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The 'West Midlands (Regional) League' is a football competition based in England, covering the West Midlands, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire. It has three divisions, the highest of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 6 (or level 10) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Midland Football Alliance.
| Contents |
| Structure |
| History |
| League champions |
| Birmingham & District League |
| West Midlands (Regional) League |
| References |
| External links |
Structure
Prior to 2006, the league was defined as step 7, even though it fed into the step 5 Midland Alliance. In 2006 it was re-graded as step 6, 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.
Successful teams from the Shropshire County League and the Kidderminster & District League may apply to join the West Midlands (Regional) League. [1] Ellesmere Rangers have made it from the lower division of the Shropshire League to the top division of the West Midlands Regional League in just four seasons. Regional League teams could also theoretically be relegated to the local leagues but in practice this very rarely happens.
Under the terms of a sponsorship deal, the league is currently known as the 'Sport Italia West Midlands (Regional) League'.
History
The league was formed in 1889 1 as the 'Birmingham and District League' with an initial membership of 12 clubs. Although Kidderminster Olympic topped the final table, the title was declared void as a number of fixtures had not been completed, a situation which was to be repeated in each of the subsequent two seasons (on both occasions Brierley Hill Alliance topped the table but did not win the title). Despite the league's name, in the years prior to World War I it came to include teams from as far afield as Bristol, Wrexham and Crewe. During this period the reserve teams of local Football League teams won the league title almost every year.
Soon after World War I the reserve sides left the league, although some Football League clubs' 'A' teams and some Southern Football League teams' reserve sides played in the league until 1960. In 1954 the league absorbed the floundering Birmingham Combination, expanding to include Divisions One South and One North, later revised to Divisions One and Two. In 1960, when the remaining reserve teams left the league, all the remaining clubs were consolidated into one 24 team division.
In 1962 the league changed its name to the 'West Midlands (Regional) League' to more accurately reflect its catchment area. It soon expanded to include a Premier Division, Division One and Division Two, a format it has mostly retained to this day, despite the elevation of ten clubs to the newly-formed Midland Football Alliance in 1994.
At present the league continues to operate with a three division structure and over 50 member clubs. It also operates a League Cup for each division.
League champions
Birmingham & District League
★ 1889-90 ''no championship awarded'' ★ 1890-91 ''no championship awarded'' ★ 1891-92 ''no championship awarded'' ★ 1892-93 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves5 ★ 1893-94 Old Hill Wanderers[2] ★ 1894-95 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1895-96 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1896-97 Hereford Thistle[2] ★ 1897-98 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves5 ★ 1898-99 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves5 ★ 1899-00 Aston Villa Reserves[4] ★ 1900-01 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves[5] ★ 1901-02 West Bromwich Albion Reserves[6] ★ 1902-03 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1903-04 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1904-05 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1905-06 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1906-07 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1907-08 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1908-09 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1909-10 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1910-11 Stoke[2] ★ 1911-12 Aston Villa Reserves4 ★ 1912-13 West Bromwich Albion Reserves6 ★ 1913-14 Worcester City12 ★ 1914-15 Birmingham Reserves[2] ★ 1915-19 ''no competition due to World War I'' ★ 1919-20 West Bromwich Albion Reserves6 ★ 1920-21 Wellington Town16 ★ 1921-22 Willenhall[2] ★ 1922-23 Shrewsbury Town[2] ★ 1923-24 Stourbridge[2] | ★ 1924-25 Worcester City[12] ★ 1925-26 Cradley Heath14 ★ 1926-27 Stafford Rangers[2] ★ 1927-28 Burton Town ★ 1928-29 Worcester City12 ★ 1929-30 Worcester City12 ★ 1930-31 Cradley Heath[14] ★ 1931-32 Cradley Heath14 ★ 1932-33 Wrexham Reserves[15] ★ 1933-34 Wrexham Reserves15 ★ 1934-35 Wellington Town[16] ★ 1935-36 Wellington Town16 ★ 1936-37 Bristol Rovers Reserves[2] ★ 1937-38 Kidderminster Harriers[18] ★ 1938-39 Kidderminster Harriers18 ★ 1939-40 ''season abandoned due'' ''to outbreak of World War II'' ★ 1940-46 ''no competition due to World War II'' ★ 1946-47 Halesowen Town[19] ★ 1947-48 Kettering Town[2] ★ 1948-49 Worcester City Reserves ★ 1949-50 Hereford United Reserves ★ 1950-51 Brierley Hill Alliance[21] ★ 1951-52 Brierley Hill Alliance21 ★ 1952-53 Oswestry Town ★ 1953-54 Wolverhampton Wanderers 'A'[22] ★ 1954-55 Nuneaton Borough (Northern Section champions) Redditch United (Southern Section champions) ★ 1955-56 Nuneaton Borough ★ 1956-57 Walsall Reserves[2] ★ 1957-58 Wolverhampton Wanderers 'A'22 ★ 1958-59 Wolverhampton Wanderers 'A'22 ★ 1959-60 Bromsgrove Rovers ★ 1960-61 Bilston ★ 1961-62 Lockheed Leamington |
West Midlands (Regional) League
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1. History page on the league's website
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★ League website
★ FA Full Time page
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