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Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.

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Boldmere St. Michaels
Boldmere St Michaels crest
Full nameBoldmere St. Michaels Football Club
Nickname(s)The Mikes
Founded1883
GroundBoldmere Community Stadium,Boldmere
Capacity2,500 (230 seated)[1]
ChairmanRob Mallaband
ManagerNeil Kitching
LeagueNorthern Premier LeagueDivision One Midlands
2023–24Northern Premier LeagueDivision One Midlands, 13th of 20
Boldmere (white shirts) in action in 2008

Boldmere St. Michaels Football Clubis afootballclub based inBoldmere,Sutton Coldfield,England. They are currently members of theNorthern Premier LeagueDivision One Midlands and play at the Boldmere Community Stadium.

History

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The club was established in 1883 as a youth football team attached to the local church.[2]After playing friendly matches against other church teams for the next 29 years, they joined a league for the first time in 1912.[2]The club subsequently progressed through several leagues before joining theBirmingham AFA League.[2]They won the league's Senior Cup in 1928–29 and the Junior Cup in 1933–34.[3]In 1937 the club joined theCentral Amateur League,and were league runners-up in 1938–39,[4]before winning the league in 1946–47.[5]

In 1947–48 Boldmere reached the semi-finals of theFA Amateur Cup,eventually losing 2–0 toBarnetin front of 26,000 spectators atHighbury.[6]They were also Central Amateur League runners-up and reached the final of theAFA Senior Cup,drawing the final withCambridge Town2–2, with the clubs jointly awarded the trophy.[7]They subsequently hosted theIndian Olympic teamin a friendly match following the1948 Summer Olympics,losing by a single goal.[7]The following season saw Boldmere win the Central Amateur League,[2]after which they joined theBirmingham & District League.Deciding to remain amateur in a largely semi-professional league,[2]the club's performances began to decline and they finished second-from-bottom of the league in 1952–53 and 1953–54.[8]

When the Birmingham & District League merged with theBirmingham Combinationin 1954, Boldmere were placed in the South Division for a transitional season, in which they finished bottom of the table. As a result, the club became members of Division Two the following season. The league was subsequently reduced to a single division in 1960 and renamed theWest Midlands (Regional) Leaguein 1962.[8]In 1963 the club dropped into Division One of theWorcestershire Combination.[8]The league was renamed the Midland Combination in 1968 and the club were Challenge Cup winners in 1977–78 before winning the league's Tony Allden Cup in 1978–79.[9]Division One became the Premier Division in 1983 and the club were league champions in 1985–86, and after finishing as runners-up in 1987–88, they won a second league title in 1988–89. The 1989–90 saw them win the treble of the league, the League Cup and the Tony Allden Cup.[9]They went on to retain both cups the following season, and won the Tony Allden Cup again in 1991–92.[9]

In 1994 Boldmere were founder members of theMidland Alliance,and were league runners-up in2013–14,the league's final season. When it merged with the Midland Combination to form theMidland League,the club became members of the Premier Division.[8]They were runners-up in the Premier Division in2021–22,earning promotion to Division One Midlands of theNorthern Premier League.

Ground

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The Trevor Brown Memorial Ground

Originally named Church Road, the ground was renamed in 2004 after former chairman Trevor Brown. It was renamed again in 2023 to the Boldmere Community Stadium. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,500, of which 230 is seated and 400 covered.[1]

Honours

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  • Midland Combination
    • Champions 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90
    • Challenge Cup winners 1977–78, 1989–90, 1990–91
    • Tony Allden Cup winners 1978–79, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
  • Birmingham AFA
    • Senior Cup winners 1928–29
    • Junior Cup winners 1933–34, 1958–59, 1965–66
  • Central Amateur League
    • Champions 1946–47, 1948–49
  • AFA Senior Cup
    • Winners 1947–48 (joint)
  • Walsall Senior Cup
    • Winners 1986–87, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08,[9]2018–19
  • Birmingham Junior Cup
    • Winners 1971–72[9]
  • Sutton Charity Cup
    • Winners 1968–69, 1970–71, 1996–97, 1997–98[9]
  • Fazeley Charity Cup
    • Winners 1997–98[9]

Records

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  • BestFA Cupperformance: Second qualifying round, 1987–88, 1997–98[8]
  • BestFA Vaseperformance: Third round, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2009–10[8]
  • BestFA Amateur Cupperformance: Semi-finals, 1947–48[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abMike Williams & Tony Williams (2016)Non-League Club Directory 2017,Tony Williams Publications, p437ISBN978-1869833695
  2. ^abcdeDetailed Club HistoryBoldmere St. Michaels F.C.
  3. ^2016–2017 HandbookArchived2017-08-01 at theWayback MachineBirmingham & District League
  4. ^1938/39 Central Amateur LeagueLeics Football
  5. ^1946/47 Central Amateur LeagueLeics Football
  6. ^New book tells the story of Boldmere St Michaels FCArchived1 December 2008 at theWayback MachineBirmingham Mail, 29 July 2008
  7. ^abWhat Provincial Members are DoingThe A.F.C. Record, October 1948, p15
  8. ^abcdefgBoldmere St Michaelsat theFootball Club History Database
  9. ^abcdefgHonoursBoldmere St. Michaels F.C.
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