 Club History Belper United F.C.
  3. ↑ East Midlands Regional League 1967-1984 Non-League Matters
  4. 1 2 MRA Roll of Honours: Premier Division Midlands Regional Alliance
  5. ↑ MRA Roll of Honours: Challenge Cup Midlands Regional Alliance
  6. ↑ MRA Roll of Honour: Division One Midlands Regional Alliance
  7. 1 2 Midlands Regional Alliance 2005-2013 Non-League Matters
  8. 1 2 Belper United at the Football Club History Database
  9. ↑ 2014-15 Central Midlands League Football Club History Database

Coordinates: 53°1′37.819″N 1°29′14.370″W / 53.02717194°N 1.48732500°W / 53.02717194; -1.48732500


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