| Midland Football Combination |
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| Founded |
| 1927 |
| Nation |
 England |
| Feeder To |
| Midland Football Alliance |
| Divisions |
| 4 (not including Reserve Division) |
| Number of Teams |
| 71 (not including Reserve Division) |
| Levels on Pyramid |
| Levels 10-13 |
| Cups |
| President's Cup Challenge Vase Challenge Urn Challenge Trophy Jack Mould Trophy Challenge Bowl |
| Current Champions (2008/09) |
| Loughborough University |
| Website |
| Official |
The Midland Football Combination is an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprises five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One, Two and Three, and a Reserve Division (although Divisions Two and Three also include a number of reserve teams). The league is one of two official feeder leagues to the Midland Football Alliance.
Prior to 2006, the Premier Division was defined as step 7 in the National League System, even though it fed into the step 5 Midland Alliance.[1] In 2006 it was re-graded as step 6,[2] making teams in the top two divisions eligible to take part in the FA Vase and teams in the top division eligible to enter the FA Cup. The league does not currently have a title sponsor.
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History
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The league was founded in 1927 as the Worcestershire Combination. The ten founder members were Oldbury Town,[3] Stourbridge Reserves,[4] Kidderminster Harriers Reserves,[5] Bewdley,[6] Blackheath Town,[7] Halesowen Labour,[8] Highley Colliers,[9] Old Carolians,[10] Stewart & Lloyds (Bilston)[11] and Cookley St Peters.[12] By the 1929–30 season four of the founding clubs had dropped out and the league had been reduced to just six teams, with the result that it held two separate competitions within the one season to bulk out the fixture list, but it then gained eight new teams and has continued to expand.[13]
The league changed its name to the Midland Combination in 1968 to reflect the drawing of clubs from a wider area.
In the 2007–08 season, the league's representative team, drawn from clubs in Division One, reached the final of the FA National League System Cup.[14]
League champions
Worcestershire Combination
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Midland Combination
2009–10 members
The teams competing in the Combination's first team divisions in the 2009-10 season are as follows:
Premier Division
Bartley Green | Bolehall Swifts | Brocton | Cadbury Athletic | Castle Vale | Castle Vale JKS | Continental Star | Coventry Copsewood | Dosthill Colts | GSA Sports | Heath Hayes | Heather Saint Johns | Knowle | Massey Ferguson | Meir KA | Nuneaton Griff | Pelsall Villa | Pershore Town | Pilkington XXX | Racing Club Warwick | Southam United | Walsall Wood
Division One
Alveston | Archdale | Brereton Social | Burntwood Town | Castle Vale Reserves | Coton Green | Droitwich Spa | Earslwood Town | Fairfield Villa | Littleton | Mile Oak Rovers | Newhall United | Northfield Town | Shirley Town | Stockingford Allotments Association | Thimblemill Phoenix | West Midlands Police
Division Two
AFC Smethwick | Cadbury Athletic Reserves | Chelmsley Town | Continental Star Reserves | Droitwich Spa Reserves | Enville Athletic | Feckenham | Greenhill | Hampton | Henley Forest | Kenilworth Town KH | Knowle Reserves | Leamington Hibernian | Lichfield City | Perrywood | Racing Club Warwick Reserves
Division Three
Archdale Reserves | Blackwood | Chelmsley Town Reserves | Clements | Coton Green Reserves | Coventry Amateurs | Dosthill Colts Reserves | Earlswood Town Reserves | Inkberrow | Littleton Reserves | Northfield Town Reserves | Pershore Town Reserves | Polesworth | Shipston Excelsior | Stratford Town 'A' | Young Warriors
Cup competitions
Each division other than the Premier has its own knockout competition, Division One competing for the President's Cup, Division Two for the Challenge Vase, Division Three for the Challenge Urn, and the Reserve Division for the Challenge Trophy. There are also other cup competitions run by the Midland Football Combination for its members including the Jack Mould Trophy and the Challenge Bowl.
References
- ^ The FA
- ^ The FA
- ^ Oldbury Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Stourbridge Reserves at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Kidderminster Harriers Reserves at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Bewdley at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Blackheath Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Halesowen Labour at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Highley Colliers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Old Carolians at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Stewart & Lloyds (Bilston) at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Cookley St Peters at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Dudley Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ The FA
- ^ Tarmac at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Woodside Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d Catshill Village Hall at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Lye Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Jack Mould's Athletic at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Bournville Athletic at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Walsall Wood at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d e f Evesham United at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Brierley Hill Alliance Reserves at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Malvern Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Stratford Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers 'B' at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Shelfield Athletic at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d Paget Rangers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Allens Cross at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d e Alvechurch at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Hall Green Amateurs at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Highgate United at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Northfield Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Blakenall at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Sutton Coldfield Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Bridgnorth Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Moor Green at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Chipping Norton Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Studley Sporting at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Mile Oak Rovers at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c Boldmere St Michaels at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Racing Club Warwick at the Football Club History Database
- ^ West Midlands Police at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Armitage 90 at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Pershore Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Bloxwich Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Kings Norton Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Worcester Athletico at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Alveston at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b Nuneaton Griff at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Grosvenor Park at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Romulus at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Leamington at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Atherstone Town at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Coventry Sphinx at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Official website
External links
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