Shirebrook Town F.C.

Category	Sports
Dates	Founded 1985 as Shirebrook Colliery; record crowd 2,200 in 1991; renamed Shirebrook Town 1993; Central Midlands League champions 2000-01 and 2001-02; NCEL Division One champions 2003-04.

A football club at Shirebrook, Derbyshire, founded in 1985 as Shirebrook Colliery while the pit was still working, which became Shirebrook Town in 1993, the year the colliery closed. It won the Central Midlands League twice and plays at Langwith Road.

The mining history in this record

Shirebrook grew from a village of 600 to a mining town of 11,000 within fifteen years of its colliery being sunk from 1896. The football club was founded as Shirebrook Colliery in 1985 and joined the Central Midlands League, winning its Senior Division in 1985-86 and finishing runner-up in Division One the following season to reach the Premier Division. It first played at Warren Terrace before moving to Langwith Road, where a record crowd of 2,200 watched a friendly against Mansfield Town in 1991, played as part of the sale of Gary Castledine to Mansfield. In 1993, the year Shirebrook Colliery closed, the club changed its name to Shirebrook Town.

Legacy today

As Shirebrook Town it won the Central Midlands League Supreme Division in 2000-01 and 2001-02, was promoted to the Northern Counties East League, and won its Division One in 2003-04. It joined the United Counties League in 2024 and plays at Langwith Road.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each tagged with how solidly it's grounded and attached to the source(s) that support it. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

The club was founded in 1985 as Shirebrook Colliery and joined the Central Midlands League. (documented fact) ¹
Shirebrook Colliery changed its name to Shirebrook Town in 1993. (documented fact) ^1,2
The club won the Central Midlands League in 2000-01 and 2001-02. (documented fact) ^1,2
A record crowd of 2,200 watched a friendly against Mansfield Town in 1991. (documented fact) ¹

Mines

Shirebrook Colliery — Derbyshire
Founded in 1985 as Shirebrook Colliery, under the pit's name, and renamed Shirebrook Town in 1993, the year the colliery closed (Wikipedia; Football Club History Database).

Sources

(secondary) Shirebrook Town F.C. — Wikipedia
(secondary) Football Club History Database: Shirebrook Town — Football Club History Database

Record created: 19 September 2026 · Last researched: 3 October 2026