Eastwood Community Football Club is a

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club based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Coronation Park. The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the

Nottinghamshire County Football Association The Nottinghamshire Football Association, often known simply as the Notts FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. The Nottinghamshire FA runs a number of cups at different levels for teams across most of No ...

. The club's nickname is the Red Badgers.

History

The club was formed in 2014 following the folding of

Eastwood Town Eastwood Town Football Club was an English football club based in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. The club last participated in the Northern Premier League Division One South, the eighth tier of English football. A new club, Eastwood C.F.C., was f ...

. They joined the South Division of the

Central Midlands League The Central Midlands Football League is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to its current nam ...

and entered the

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for the first time a year later. After finishing as runners-up in the South Division in 2016–17, the club won the division the following season and were promoted to the

East Midlands Counties League The East Midlands Counties Football League was an English football league that operated from 2008 to 2021, covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. The league had one division, which stood a ...

. In 2021 Eastwood were promoted to the Premier Division North of the

United Counties League The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''Uhlsport United Counties League'') is an English football league covering Northamptonshire, Rutland and Bedfordshire and most of Leicestershire as well as parts of Buckinghamshi ...

based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and

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seasons.

Ground

The club play their home games at Coronation Park.* The 100 Football Grounds Club *
* The 100 Football Grounds Club *
accessdate: March 15, 2020 This was also the home ground for Eastwood Town.

Honours

*Central Midlands Leagueissuu
Ashby Ivanhoe FC vs Eastwood CFC Saturday 2 March 2019 by Ashby Ivanhoe FC – issuu
accessdate: March 15, 2020 **South Division champions 2017–18

Records

*Best

performance: Fourth round, 2018–19

References

External links

Official website
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