Linby Colliery Welfare F.C.

Linby Colliery Welfare
Founded 1892
League Central Midlands League South Division
2016–17 Central Midlands League South Division, 9th of 15

Linby Colliery Welfare 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FCHD Linby Colliery
  2. ↑ FCHD Linby Colliery Welfare
  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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