Our Sponsors Please Click For more Info   Offscreen Printers Petals and Plantstyle Rainworth Motorist Discount Blidworth Parish Council Blidworth Post Office Dudley Taylor pharmacies Ltd Blidworth Carpets SureStart Ron Brooks Toyota Mechanician Ltd Ulyett Landscapes North Midland Construction PLC Next Matches 1st Team Vs Kirkby Town Venue Home Date - KO 20th Feb - 3.00pm Reserves Vs Mickleover Sports Res Venue Home Date - KO 27th Feb -3.00pm Under 19’s Vs Clipstone Welfare Venue Home Date - KO Wed 17th Feb - 7.45pm Mission Statement   Our Mission is to provide the opportunity for players of all ages and abilities, to be part of a successful, enthusiastic and committed Team, aiming to encourage local support, whilst competing at the highest level possible. Club History Blidworth Welfare Football Club was formed in 1926 under the title of Folk House Old Boys Football Club. They changed their name to Blidworth Welfare in 1982 and for season 1982/1983 they became founders of the newly formed Northern Counties East League – a competition founded from the merging of the old Midland Counties League and the Yorkshire Leagues. They joined Division One South of this league when it was reorganised for the 1984/1985 season, and twelve months later when there was further reorganisation they became founder members of the new Division Three. In season 1986/1987 they left to join the Central Midlands League and started life in that combination in the Premier Division, eventually winning promotion to the Supreme Division in 1990. They were promoted back to the Northern Counties East League for season 1994/1995 and competed in Division One but were relegated back to the Central Midlands League Supreme Division after finishing bottom of Division One at the end of season 1997/1998. In 2007, under the management of Dave Hughes, the club won the Nottinghamshire Intermediate Cup. They were subsequently relegated to the Central Midlands Premier Division in 1999 where they currently remain, but the club have the facilities to play at a much higher level. In 2007, under the management of Dave Hughes, the club won the Nottinghamshire Intermediate Cup. In 2008, again under the management of Dave Hughes the club reached the final of the Quartet League Cup where they were unfortunate to lose 1-0 in extra time to Dunkirk of the Supreme Division. This defeat followed an extraordinary Cup run when Blidworth beat holders Heanor Town, leaders and champions elect Askern Welfare, plus Holbrook Miners Welfare in the semis, all of the Supreme Division. Dave Hughes resigned before the start of the 2008-09 season after his brother Rob was attacked whilst on holiday in Crete. The Manager felt he could not continue whilst his brother was in a serious medical condition in hospital. This resulted in Chairman Alan Whitworth appointing Management duo of Kevin Chappell and Keith Easom assisted by ex player Simon Ward. The pair had previously worked together at Shirebrook Town looking after the Reserve and A sides. Easom had been a player at Shirebrook whilst Chappell had experienced Management at Worksop Town, Matlock Town and United, and had been assistant to Rudy Funk during his days in charge at Blidworth. The club appointed Graeme Rodgers and Chris Bullock to manage the Reserves side that play in the Supreme Reserves Division of the Central Midlands League. The first team had to manage without Kev Chappell during the second part of the season as ill health forced him to leave his role at the club. Keith Easom ran the first team virtually single-handed and managed to keep Blidworth in the Supreme Division finishing in a very respectable 14th  position. The reserves played in a step 6 league and managed to finish in tenth spot, which was a very creditable result. The start of season 2009-2010 saw Keith Easom promote Chris Bullock to join him with the first team and Graeme Rodger was left to run the reserves. The season also saw the start of an under 19’s side for the first time at Blidworth playing in Division 3 of the North Midlands League. Stan Matthews was appointed as the under 19’s manager assisted by Chris Bullock. Matthews is a qualified Level 2 coach and has spent a lot of his career coaching teams at Shirebrook Rangers. Most of his players graduated from the under 18 side he had run at Shirebrook. The start of season 2009-10 saw the removal of the wooden hut tea bar at Blidworth’s ground that had been in place for a long time. The club managed to purchase a redundant porta cabin which they have developed into a more state of the arts tea bar.