The Opposition - Key Facts
Full name: Belper United Football Club
Nickname:
Founded: 1921
Ground: Coronation Park, Eastwood
Capacity: 5,000
Chairman: Matt Herrett
Manager: Alex Steadman
Last season: 8th/20 (UCL Premier North)
Journey distance: 12 miles

The Opposition - History
A Belper United was established in the 1921. By the late 1970s the club was playing in the East Midlands Regional League. They were Division One champions in 1979–80, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 1984–85 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 1985–86. They won the league's Challenge Cup in 1992–93, before securing a second Premier Division title in 1994–95 and another Challenge Cup the following season. They were later relegated to Division One, which they won in the 2004–05 season to earn promotion back to the Premier Division.

Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2008–09, Belper were not relegated to Division One. In 2010 they switched to the South Division of the Central Midlands League. In 2014–15 they won the Central Midlands League Floodlight Cup, beating Clay Cross Town 3–2 in the final. After finishing as runners-up in the South Division in 2015–16, 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 2020–21 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 1–0 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division North.
(Source - Wikipedia)

The Opposition - This Season
United had a tough start to their league campaign, losing the first three and conceding 11 goals in the process. However they did beat Uttoxeter Town to progress in the FA Cup.
Hanley Town ended the Cup run in emphatic fashion before back to back wins were followed by three defeats.
After this came a good run of form, going five unbeaten.
They knocked Staveley Miners Welfare out of the Derbyshire Senior Cup on penalties in early October before securing successive 4-1 wins in the league and following this up with two more single goal victories to climb up the table.
After a comprehensive win over Heanor Town to enter the last 16 of this competition came two further defeats including 6-1 at Skegness Town and they come into the match this evening off the back of a narrow 3-2 defeat at home to Grantham Town.
Several former Nailers have pulled on the green & black this season including manager Alex Steadman who appeared in Belper Town squads on 155 occasions.

League (6th/20): P 21 W 9 D 3 L 9 F 37 A 40 Pts. 30
Cups: P 8 W 4 D 1 L 3 F 13 A 10

Top goalscorers: Daniel Odunaiya (12), Keaton August (8)
Biggest victory: Three goal victories on six occasions
Heaviest defeat 1-6 vs. Skegness Town (22nd November)
Highest home attendance: 142 vs. Hucknall Town (29th July)
Average home attendance: 115 (18th/20)
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most games without a win: 4
Most consecutive defeats: 3
Most games without a defeat: 5

The Nailers
Belper started the season with back to back wins before coming unstuck in a home FA Cup tie against Kidsgrove Athletic.
After this came a six match unbeaten run, ended with another cup defeat, this time an FA Trophy reversal at Rugby Town.
Once again Lee Attenborough got the response he wanted, with back to back NPL wins being secured.
After this however they lost two on the spin before flipping their form back on its head again to defeat Anstey Nomads and AFC Rushden & Diamonds.
A draw at Racing Club Warwick followed before two late Corby Town goals consigned us to defeat on the road.
That was the last time Belper tasted defeat, with a draw and three recent wins and clean sheets following it.
Last weekend a Jacob Gratton penalty and thunderbolt finish from James Tague secured the points at Bourne Town.
Tuesday night saw the Nailers progress to the quarter-finals of the Derbyshire Senior Cup with 4-2 home win over Belper United.
Four players can still lay claim to have appeared in every match so far.
Goals wise, Kevin Bastos leads the way with seven while Jacob Gratton and Liam Moran are one behind on six. Jacob Fenton has five. Defenders Jack Broadhead and Ben Rhodes sit on four goals apiece and James Tague & Jonathan Wafula have netted three times each. A further four players have one goal each.

Head to Head
The two sides have met on 12 previous occasions.
The first two were FA Cup ties in 1968, with the Greenbacks eliminating the Nailers in a replay.
Fast forward to 1980 and this time it was the FA Trophy in which Bedworth came out on top, winning 2-0 at Christchurch Meadow.
There were no further meetings until the 2013/14 season when Jon Froggatt scored four goals in a 6-2 home win then netted again as victory was secured in the reverse fixture.
Bedworth won the next one 3-2 in March 2017 and this remains their last win in the fixture, with Belper unbeaten in the last six, winning five of them including 5-0 at home in October 2021.

Overall record for Belper Town: P 12 W 7 D 2 L 3 F 29 A 16
(2 x FA Cup, 1 x FA Trophy, 9 x NPL)

Form Guide (all competitive matches)
Bedworth United: DLLLWD
Belper Town: LDWWWW

Team News
Full team news will be announced at 2:15pm.

Permutations
The winners of the tie, which will go straight to penalties if level after 90 minutes, will enter the draw for the quarter-finals of the Derbyshire Senior Cup.

Match details
Belper Town vs. Belper United
Derbyshire Senior Cup 3rd Round

Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 - 7:45pm kick off

Raygar Stadium
Bridge Street
Belper
Derbyshire
DE56 1BA

Admission prices: Adults £8, Concessions & Students (valid ID req.) £5, U11s (w/paying adult) £0

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