Blidworth Welfare F.C.

Blidworth Welfare
Full name Blidworth Welfare Football Club
Founded 1926
Ground The Welfare Ground
Ground Capacity 2,000
League Central Midlands League South Division
2013–14 Central Midlands League South Division, 15th

Blidworth Welfare Football Club is a football club based in Blidworth, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. They are members of the South Division of the Central Midlands League.

History

Blidworth Welfare was formed in 1926 as Folk House Old Boys F.C., but changed to Blidworth Welfare F.C. in 1982. Since 2008, the club has played in the Central Midlands League. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1993–94 season.[1]

In the 1997–98 season they lost all 28 league games, conceding 186 goals and scoring only eight. They were so bad that The FA invited them to a training session with the England national football team.[2]

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Records

References

  1. "Blidworth Welfare". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. BBC News – Mission Impossible

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Coordinates: 53°06′15.68″N 1°07′07.08″W / 53.1043556°N 1.1186333°W / 53.1043556; -1.1186333

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