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The 'Midland Football Combination' is an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It is comprised of 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.
| Contents |
| History |
| League champions |
| Worcestershire Combination |
| Midland Combination |
| 2007–08 members |
| Premier Division |
| Division One |
| Division Two |
| Division Three |
| Cup competitions |
| References |
| External links |
History
The league was founded in 1927 as the 'Worcestershire Combination'. The ten founder members were Oldbury Town,[3] Stourbridge Reserves,[3] Kidderminster Harriers Reserves,[3] Bewdley,[3] Blackheath Town,11 Halesowen Labour,12 Highley Colliers,[3] Old Carolians,[3] Stewart & Lloyds (Bilston)[3] and Cookley St Peters.[3] 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.
League champions
Worcestershire Combination
Midland Combination
2007–08 members
The teams competing in the Combination's first team divisions in the 2007–08 season are as follows:[55]
Premier Division
Barnt Green Spartak |
Bartley Green |
Bolehall Swifts |
Brereton Social |
Brocton |
Cadbury Athletic |
Castle Vale |
Coleshill Town |
Continental Star |
Coventry Copsewood |
Feckenham |
Heath Hayes |
Heather Saint Johns |
Highgate United |
Loughborough University |
Massey Ferguson |
Meir KA |
Nuneaton Griff |
Pershore Town |
Pilkington XXX |
Southam United |
Walsall Wood
Division One
Alveston |
Archdale '73 |
Burntwood Town |
Coton Green |
Droitwich Spa |
Earslwood Town |
Fairfield Villa |
Knowle |
Leamington Hibernian |
Mile Oak Rovers |
Newhall United |
Northfield Town |
Stockingford Allotments Association |
Thimblemill REC |
Wernley Athletic |
West Midlands Police
Division Two
BNJs Mann & Co |
Burntwood Town Reserves |
Cadbury Athletic Reserves |
Castle Vale JKS |
Chelmsley Town |
Continental Star Reserves |
Dosthill Colts |
Droitwich Spa Reserves |
Enville Athletic |
Feckenham Reserves |
Greenhill |
Northfield Town Reserves |
Perrywood |
Warwick Town |
Worcester City Academy
Division Three
Austin Sports & Social |
Castle Vale Reserves |
Chelmsley Town Reserves |
Earlswood Town Reserves |
Evesham United 'A' |
GSA & Smethwick Town |
Heather Saint Johns Reserves |
Henley Forest |
Kenilworth Town K H |
Knowle Reserves |
Littleton |
Racing Club Warwick Reserves |
Shipston Excelsior |
Studley Athletic
Cup competitions
Each division additionally has its own knockout competition, the Premier Division competing for the President's Cup, Division One for the Challenge Vase, Division Two for the Challenge Urn, Division Three for the Challenge Trophy, and the Reserve Division for the Challenge Bowl.
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External links
★ Official site
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