Earlswood Town F.C.
Earlswood Town Football Club is a football club based in Earlswood, near Solihull. They are currently members of the Midland League Division Two and play at the Pavilions on Malt House Lane.
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Full name | Earlswood Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Earls | ||
Ground | The Pavilions, Earlswood | ||
Chairman | Jim Jones | ||
League | Midland League Division Two | ||
2018–19 | Midland League Division Two, 16th of 16 | ||
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1st Team Staff
Name | Role |
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Tom Reynolds | Manager |
Luke Evans and Tad Elder | Assistant Manager |
History
The club was originally known as Churchgreen United.[1] They were renamed Earlswood Town in 1968, at which point they were playing in the West Midlands Metropolitan League.[1] The club joined the Mercian League in 1971 and won the league's Queens Hospital Cup in 1972–73.[1][2] After winning the Aston Villa Shield in 1978–79, the club were Premier Division runners-up the following season and went on to win the Premier Division title in 1981–82.[2] They then moved up to Division Three of the Midland Combination, which was renamed Division Two in 1983.[3]
Earlswood won the Midland Combination's Challenge Vase in 2002–03 and retained the trophy the following season.[2] A fourth-place finish in 2007–08 saw them promoted to Division One. The club were runners-up in Division One in 2009–10, and after moving to Pilkington XXX's Triplex Ground in order to meet the ground grading criteria for the Premier Division,[1] the club won the Division One title the following season, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[3] When the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League in 2014, Earlswood were placed in Division Two.[3] Despite finishing bottom of Division Two in 2015–16, the club avoided relegation.
Ground
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The club moved to Lady Lane in Earlswood in 1966, before relocating to the Pavillions on Malt House Lane in 1970.[1] In 2010 the club moved to Pilkington XXX's Triplex Ground in Kings Norton in order to be meet the ground grading criteria to be promoted to the Midland Combination Premier Division.[1] In 2012 the club relocated to Studley's Beehive ground,[1] before later returning to the Pavillions ground.
Honours
- Midland Combination
- Division One champions 2010–11
- Challenge Vase winners 2002–03, 2003–04
- Mercian League
- Premier Division champions 1981–82
- Queens Hospital Cup winners 1972–73
- Aston Villa Shield winners 1978–79
Records
See also
- Earlswood Town F.C. players
References
- Who are we? Earlswood Town F.C.
- Honours list Earlswood Town F.C.
- Earlswood Town at the Football Club History Database