Coleshill Town Football Club is a
semi-professional
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football
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club based in
Coleshill,
Warwickshire
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,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at Pack Meadow.
History
The club was established in 1885 as Coleshill & District, playing their first match against Acocks Green in November that year.
[History]
Coleshill Town F.C. After being renamed simply Coleshill, the club later became Coleshill Town.
[ They played only friendly and cup matches for the first two decades of their history until joining the Senior Division of the Birmingham Youth & Old Boys League in 1906.][Coleshill Town Football Club Archives since 1885]
Coleshill Town Football Club Archives They moved to the Sutton & Erdington Division for the 1907–08 season, before returning to the Senior Division in 1909, going on to win both the Coleshill Charity Cup and Tamworth Nursing Cup in 1909–10.[ In 1912 the club transferred to the Trent Valley League.][ In their first season in the league they were runners-up, as well as winning the Chapel End Cup.][
After ]World War I
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the club reformed as Coleshill United and joined Division One of the Sutton & District League.[ They were Division One champions in 1952–53 and 1954–55, before returning to the Birmingham Youth & Old Boys League in 1956, joining the Suburban Division.][ After winning the division in 1958–59, the club were promoted to the
Mercian Division, in which they were runners-up the following season.][ They were Mercian Division runners-up in 1966–67 and moved up to Division Two of the Worcestershire Combination. The club finished as runners-up in their first season in the division, after which the league was renamed the Midland Combination.][
Coleshill were Division Two champions in 1969–70, but were not able to take promotion due to their Memorial Ground not meeting the required standards.][ However, after moving to Pack Meadow in 1974, they were Division Two runners-up in 1974–75 and were promoted to Division One.][ Although the club finished bottom of the division in 1978–79 and 1980–81, they were reprieved from relegation.][ The club won the Walsall Senior Cup in 1982–83,][ and in 1983 Division One was renamed the Premier Division. Coleshill were runners-up in 1983–84.][
The 2007–08 season saw Coleshill win the Premier Division title, earning promotion to the ]Midland Alliance
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.[ When the league merged with the Midland Combination to form the ]Midland League
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History
Th ...
in 2014, the club became members of the Premier Division. They were runners-up in its inaugural season, and again in 2016–17, a season which also saw them reach the semi-finals of the FA Vase
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, eventually losing 6–1 on aggregate to South Shields
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.[ In 2017–18 the club were runners-up in the Premier Division, earning promotion to Division One Central of the Southern League. At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to Division One Midlands of the ]Northern Premier League
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.
Honours
*Midland Combination
**Premier Division champions 2007–08
**Division Two champions 1969–70
*Sutton & District League
**Division One champions 1952–53, 1954–55
*Birmingham Youth & Old Boys League
**Suburban Division champions 1958–59
*Walsall Senior Cup
**Winners 1982–83
*Aston Villa Shield
**Winners 1961–62, 1964–65[
*Chapel End Cup
**Winners 1912–13
*Coleshill Charity Cup
**Winners 1909–10
*Tamworth Nursing Cup
**Winners 1909–10
]
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Third qualifying round, 2015–16[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: Semi-finals, 2016–17[
]
See also
* Coleshill Town F.C. players
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Warwickshire
Association football clubs established in 1885
1885 establishments in England
Coleshill, Warwickshire
Midland Football Combination
Midland Football Alliance
Midland Football League
Southern Football League clubs
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