Clipstone Football Club is a football club based in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Lido Ground.
The club was established in 1928 as Clipstone Combine, playing in the Colliery Alliance League. They were later renamed Clipstone Boys Brigade before becoming Clipstone Welfare when they started playing in the Mansfield & District League. The club later joined the Sutton & Skegby League and then the Nottingham Spartan League, which they won in 1955âÂÂ56, alongside the League Cup and Notts Intermediate Cup.
Clipstone subsequently joined the Notts Alliance, winning both the Senior Division and the League Cup in three successive seasons between 1972âÂÂ73 and 1974âÂÂ75. In 1985âÂÂ86 the club won the Notts Senior Cup. The club won back-to-back league titles in 1992âÂÂ93 and 1993âÂÂ94, also winning the League Cup and the Notts Senior Cup in the latter season. They moved up to the Premier Division of the Central Midland League in 1994 and won the division at the first attempt, but were denied promotion due to their ground failing to meet league requirements. After winning Division One again in 1996âÂÂ97, and having made the necessary ground improvements, the club were promoted to the Supreme Division. In 2006âÂÂ07 they won the league's Floodlit Cup, beating Barton Town Old Boys 3âÂÂ1 in the final. The club remained in the Supreme Division until league reorganisation in 2011 saw them placed in the Northern Division.
After a fourth-place finish in the North Division in 2011âÂÂ12, Clipstone were accepted into Division One of the Northern Counties East League. The club adopted its current name in 2013, and were Division One champions in 2014âÂÂ15, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2017âÂÂ18 and were relegated to the East Midlands Counties League. At the end of the 2020âÂÂ21 season the East Midlands Counties League was dissolved and the club were transferred to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. After one season in the Northern Counties East League, they were transferred to Division One of the United Counties League.
In 2023âÂÂ24 Clipstone were runners-up in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. However, they were beaten 4âÂÂ1 in the semi-finals by Harrowby United. Following a fifth-place finish the following season, the club were beaten 4âÂÂ0 by Retford in the play-off semi-finals.
The club originally played at a ground near Mansfield Road, before moving to Baulker Lane when they were renamed Clipstone Boys Brigade. They moved to their current Lido Ground when they joined the Notts Alliance. The ground currently has a capacity of 500, of which 100 is seated and 200 covered.