Midland Football Combination
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| Midland Football Combination | |
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| Sport | Football |
| Founded | 1927 |
| No. of teams | 67 (four divisions) (not including Reserve Division) |
| Country(ies) |  England |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Coleshill Town |
The Midland Football Combination is an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It is comprised of five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One, Two and Three, and a Reserve Division (although Divisions Two and Three also include a number of reserve teams). The league is one of two official feeder leagues to the Midland Football Alliance.
Prior to 2006, the Premier Division was defined as step 7 in the National League System, even though it fed into the step 5 Midland Alliance.[1] In 2006 it was re-graded as step 6,[2] making teams in the top two divisions eligible to take part in the FA Vase and teams in the top division eligible to enter the FA Cup. The league does not currently have a title sponsor.
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[edit] History
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The league was founded in 1927 as the Worcestershire Combination. The ten founder members were Oldbury Town,[3] Stourbridge Reserves,[4] Kidderminster Harriers Reserves,[5] Bewdley,[6] Blackheath Town,[7] Halesowen Labour,[8] Highley Colliers,[9] Old Carolians,[10] Stewart & Lloyds (Bilston)[11] and Cookley St Peters.[12] By the 1929–30 season four of the founding clubs had dropped out and the league had been reduced to just six teams, with the result that it held two separate competitions within the one season to bulk out the fixture list, but it then gained eight new teams and has continued to expand.[13]
The league changed its name to the Midland Combination in 1968 to reflect the drawing of clubs from a wider area.
In the 2007–08 season, the league's representative team, drawn from clubs in Division One, reached the final of the FA National League System Cup.[14]
[edit] League champions
[edit] Worcestershire Combination
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[edit] Midland Combination
[edit] 2007–08 members
The teams competing in the Combination's first team divisions in the 2007-08 season are as follows:[56]
[edit] Premier Division
Barnt Green Spartak | Bartley Green | Bolehall Swifts | Brereton Social | Brocton | Cadbury Athletic | Castle Vale | Coleshill Town | Continental Star | Coventry Copsewood | Feckenham | Heath Hayes | Heather Saint Johns | Highgate United | Loughborough University | Massey Ferguson | Meir KA | Nuneaton Griff | Pershore Town | Pilkington XXX | Southam United | Walsall Wood
[edit] Division One
Alveston | Archdale '73 | Burntwood Town | Coton Green | Droitwich Spa | Earslwood Town | Fairfield Villa | Knowle | Leamington Hibernian | Littleton | Mile Oak Rovers | Newhall United | Northfield Town | Oldbury Athletic | Stockingford Allotments Association | Thimblemill REC | West Midlands Police
[edit] Division Two
BNJs Mann & Co | Burntwood Town Reserves | Cadbury Athletic Reserves | Castle Vale JKS | Chelmsley Town | Continental Star Reserves | Dosthill Colts | Droitwich Spa Reserves | Enville Athletic | Feckenham Reserves | Greenhill | Northfield Town Reserves | Perrywood | Warwick Town | Worcester City Academy
[edit] Division Three
Austin Sports & Social | Castle Vale Reserves | Chelmsley Town Reserves | Earlswood Town Reserves | Evesham United 'A' | GSA & Smethwick Town | Heather Saint Johns Reserves | Henley Forest | Kenilworth Town K H | Knowle Reserves | Littleton Reserves | Racing Club Warwick Reserves | Shipston Excelsior | Studley Athletic
[edit] Cup competitions
Each division other than the Premier has its own knockout competition, Division One competing for the President's Cup, Division Two for the Challenge Vase, Division Three for the Challenge Urn, and the Reserve Division for the Challenge Trophy. There are also other cup competitions run by the Midland Football Combination for its members including the Jack Mould Trophy and the Challenge Bowl.
[edit] References
- ^ The FA
- ^ The FA
- ^ Oldbury Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Stourbridge Reserves at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Kidderminster Harriers Reserves at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Bewdley at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Blackheath Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Halesowen Labour at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Highley Colliers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Old Carolians at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Stewart & Lloyds (Bilston) at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Cookley St Peters at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Dudley Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ The FA
- ^ Tarmac at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Woodside Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d Catshill Village Hall at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Lye Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Jack Mould's Athletic at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Bournville Athletic at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Walsall Wood at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d e f Evesham United at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Brierley Hill Alliance Reserves at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Malvern Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Stratford Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers 'B' at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Shelfield Athletic at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d Paget Rangers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Allens Cross at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d e Alvechurch at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Hall Green Amateurs at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Highgate United at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Northfield Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Blakenall at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Sutton Coldfield Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Bridgnorth Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Moor Green at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Chipping Norton Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Studley Sporting at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Mile Oak Rovers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Boldmere St Michaels at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Racing Club Warwick at the Football Club History Database
- ^ West Midlands Police at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Armitage 90 at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Pershore Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Bloxwich Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Kings Norton Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Worcester Athletico at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Alveston at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Nuneaton Griff at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Grosvenor Park at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Romulus at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Leamington at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Atherstone Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Coventry Sphinx at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Official website
