Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.
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| Full name | Boldmere St Michaels Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Mikes | ||
| Founded | 1883 | ||
| Ground |
Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Church Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Chairman | Keith Fielding | ||
| Manager | Stuart Grosvenor | ||
| League | Midland League Premier Division | ||
| 2015–16 | Midland League Premier Division, 11th | ||
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Boldmere St. Michaels F.C. is an English football club based in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, currently playing in the Midland League Premier Division.
History
The club was established in 1883 as a youth football team attached to the local church and soon progressed from playing friendlies against other church sides to playing competitive league football. As the boys outgrew youth football, they organised an open-age team, which played in various local leagues. In the 1947–48 season they reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 2–0 to Barnet in front of 27,000 at Highbury.[1] In 1949, the club joined the Birmingham & District League.
During the 1950s the club's fortunes declined somewhat, as they resolved to remain staunchly amateur at a time when their rivals were becoming semi-professional. In 1963 the club moved leagues to the Worcestershire Combination, later renamed the Midland Football Combination, where they were to remain for thirty years, although with no great success until the late 1980s when they were champions on three occasions, including a League and Cup double in 1989–90. This level of success saw the Mikes become founder members of the Midland Alliance in 1994, where they have played to this day, generally finishing in the top half of the table with a best placing of third.
The club won the Walsall Senior Cup in 2005–06 and completed a hat trick by retaining the trophy in each of the following two seasons. The following season, they reached the final of the MFA League Cup, a feat which they repeated in 2010–11. They also equalled their best league placing in the MFA by finishing third, with a record points haul.
Ground
Originally named Church Road, the ground was renamed in 2004 after former chairman Trevor Brown. The ground's facilities have been upgraded since the mid-nineties to Southern League standard, a level to which the club ultimately aspires.
Honours
- Midland Football Combination
- Champions – 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90
- Runners-up – 1987–88
- Challenge Cup Winners – 1977–78, 1989–90, 1990–91
- Tony Allden Cup Winners – 1978–79, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
- Reserve Division Champions – 2000–01
- Challenge Trophy Winners – 1986–87, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Challenge Bowl Winners – 2009–10, 2010–11
- Midland Football Alliance
- League Cup Finalists – 2008–09, 2010–11
- Walsall Senior Cup
- Winners – 1986–87, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Birmingham County Football Association Junior Cup
- Winners – 1971–72
- Sutton Charity Cup
- Winners – 1968–69, 1970–71, 1996–97, 1997–98
- Fazeley Charity Cup
- Winners – 1997–98
Club records
- Best league performance: 2nd in Midland Alliance, 2013–14
- Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1987–88 and 1997–98
- Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1996–97
- Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Semi-Finals, 1947–48
References
- ↑ Talbot, Mike (29 July 2008). "New book tells the story of Boldmere St Michaels FC". Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror Midlands. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
Coordinates: 52°32′30.300″N 1°50′32.690″W / 52.54175000°N 1.84241389°W