| County Associaton |
Derbyshire |
| Secretary |
Paul Romney, 4 Moor Rise, Holbrook, Derbyshire, DE56 0TR. Mobile : 07833 228230. Email:
paul.romney@btinternet.com
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| Manager |
Lee Booth - Mobile 07833581814
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| Team Colours |
Royal Blue Shirts, Royal Blue Shorts, Royal Blue Socks. Alternate Colours
White Shirts Blue Shorts White Socks |
| Club Ground |
:GROUND: The Welfare Ground, Shaw Lane, Holbrook.
CLUBHOUSE TELEPHONE: 01332 880259
LOCATION: From A38 take B6179 for Kilburn. Turn left at traffic lights for Belper. One mile on turn left at Bulls Head PH for Holbrook. Two miles on turn right at Venturegarage into Shaw Lane. Ground 100 yards on the right. |
| Club History |
Formed in 1996 the club uses the facilities of the Holbrook Miners Welfare
as it headquarters, with the Welfare being the clubs main sponsor. The previous
tenants, Holbrook Miners Welfare F.C. disbanded at the end of the 95/96
season after many years of playing in the various local leagues, including
the CMFL. On forming the club a decision was made by the committee to join
a league that could offer the players the highest standard of football in
the area, having been accepted into the CMFL, manager Grant Woodside formed
his team around a former U18 side that he had previously run. This step
up to senior football proved very trying for all involved in the club, players,
management and committee with the results Grant stepped down after only
8 games to make way for his assistant, John Barker to run the team. Again
little success cam for the club and with 3/4 of the season gone he to left
the club. Grant Woodside again stepped into take control of the team and
the club started to move away from the re-election zone with a string of
good results. But at the end of the season these late results were not enough
to save the club from re-election, having finished third from bottom of
the Premier Division. One consolation for the club was that of reaching
the semi-final of the Belper Nursing Charity Cup, only to lose to Belper
Town 1-0 with a goal a minute from the end of extra time. The club also
won its first piece of silverware, being presented with the CMFL Premier
divisions Sportsman's award. The 97/98 season saw the club introduce a Reserve
team with Martin Clements running the side, and with Grant Woodside having
a stronger squad the club looked forward to the new season with renewed
enthusiasm. But after winning 3 of the first 4 games the club went into
a downward spiral, only winning 1 more game right up to Christmas. The Reserves
also found the going tough, winning only 1 game themselves before Christmas.
With Martin Clements already taking a back seat due to work commitments,
Mick Cooper took full control of the Reserves and the committee also found
themselves having to replace Grant Woodside as first team manager The committee
took the decision to appoint a manager who knew this level of football and
were able to appoint Mar Webster. Marks first job, as manager was to appoint
Mick Bentley as the club coach to try and install some good habits into
the training and onto the playing field. This was achieved with 1st team
winning 10 out of their last 12 games. The reserves saw out the season,
only managing 2 victories all season, but great credit to them for seeing
it out. During the close season a fence, with separate player and spectator
entrances was erected at the bottom end of the ground to try and give the
ground a look of a football ground instead of an open field. For the 98/99
coming season Mark Webster strengthened his back room staff by appointing
Dave Allsop as his assistant and Mick Ward as 1st team Physio. and also
with several new players the club were hopeful of mounting a promotion challenge
After a bright start to the season the team lost there way a bit around
the middle of the season, losing several games to teams below them in the
league. These defeats cost the team any realistic chance of promotion and
the club had to settle for 6th spot. The 1st team did manage to win a trophy
that season, winning the Belper Nursing Charity Cup, with a 4-0 win over
Swanick Pentrich Road. The Reserves showed a great improvement on the previous
year and they also managed to finish 6th in their respective league. For
the start of the 99/00 season Mark Webster again strengthened his squad,
bringing in two top class strikers. James Newton from Stavely MW and Mike
Taplin the ex Belper Town and Mickleover Sports Forward. Both players went
on to be the leagues leading scorers that season. With only 2 weeks of the
season gone tragedy struck the club with the sudden death of defender Bob
Parker. Bob, who was only 27, was sadly missed by all at the club. The team
showed great determination by going onto win the Premiership Championship.
In only their 4th season in existence. The club once again reached the semi-finals
of the Belper Nursing Charity Cup, but put in a disappointing performance
to lose 3-0 to South Wingfield Ath. During the season the members of the
club erected a stand to ensure that a promotion spot to the CMFL Supreme
division would be secure. Their fellow league members also voted the club
Premier Sportsman's award, which capped off a great season. The reserve
team management was also bolstered with Kev Bunting joining Mick Cooper
as assistant manager. Kev a local sports tutor brought in some good young
players and the team again showed an improvement in the previous year by
finishing 5th. The teams first season in the CMFL Supreme division saw the
team finish a respectable 11th and twice during the during the season the
crowds at Shaw Lane topped the three figure barrier, for the visits of Heanor
Town and Matlock Town in the Derbyshire Senior Cup. Again the club reached
the semi-finals of the Belper Nursing Charity Cup and again failed to reach
the final, losing to Swanick Pentrich Road on penalties. The glory that
season belonged to the Reserves. They walked away with the Reserve Division
one title by 17 points, dropping only 3 points all season. They also became
the first division one team to lift the Reserve League Cup, which crowned
a great season for Kev and Mick. During the season the club were successful
in obtaining a grant from the National Lottery for £4600 which enabled the
club to give soccer coaching courses to local schools within the area. Money
was also used to create a better disabled access to the ground and stand.
The 01/02 season saw the 1st team languishing near the bottom of the table
right up till Christmas, then an upturn in results saw the team steadily
climb to a respectful mid-table position. A final league position of 12th
was achieved, and the team managed to reach the final of the Belper Nursing
Charity Cup, but a poor performance on the night saw them lose 3-0 to local
rivals Holbrook Saint Michael's. With Kev Bunting unavailable for the first
2 weeks of the season Mick Cooper was left to run the Reserves opening games
in the Reserves Premier division. 2 bad defeats saw Mick step down, leaving
Kev to run the reserves single handed. Great credit to Kev who despite being
on his own managed to pull the teams fortune around and the team did extremely
well to finish6th at the end of the season. Kev also managed to bring in
Kev Mullwain as his assistant. They also managed to reach the quarter finals
of the League Cup, losing on penalties to the eventual winners Shirebrook
Town. Last season Holbrook MW had a poor league campaign finishing 13th.
Interest was maintained with a floodlit semi final losing to Retford UTD,
a league cup quarter final shaded out by Dinnington Town after a replay
and a Nursing Cup final against Belper Town with Holbrook going down 4-2
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