Gedling Miners Welfare F.C.

Gedling Miners Welfare
Full nameGedling Miners Welfare Football Club
Nickname(s)The Miners
Founded1919 (as Gedling)
GroundPlains Road
Mapperley, Nottingham
Capacity2,000
ChairmanVic Hulme
ManagerRuben Wiggins-Thomas
LeagueUnited Counties League Division One
2024–25United Counties League Division One, 7th of 19
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Gedling Miners Welfare Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Mapperley, Nottingham, England. The club was founded in 1919 as the works team for Gedling Colliery, but it went into abeyance in 1935 due to a lack of support. It was reformed in 1941 and quickly entered its most successful period, earning recognition from the national press as Nottinghamshire's leading amateur team by the mid-1950s. However, Gedling's reputation declined over the following decade, and the club spent many years in relative obscurity. In 2003, Gedling joined the nationwide league system, and the team currently competes in the United Counties League (UCL) Division One at the tenth tier of the English football pyramid.

Gedling has hosted home matches at Plains Road since 1942. Before transferring to the UCL in 2021, the club competed in the East Midlands Counties Football League (EMCFL) Premier Division and two Central Midlands Football League (CML) divisions. National tournament records include reaching the second round of the FA Amateur Cup in 1953–54, 1955–56 and 1956–57; the second qualifying round of the FA Cup in 1949–50 and 1954–55; and the first round of the FA Vase in 2007–08, 2014–15 and 2023–24. The team are nicknamed "the Miners" and their colours are primarily yellow and blue.