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brand new football changing facility overseen by vice chairlady Helen
Wilford which were hoped to be in place for the season after. Blidworth finished in 17th place at the end of season. Keith Easom, Chris Bullock and Stan Matthews resigned from their positions at the club and it was then decided not to run an under 19 side for season 2010–11. Graeme Rodger had resigned from running the reserves in February 2010. Players Dave Voller and Jez Wright, supported by former referee Darren Wragg, stepped up to run the reserve side for the remainder of the season but they finished bottom of the Supreme Reserve Division.
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gave the manager an avenue to garner young local talent in men's football and support his squad on
Saturdays. Saxby left Blidworth in October after nine straight wins. After being tempted by Rainworth MW to try his luck at step 6, most of the squad left with the manager. Chairman Chris Wain appointed Scott Rogers as the new first team manager assisted by Danny Staley and Richard Hannigan who brought in a team to fight the cause until the end of the season, finishing 7th place in CMFL South division.
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Hatfield as his assistants along with Keiran Booker as Media Manager to help promote the club. Saxby brought in a new squad of players to start the 2017/18 season in the CML South but promised to use the club's youth system to garner local talent in men's football. Blidworth Welfare Junior chairman asked Adam Gullett to join his coaching staff. Saxby used the season to build a competitive squad and finished 7th place in South division.
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September due to COVID-19 with Richard Hannigan continuing as First Team Manager and Dean Mitchell as First Team Coach. Hannigan brought Steve Smith back to the club as his Assistant from Rainworth MW and the 3 embarked on adding to an already good squad to compete in a strong
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Division, Cotton brought in Ian Birtley to assist him and Jason Lilliman to run the reserve side, Rachael Swinney also joined the club as secretary replacing Pete Dean. Cotton's squad finished 6th
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to run the reserve team The season went well with first team finishing in an improved 7th place in the league after Smith left for
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during the second part of the season as ill health forced him to leave his role at the club. Easom ran the first team largely on his own until the end of the season and managed to keep Blidworth in the Supreme Division finishing in 14th position with the reserves finishing in 10th. The start of the
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to attempt to stabilise the club. Wain and Preston left the club in November after a sub-par start to the season leaving Cook along with Gareth Briggs and Scott McMillan the task of reviving the club's fortunes. Unfortunately the club could not gain enough points to lift the club off the bottom of
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coach, was appointed as the under 19's manager assisted by Bullock. The season also saw the removal of the old wooden tea bar at the ground that had been in place since the club began. The management team then purchased a redundant portable cabin which they developed into a more usable hospitality
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as grounds man but the team finished the season in 12th place in the CML South division after the league split to reduce travelling. The reserve team was scrapped for the season due to lack of funds but the club saw the return of an under 19 squad led by Martin Bower. Bower assisted by Kevin
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reserves in the President's Cup final after extra time. Thoresby was later found to have played ineligible players in the game so the cup was handed to Blidworth by the league committee. Chairman Gary Shelton left the club on the last day of the season to pursue other interests.
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was reshuffled and saw Blidworth move to the Supreme Division and again the club reached the final of the Quartet Catering League Cup where they lost 1–0 in extra time to Dunkirk, this defeat had followed an extraordinary cup run where Blidworth beat holders of the cup
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in the final. Cotton's squad beat higher league opposition twice before being made to replay St Andrews on a technicality and losing in extra time. The reserve team struggled in the league finishing in 11th place before disbanding at the end of the season.
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players returning from injury and suspension along with the return of ex-manager Michael Wain as coach. Again Blidworth fared well in the FA Vase beating higher league opponents Teversal, Shirebrook Town and Heanor Town before losing to a late goal from
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in all the players ending up leaving and therefore the club resigned from the league. Many players stayed playing for the reserves which was run by previous goal keeping coach, Steve Smith. Daren Fowler help keep the club alive.
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