Belper United Football Club is a football club based in Belper, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Coronation Park, the home of Eastwood.
A Belper United was established in the 1920s, but folded in the 1940s. The modern club was established in 1969 by a merger of Milford Sports and Belper Park Rangers. By the late 1970s the club was playing in the East Midlands Regional League. They were Division One champions in 1979âÂÂ80, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1984âÂÂ85 the club were the league's last Premier Division champions, with the league merging with the Central Alliance to form the Midlands Regional Alliance at the end of the season. Belper were placed in the Premier Division of the new league and became its inaugural champions in 1985âÂÂ86. They won the league's Challenge Cup in 1992âÂÂ93, before securing a second Premier Division title in 1994âÂÂ95 and another Challenge Cup the following season. They were later relegated to Division One, which they won in the 2004âÂÂ05 season to earn promotion back to the Premier Division.
Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2008âÂÂ09, Belper were not relegated to Division One. In 2010 they switched to the South Division of the Central Midlands League. In 2014âÂÂ15 they won the Central Midlands League Floodlight Cup, beating Clay Cross Town 3âÂÂ2 in the final. After finishing as runners-up in the South Division in 2015âÂÂ16, the club were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League. They remained members of the league until it was disbanded at the end of the 2020âÂÂ21 season, at which point they were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League. In their first season in the league they finished third, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After defeating Radford in the semi-finals, they beat Hinckley 1âÂÂ0 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division North.
The first team plays at Eastwood's Coronation Park. They played at Belper Town's Christchurch Meadow from the 2013âÂÂ14 season, but later relocated to Asterdale Bowl, the home ground of Borrowash Victoria. The club returned to Christchurch Meadow at the start of the 2018âÂÂ19 season. They moved on again to Coronation Park before the 2023âÂÂ24 season.