Birstall United Football Club is a football club based in Birstall, near Leicester, in Leicestershire, England. The club are currently members of the .
The club was established in 1961, and initially played Sunday league football in the Leicester & District League. After winning three championships and the Leicestershire Sunday Intermediate Cup, they switched to Saturday football, joining the Leicester Mutual League. They won divisions five, four and three in consecutive seasons, before winning Division One in 1972âÂÂ73. They retained the league title the following season, also winning the Leicester Junior Cup South with a 4âÂÂ0 win over Oadby '67.
After winning a third Division One title in 1975âÂÂ76, Birstall joined Division Two of the Leicestershire Senior League in 1976. Their first season in the Senior League saw them win the Division Two title and the Tebbutt Brown Cup, beating Division Two runners-up Hillcroft 3âÂÂ0 in a replay after a 1âÂÂ1 draw. Promoted to the Division One, Birstall finished as runners-up in 1981âÂÂ82, a season in which they also won the Tebbutt Brown Cup, beating league champions Anstey Nomads 1âÂÂ0 in the final. The two met in the Tebbutt Brown Cup final again in 1984âÂÂ85, with Birstall winning 3âÂÂ2.
In 1993âÂÂ94 Birstall won the league's Floodlight Cup. The 1995âÂÂ96 season saw them win the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup with a 1âÂÂ0 win over Oadby Town in the final. They won the cup again in 1997âÂÂ98, defeating Ibstock Welfare on 4âÂÂ3 penalties following a 1âÂÂ1 draw, and retained it the following season, beating Oadby Town 2âÂÂ0 on penalties after a 2âÂÂ2 draw; the season also saw them finish as runners-up in the (now renamed) Premier Division. After winning the Premier Division in 2015âÂÂ16, the club were promoted to the East Midlands Counties League.
At the end of the 2017âÂÂ18 season, Birstall were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League. The club were runners-up in Division One in 2022âÂÂ23, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. Following a 3âÂÂ2 win over Newark Town in the semi-finals, they lost the final against Hucknall Town 5âÂÂ3 on penalties after the game ended in a 1âÂÂ1 draw. At the end of the 2023âÂÂ24 season the club were transferred to Division One of the Midland League. The club won the Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup in 2024âÂÂ25, beating Heather St John's on penalties in the final.