Keyworth United F.C.
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| Full name | Keyworth United Community Football Club |
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| Nickname | The Windmills |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Ground | Platt Lane |
| Chairman | Ian Thompson |
| Manager | Ross Frame and Damien Hurst |
| League | Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division |
| 2024–25 | Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division, 5th of 17 |
Keyworth United Community Football Club is an English football club based in Keyworth, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. The club plays in the Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division. The club is a FA Charter Standard Club affiliated to the Nottinghamshire County Football Association.[1]
They played in the FA Vase in the 1980s.[2] On 24 July 1988, Brian Clough brought Nottingham Forest F.C. for a pre-season friendly down to face Keyworth United F.C. at the Platt Lane ground, the match resulted in a 7–0 victory to Nottingham Forest in front of an estimated crowd of over 2000 people in attendance. Visiting manager, Brian Clough spent almost the entire afternoon signing autographs and conversing with the spectators.[3] At the time of this game Nottingham Forest F.C. were third in Division 1 (Football League First Division) at the time and went on to be the seasons League Cup winning team and finish 3rd yet again at the end of the season.
