Keyworth United Community Football Club is an
English football
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club based in
Keyworth, near
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire. The club plays in the . The club is a
FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the
Nottinghamshire County Football Association.
[Keyworth United F.C. : Details]
Keyworth United F.C. : Details
accessdate: March 15, 2020
History
They played in the
FA Vase
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in the 1980s.
On 24 July 1988,
Brian Clough brought
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Trent ...
for a pre-season friendly down to face Keyworth United F.C. at the Platt Lane ground, the match resulted in a 7–0 victory to Nottingham Forest in front of an estimated crowd of over 2000 people in attendance. Visiting Manager, Brian Clough spent almost the entire afternoon signing autographs and conversing with the spectators.
At the time of this game Nottingham Forest F.C. were 3rd in
Division 1 (
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
) at the time and went on to be the seasons
League Cup winning team and finish 3rd yet again at the end of the season.
Name changes
Name changes over the years:
*from 1876 to 1913 Keyworth Football Club
References exist, suggesting the club may have been known as KEYWORTH OLYMPIC FC and KEYWORTH TOWN FC during 1902 however these may have been journalistic or typographical errors.
Through the 1903/04 and 1904/05 seasons whilst participating in the Notts Junior League, references were made to the club as KEYWORTH JUNIORS FC even though the players were not ‘Junior’ in age.
*from 1913 to 1914 Keyworth & Plumtree United Football Club
Known by this title for one season only prior to the 1st World War
*from 1919 to 1936 Keyworth United Football Club
*from 1936 to 1947 Normanton & Keyworth Football Club
Known by this title from the commencement of the 1936/37 season until after the 2nd World War and a decision taken at the Annual General Meeting of the club on 16 June 1947
*from 1947 to 20?? Keyworth United Football Club
*from 20?? to Present Keyworth United Community Football Club
References
External links
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Football clubs in Nottinghamshire
Football clubs in England
Central Midlands Football League
Nottinghamshire Senior League
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