Romulus Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England and play at the CV Stadium. The club's first team play in the . The club was formed in 1979 by club president Roger Evans, initially the team played

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History

Romulus Football Club was formed in 1979 by the current club President Roger Evans and Ken Powell. Initially the team played

. After a number of successful years they stepped up to senior football in 1999, entering the

Midland Football Combination The Midland Football Combination was an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprised five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions. The league was one of three official feeder l ...

. In 2003–04 they won this league and were promoted to the

Midland Football Alliance The Midland Football Alliance was an English association football league for semi-professional teams. It covered Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and also southern parts of Derbyshire and Not ...

. In 2006–07 they finished second in the Alliance and were promoted to the

Southern League Division One Midlands The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...

, In 2010 the club was switched to the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

Division One South. In 2018 the club was relegated and placed into the Midland League Premier Division. In the 2019–20 season Romulus got to the final of the Midland League Cup, but the final was postponed due to the

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Ground

For many years Romulus shared a ground with Sutton Coldfield Town at Coles Lane. At the start of the 2018–19 season the club returned to their original base at Castle Vale Stadium in the

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area of

. The stadium boasts a 3G pitch and an

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clubhouse. Romulus also own a training ground on Lindridge Road, Birmingham where they have a full time college for football players age 16 to 19 years of age. From their academy the club have produced many full time professional players.

Management and coaching staff

Records

*Best league performance: Southern League Division One Midlands, 8th, 2009–10 *Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

performance: 2nd Qualifying Round, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2018–19 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

performance: 2nd Qualifying Round, 2008–09 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: 3rd Round, 2006–07

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