THE RISE UP THE LEAGUES

from Eastwood cfc v Selston 04 03 23

GoodafternoonEveryoneand welcometotoday’sgame.

In 2011/12 the first team joined the Notts Senior League, finishing mid table in the first two seasons and doing reasonably well in cup competitions. The 2013/14 season saw the first team crowned champions of the NSL, during this season the team also defeated two teams from higher leagues in the Notts Senior Cup, Radford FC and AFC Mansfield. In the 2015/16 season the men’s team re-joined the Central Midlands League after an absence of around 15 years. In the first season back in the league they took the South division by storm, a mid season streak of 15 successive league wins helping them to the title. The Parishioners eventually finished top; 10 points clear of their nearest rivals to take the league trophy at the first attempt.

In the 2016/17 season the men’s first team won the Central Midlands League South again, an unprecedented feat in the new CMFL North/South set up and they also bagged the Buckingham Insurance League Cup. Plans were afoot to upgrade the ground should the team win the league again and following great work by the committee, managers and first team players, physical works were completed by March 2017 to enable the ground to be graded ‘H’ good enough for step 6. Alongside this the application for promotion was submitted and funding sought for floodlights. Both were successful and, as a result Selston FC will play at step 6 for the first time in their history. Floodlights are due to be operational by September 2017. The club won several awards off the field in season 16/17 too: FA Charter Standard Club of the Year for Nottinghamshire, FA Charter Standard Club of the Year for East of England Region and Secretary of the year for the Central Midlands league. The men’s reserve team finished 3rd in the Notts Senior League Division Two and were promoted to Division One. The club operated 10 junior teams and 3 men’s teams in 2017/18. East Midlands Counties league awaited and a solid 4th place finish in our first ever season at step 6.

Season 2018/19 will go down as the greatest ever in the club’s history, winning the East Midlands Counties League by 6 points while not having a playing budget, full credit to the management and players. The club also competed in the FA Vase for the ﬁrst time since 2001, along with qualifying for the FA Cup which will be our debut in the competition for season.

2019/20 as well as Step 5 football coming to The Parish Hall, the clubs highest ever position after a remarkable 6 promotions in 10 years.

At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division North of the United Counties League.