Glapwell F.C.
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| Full name | Glapwell Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Well |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Dissolved | 2016 |
| Ground |
Hall Corner, Glapwell, Bolsover, Derbyshire |
| Capacity | 1,500 136 seated |
| Chairman | Phil Davies |
| Manager | Jordan Hall |
| 2013–14 |
Central Midlands League North Division, 1st |
Glapwell F.C. was a football club based in Glapwell, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. They were last members of the North Division of the Central Midlands League.
After originally playing as the Young Vanish FC in the mid-to-late 1980s, the club played for the first time as Glapwell FC in 1989 when they joined the National League System for the first time playing in the Central Midlands Football League Division One. in 1992–93 under manager Roy Overton, and helped by the goalscoring form of former Chesterfield player Dave Waller, the club won the Supreme Division as well as the Wakefield Cup at Field Mill against bitter rivals Oakham United. With Waller in the dugout two years later the club finished as runners-up and were finally suitably placed for promotion to the Northern Counties East Football League. The club's first season at their new level was a success, finishing fifth in Division One as well as reaching the second round of the FA Vase for the first time.
The 1997–98 season will always be remembered at Hall Corner for their most memorable success when, against all the odds, they won the Derbyshire Senior Cup for the first, and still only, time. Training 2–1 after the first leg at Hall Corner, Glapwell travelled as massive underdogs to the second leg against a Matlock Town F.C. side who were two leagues above. Goals from Willie Gamble and Jamie Morgan, though, gave Glapwell a 2–1 win to take the tie to extra-time with Glapwell holding their nerve to win the resulting penalty shoot-out 3–2. After slowly improving their league position each season, Glapwell were finally promoted to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East Football League in 1999–2000 with a second-placed finish enough to secure Step 5 football for the first time. In 2000–01, the club nearly secured a second Derbyshire Senior Cup title but this time they were on the wrong end of the penalty shoot-out after a 5–5 draw on aggregate against Glossop North End A.F.C. After five years of consolidation in the league, and with a couple of decent cup runs, a 14-game unbeaten run at the start of the 2007–08 season set the club up for a second-placed finish in the Premier Division and winning promotion for the first time to the Northern Premier League Division One South.
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