Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.
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| Full name | Boldmere St Michaels Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Mikes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield |
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| Capacity | 2,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Keith Fielding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Mick Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Midland Football Alliance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Midland Football Alliance, 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boldmere St. Michaels F.C. are an English football club based in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield. They have played in the Midland Football Alliance since its foundation in 1994.
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[edit] 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. 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 re-named 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. 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.
In 2005/06 the club claimed the Walsall Senior Cup.
[edit] Club records
- Best league peformance: 3rd in Midland Alliance, 1996/97
- 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
[edit] Ground
Originally named Church Road, the ground was re-named 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.
[edit] References
- Boldmere St Michaels at the Football Club History Database
- Mike and Tony Williams (2006). Non League Club Directory 2006. Tony Williams Publications. ISBN 1-869833-54-6.
[edit] External links
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