Castle Vale F.C. was a football club based in the

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area of

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, England. The club was previously known as King's Heath and Castle Vale King's Heath before adopting its final name in 2005. The club resigned as members of the Midland Combination Premier Division in July 2012 and folded.

History

The club was founded in 1964 as the pub team of the Horseshoe

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in the

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area of

. The team played in the South Birmingham League and Mercian League for a number of years. In 1977 they changed their name to Kings Heath F.C. and joined the

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, initially in Division Two, and in 1982–83 were promoted to the top division, which was renamed the Premier Division in the same year.Matchday programme, Castle Vale vs Barrow Town, 16 August 2008 By this stage the club, although still named Kings Heath, was based at The Glen in

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but were forced to leave the ground when, midway through an extensive programme of ground improvements, their financial backer abruptly pulled out, leaving them unable to complete the work. The team was able to groundshare with Knowle and later Shirley Town but the facilities at these grounds did not meet Premier Division requirements, forcing the club to step down to Division One. In the 1992–93 season Kings Heath finished as runners-up in Division One and were able to step back up to the Premier Division, having helped Shirley Town to get their ground up to the required standard. In 1999-2000 they achieved their best ever finish when they came second in the Premier Division. They moved on to groundshare with first

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before moving into Vale Stadium, the former home of the previously defunct Paget Rangers in Castle Vale. They accordingly changed their name to Castle Vale Kings Heath, although they were usually known as Castle Vale KH. In 2005 they dropped their last link to Kings Heath when they changed their name to simply Castle Vale F.C. The club remained in the Midland Combination Premier Division until folding in 2012. They achieved a second runners-up finish in the 2006–07 season.

Records

*Best league performance: 2nd in Midland Combination Premier Division, 1999–2000, 2006–07 *Best

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performance: Preliminary Round 2007–08 *Best

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performance: 3rd round proper, 2006–07

References

External links

*{{official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20120403002540/http://www.castlevale-jks.com/ Association football clubs established in 1964 Sport in Birmingham, West Midlands 1964 establishments in England Defunct football clubs in the West Midlands (county) Defunct football clubs in England Association football clubs disestablished in 2012