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| Full name | Clipstone Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Cobras | ||
| Founded | 1928 | ||
| Ground | Lido Ground,Clipstone | ||
| Capacity | 500 (100 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Richard Clarey | ||
| Manager | Richard Hannigan | ||
| League | United Counties League Division One | ||
| 2024–25 | United Counties League Division One, 5th of 19 | ||
| Website | clipstonefc.co.uk | ||
Clipstone Football Club is afootball club based inClipstone,Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of theUnited Counties League Division One and play at the Lido Ground.
The club was established in 1928 asClipstone Combine, playing in the Colliery Alliance League.[2] They were later renamedClipstone Boys Brigade before becomingClipstone Welfare when they started playing in the Mansfield & District League.[2] The club later joined the Sutton & Skegby League and then the Nottingham Spartan League, which they won in 1955–56, alongside the League Cup and Notts Intermediate Cup.[2]
Clipstone subsequently joined the Notts Alliance, winning both the Senior Division and the League Cup in three successive seasons between 1972–73 and 1974–75.[2] In 1985–86 the club won the Notts Senior Cup.[2] The club won back-to-back league titles in 1992–93 and 1993–94,[3] also winning the League Cup and the Notts Senior Cup in the latter season.[2] They moved up to the Premier Division of theCentral Midland League in 1994 and won the division at the first attempt,[4] but were denied promotion due to their ground failing to meet league requirements.[2] After winning Division One again in 1996–97, and having made the necessary ground improvements, the club were promoted to the Supreme Division.[2] In 2006–07 they won the league's Floodlit Cup, beatingBarton Town Old Boys 3–1 in the final.[2] The club remained in the Supreme Division until league reorganisation in 2011 saw them placed in the Northern Division.[4]
After a fourth-place finish in the North Division in 2011–12, Clipstone were accepted into Division One of the Northern Counties East League. The club adopted its current name in 2013, and were Division One champions in2014–15, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[5] They finished bottom of the Premier Division in2017–18 and were relegated to theEast Midlands Counties League. At the end of the2020–21 season the East Midlands Counties League was dissolved and the club were transferred to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. After one season in the Northern Counties East League, they were transferred to Division One of theUnited Counties League.
In2023–24 Clipstone were runners-up in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. However, they were beaten 4–1 in the semi-finals byHarrowby United. Following a fifth-place finish thefollowing season, the club were beaten 4–0 byRetford in the play-off semi-finals.
The club originally played at a ground near Mansfield Road, before moving to Baulker Lane when they were renamed Clipstone Boys Brigade.[2] They moved to their current Lido Ground when they joined the Notts Alliance.[2] The ground currently has a capacity of 500, of which 100 is seated and 200 covered.[1]
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