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Mickleover Football Club is a
football
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club based in the
Mickleover
Mickleover is a large suburban village of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is west of Derby city centre, northeast of Burton-upon-Trent, west of Nottingham city centre, southeast of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne and northeast of Uttoxete ...
suburb of
Derby
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,
Derbyshire
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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Station Road. The club were formed as Mickleover Old Boys in 1948, before becoming Mickleover Sports in the 1990s. In 2020 the club dropped "Sports" from its name.
History
The club was established in 1948 as Mickleover Old Boys.
[History]
Mickleover Sports F.C. They joined the Derby & District Senior League, where they played until moving up to the Premier 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 ...
after relocating to the Station Road ground.
[ The club was then renamed Mickleover Sports.][ A fourth-place finish in the Premier Division in 1994–95 saw them promoted to the Supreme Division.] In 1998–99 they were Supreme Division champions, earning promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League
The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively.
History
Th ...
.[ The club went on to win Division One and the league's Trophy in 2002–03 and were promoted to the Premier Division.][
The 2006–07 season saw Mickleover win the League Cup,][Honours]
Northern Counties East League beating Garforth Town
Garforth Town Association Football Club is a association football, football club based in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England. They are members of the and play at Wheatley Park.
History
The club was established in 1964 as Miners Arms, a Sunday ...
in the final on penalties. In 2008–09 they were Premier Division champions, earning promotion to Division One South of the Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...
. The club went on to win Division One South the following season, securing a second successive promotion, this time to the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League. They also won the league's Chairman's Cup with a win over Halifax Town
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.[ However, the club were relegated back to Division One South at the end of the 2011–12 season. A fifth-place finish in 2013–14 saw them qualify for the promotion play-offs. After beating Coalville Town 3–2 in the semi-finals, they lost the final 1–0 to Belper Town.
Following their play-off final defeat, Mickleover went on to win Division One South the following season, earning promotion back to the Premier Division.][ On 1 June 2020 they were renamed Mickleover F.C..We will always be ‘The Sports’ but now we are Mickleover F.C.]
Micklover F.C.
Ground
The club play at the Mickleover Sports Ground. Plans to develop the ground began in 1982, although work did not start until 1992.[ The new ground opened in 1993.][
]
Current squad
Management and coaching staff
Boardroom
Current staff
Managerial history
Honours
*Northern Premier League
**Division One South champions 2009–10, 2014–15
**Chairman's Cup winners 2009–10
*Northern Counties East League
**Premier Division champions 2008–09
**Division One champions 2002–03
**League Cup winners 2006–07
**Trophy winners 2002–03
*Central Midlands League
**Supreme Division champions 1998–99
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Third qualifying round, 2010–11
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, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21
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*Best ]FA Trophy
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performance: First round, 2020–21
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[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: Fourth round, 2000–01[
]
See also
* Mickleover Sports F.C. players
* Mickleover Sports F.C. managers
References
External links
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Football clubs in England
Sport in Derby
1948 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1948
Central Midlands Football League
Northern Counties East Football League
Northern Premier League clubs
Football clubs in Derbyshire