Mickleover Football Club is a

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club based in the

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suburb of

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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 Alliance 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 the Central Midlands L ...

in 1993. 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 English football pyramid respectively. ...

. 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

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in the final on penalties. In 2008–09 they were Premier Division champions, earning promotion to Division One South of the

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. 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

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. 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 Football Club. In 2022 the club were transferred to the Premier Division Central of the Southern League. They finished fifth in the division in 2023–24, before losing 2–0 to

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in the play-off semi-finals. At the end of the season they were transferred back to the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League.

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. An artificial pitch was installed in 2021.Don Amott praises community spirit as stolen Mickleover FC pitch finally completed
Derby Telegraph, 16 July 2021 The ground has capacity for 1,500 spectators, 280 of which are seated, and is also used by Derby County Women.

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

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performance: Third qualifying round,

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, 2014–15, 2018–19,

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, 2023–24 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

performance: Third round, 2023–24 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

performance: Fourth round, 2000–01

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