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.

  • Linby Colliery FC Original Ground 1980s
    Linby Colliery FC Original Ground 1980s

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linby_Colliery_F.C.
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