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Long Eaton United

Long Eaton United FC

Kit impression

Founded

1956

Years standing

Home ground

Grange Park, Long Eaton

Capacity

1,500450 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

United Counties League
Premier Division North champions 2021–22
Midlands League
League Cup winners 2014–15
Northern Counties East League
Division One South champions 1984–85
League Cup winners 2008–09
Central Alliance
Champions 1912–13
Division One South champions 1958–59
Derbyshire Senior Cup
Winners 1964–65, 1975–76

Nickname: The Blues

The Case For Them

Long Eaton United are not a spare club. They are England FA Trophy, Grange Park, Long Eaton, and 70 years of people deciding this was theirs, pick them and the season has a second spine.

Modern era club
Formed in 1956, so the whole story is documented, arguable and still being written. Join now and you were basically there from the start.
Something to defend
The cabinet is not empty: United Counties League and Midlands League. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.
Cathedral football
Grange Park, Long Eaton holds around 1,500,450. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.
You get a nickname
Known as The Blues. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Grange Park, Long Eaton. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

East Midlands Airport (EMA)

9 km / 6 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Long Eaton (MCR) railway station

Walkable from the platform

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Grange Park, Long Eaton

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Grange Park, Long Eaton