Ground Capacity 5,000 (250 seated) Founded 1969 | Chairman Fraser Shaw Grounds Borrowash Road, Spondon | |
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Full name Belper United Football Club Manager Matt Freeman & Ian McAndrew League East Midlands Counties League 2015–16 Central Midlands League South Division, 2nd (promoted) | ||
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 Borrowash Road in Spondon.
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History
A Belper United was established in the 1920s, but folded in the 1940s. The modern club was established in 1969 by a merger of Milford Sports and Belper Park Rangers.
By the early 1980s the club was playing in the East Midlands Regional League. They subsequently played in the Midlands Regional Alliance. Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2008–09, the club were not relegated to Division One. In 2010 they switched to the South Division of the Central Midlands League. In 2014–15 they won the Central Midlands League Floodlight Cup, beating Clay Cross Town 3–2 in the final. After finishing as runners-up in the South Division in 2015–16, the club were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League.