Sutton Coldfield Town Football Club is an English
association football
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club based in
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...
. The club participates in the .
Despite being the largest team in a town with a population of over 105,000 people (more than that of the home towns of many full-time professional teams), their profile suffers due to their geographical proximity to
Aston Villa
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, who draw considerable support from the town.
History
The club was founded in 1879 and played its first match against the 2nd XI of Birmingham F.C. (no connection to the modern
Birmingham City
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) on 1 February of that year. In their early years, they played in
Sutton Park and competed in the Central Birmingham League, Aston and District League, Small Heath League, and Suburban League. In the 1930s, now playing at Coles Lane, they competed in the Birmingham Alliance and
Birmingham Combination
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but met with little success.
After
World War II
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, the club, at the time playing under the name Sutton Town (a name which lasted until 1964), played in the Walsall League and Birmingham Combination before joining the Birmingham & District League (soon to be renamed the
West Midlands (Regional) League
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) in 1954. During the next decade, they struggled in the league with financial problems caused by a devastating fire at their ground forcing them to field only amateur players before switching leagues to the Worcestershire Combination (soon to be renamed the
Midland Football Combination
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) in 1964. They were champions of this league on two occasions before rejoining the West Midlands (Regional) League in 1979, where they were champions at the first attempt. In 1982, after a second-place finish, they stepped up to the
Southern League. At the first attempt, they were promoted to the Premier Division but were relegated straight back to the second tier where they remained until the end of the 2009–10 season, before being transferred to the
Northern Premier League
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Division One South.
On , Sutton Coldfield took part in their first ever
Birmingham Senior Cup
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The Birmingham Senior Cup is ...
final, which they won with a 1–0 win over
Nuneaton Town
Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football.
In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to ...
. During the summer of 2011, the club installed a new
third generation (3G) football pitch. After 12 years at the helm, Chris Keogh resigned as manager in September 2012. His assistant, Neil Tooth, was promoted to the manager's role. In 2015, Sutton won promotion via the play-offs to the Premier Division. In the
2017-18 season, Sutton were relegated with three games remaining after a 2–1 away defeat to
Barwell.
Management and coaching staff
Current staff
Managerial history
''See
Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. Managers''
Honours
*
Birmingham Senior Cup
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The Birmingham Senior Cup is ...
**Champions: 2010–2011
**Runners-up: 2012–2013
Records
*Best league performance: 17th in Southern League Premier Division, 1983–1984
*Best
FA Cup
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performance: First Round Proper, 1980–1981, 1992–1993
*Best
FA Trophy
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performance: Third Round Proper, 2004–2005
See also
*
Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. players
Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
England
In alphabetical order by county:
* Sutton, Bedfordshire
* Sutton, Berkshire, a location
* Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire
* S ...
*
Sutton Coldfield Town F.C. managers
Sources
*
References
External links
*
Game photographs archive
1879 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1879
Football clubs in England
Football clubs in the West Midlands (county)
Southern Football League clubs
Sport in Birmingham, West Midlands
Sutton Coldfield
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