Heanor Town Football Club is a football club based in Heanor, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Town Ground. History The club was established in 1883 in a meeting at the Rays Arms Hotel. In 1890 they were founder members of the Midland Amateur Alliance. The club reached the first round of the FA Cup in 1891–92, losing 4–1 at Aston Villa. When the league folded in 1893 they joined the Derbyshire Senior League, winning it at the first attempt, also reaching the first round of the FA Cup again, this tie losing 1–0 at Nottingham Forest. The club then moved up to the Midland League, where they played for three seasons, with another FA Cup first round appearance in 1896–97 ending with a 1–0 defeat to Southampton St Mary's in a replay. After dropping out of the Midland League in 1897, Heanor returned to the league in 1898. The 1898–99 season saw another FA Cup first round appearance, this time ending with a 3–0 defeat at home to Bury. Despite finishing sixth in 1899–1900, the club left the Midland League again. In 1921 they joined the Central Alliance. When the league folded in 1925 they rejoined the Derbyshire Senior League, before returning to the Midland League in 1926. However, in 1928 the club dropped back into the Derbyshire Senior League. They were runners-up in 1928–29 and again in 1932–33, after which the club joined the Central Combination. Heanor were Central Combination runners-up in 1933–34 and went on win the league the following season. When the league folded in 1936, the club joined the Notts Amateur Combination. Following World War II they did not reform until 1951, when a team was entered to the Derby & District Amateur League. They moved up to the Notts Alliance the following season after moving to the Sir John Warren Ground in Loscoe, and after merging with the financially stricken Heanor Athletic in January 1953, Town took Athletic's place in Division One of the Central Alliance for the 1953–54 season. League reorganisation in 1956 led to the league being split into regional first divisions, with Heanor winning Division One North in 1956–57 and 1957–58. The following season saw their first appearance in the first round of the FA Cup in the 20th century, with a record crowd of 6,511 seeing the club lose 5–1 at home to Carlisle