It is known there was an original club
in Nettleham around 1905. The team changed at the Halfway House (the top
of Washdyke Hill) in a then Public House and the pitch was at Grange-de-Lings,
where it remained until 1946-47. The club disbanded around 1914 and reformed
after the First World War in 1919, and although during the post war years,
succeeded in winning the Applewhite Cup around 1924, in the thirties it
hit hard times and failed about 1936.
The club however was reformed in 1938, and apart from the war years
1939-1945 has continued ever since.
In 1948 the club moved its ground to the village, playing on what is
known as Bill Bailey’s Field on Scothern Road, and changed at
the White Hart Hotel which necessitated a walk through the village to
the pitch. However the acquisition by the council of land belonging
to the Church in the mid seventies saw the club move to its present
home in 1979, later to be named Mulsanne Park following the twinning
of the village with Mulsanne in France.
The club continued to play in the local league until 1981, when they
it made a successful application to join the Lincolnshire County League.
In the first season promotion was gained to the First Division of the
League and the Club remained in this League until 1988 when a successful
application was made to join the Central Midlands League. In 1990 the
club gained promotion to the Supreme Division of the league.
The club has developed considerably over the years and the excellent
facilities at Mulsanne Park have helped to achieve its current status.
At the same time the club has grown to be one of, if not the largest
amateur club in Lincolnshire, catering for no less than twelve different
teams, five seniors, six juniors and a ladies team.
