History
Founded as Ollerton & Bevercotes F.C. the club won the Nottinghamshire Football Alliance Division Two championship in 1992–93, gaining promotion to Division One. The club changed its name to Ollerton Town F.C. in 1994. Ollerton were champions of Division One in 1995–96 and were promoted to the top division of the Notts Alliance. After finishing runners-up in 1999–2000, the club was promoted to the Central Midlands League.
In the 2007-08 season, Ollerton-under the stewardship of Don Gethfield- won the Central Midlands Premier Division and also reached the Notts Senior Cup final where they were beaten 2-0 by Eastwood Town.
The club have participated in the FA Vase, getting to the second round proper in 2009–10.
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