Dunkirk F.C.
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| Full name | Dunkirk Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Boatmen |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Ron Steel Sports Ground, Dunkirk |
| Capacity | 1,500 (150 seats) |
| Chairman | Craig Smith |
| League | East Midlands Counties League |
| 2015–16 | Midland League Premier Division, 20th (relegated) |
Dunkirk Football Club is a football club based in the Nottingham residential area of Dunkirk, England. The club plays in the East Midlands Counties League.
Dunkirk FC were founded in 1946 and their nickname is "The Boatmen". The first league they joined was the Notts Amateur League, of which they were members until 1975. They won the Premier Division in that season, the clubs first major honour. Accepted into the Notts Alliance League, they got off to a good start, eventually finishing runners up. Five years later they were champions.
In 1981–82, Dunkirk reached the semi-final of the Notts F.A. Intermediate Cup, a feat they repeated the following season. In the league they led Division One for much of the season. In 1986–87, the club finished 9th and reached the semi-final of the League Cup, losing 2–0 to John Player.
The following season saw the club improve on that semi-final by winning the League Cup, with that season's leading scorer, Mark Frettingham, hitting all 3 goals in the final. At the end of the 1988–89 season, followers of the club might have been forgiven for thinking their team might never win the Notts Alliance Senior Division title. After hitting top spot on 25 October, they lead the table for 25 weeks, then dropped 6 points in as many games to finish second behind Hucknall Town by 4 points. The next season saw them runners up again, this time behind John Player by 2 points. In the Notts Senior Cup they reached the quarter-finals before going out to Eastwood Town in a penalty shootout.
Dunkirk again ended as bridesmaids in 1990–91, seven points adrift of Rainworth Miners Welfare who took the title in a late burst. In the League Cup they reached the final with Pelican. Dunkirk lost 2–0 after a replay, having drawn 2–2 in the first game.
In 1991–92 they slipped to 9th in the league, but improved up to 4th the following season. They also entered the FA Vase for the first time but made a quick exit by losing at home 5–1 to Lincoln United. 12 months later they beat Nettleham 5–3 to win their first match in the competition, but the best was yet to come. In 1993–94 they had a magnificent run in the FA Vase, reaching the last 16 before bowing out to Tiverton Town. 1995–96 saw the Boatmen make their debut in the Central Midlands Premier League, scoring 130 goals as they finished runners up to Killamarsh Juniors and so gained promotion to the Supreme Division. In the 1997–98 season they finished in 4th place and won the League Cup beating Clipstone Welfare 2–0 in the Final at Watnall Road.
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