Earlswood Town F.C.

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Earlswood Town
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Full nameEarlswood Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Earls
GroundThe Pavilions, Earlswood
ChairmanAndy Walker [1]
ManagerTom Reynolds
LeagueMidland League Division Two
2020–21Midland League Division Two (season curtailed)

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.

1st Team Staff[]

Name Role
Tom Reynolds Manager
Vacant Assistant Manager

History[]

The club was originally known as Churchgreen United.[2] They were renamed Earlswood Town in 1968, at which point they were playing in the West Midlands Metropolitan League.[2] The club joined the Mercian League in 1971 and won the league's Queens Hospital Cup in 1972–73.[2][3] 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.[3] They then moved up to Division Three of the Midland Combination, which was renamed Division Two in 1983.[4]

Earlswood won the Midland Combination's Challenge Vase in 2002–03 and retained the trophy the following season.[3] 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,[2] the club won the Division One title the following season, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[4] When the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League in 2014, Earlswood were placed in Division Two.[4] Despite finishing bottom of Division Two in 2015–16, the club avoided relegation.

Ground[]

The Pavillions on Malt House Lane

The club moved to Lady Lane in Earlswood in 1966, before relocating to the Pavillions on Malt House Lane in 1970.[2] 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.[2] In 2012 the club relocated to Studley's Beehive ground,[2] 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[]

  • Best FA Cup performance: Extra-preliminary round, 2012–13, 2013–14[4]
  • Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2013–14[4]

See also[]

  • Earlswood Town F.C. players

References[]

  1. ^ "NEW CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED". www.earlswoodtownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Who are we? Earlswood Town F.C.
  3. ^ a b c Honours list Earlswood Town F.C.
  4. ^ a b c d e Earlswood Town at the Football Club History Database

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Coordinates: 52°21′26″N 1°50′49″W / 52.357272°N 1.8469812°W / 52.357272; -1.8469812

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