Castle Vale Town Football Club is a
football
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club based in the
Castle Vale area of
Birmingham
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,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at the Vale Stadium.
History
The club was established in 1998 as the reserve team of
Castle Vale Kings Heath. They joined Division Three of the
Midland 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 le ...
in 2003, and were runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division Two.
In 2005 the team were renamed Castle Vale Reserves as the club changed its name, and in 2006 they became a separate club under the name Castle Vale JKS,
JKS standing for Junior Kick Stars, the youth team that merged with the reserves to form a new club; a new Castle Vale reserve team was subsequently formed and joined Division Three of the Midland Combination in 2007.
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The new Castle Vale JKS started in Division Three of the Midland Combination, but won the division at the first attempt. They went on to win Division Two and the league's Challenge Vase the following season.][Cup history]
Midland League A third successive title and promotion was secured when they won Division One in 2008–09,[ Although the club finished bottom of the Premier Division in 2011–12 and ]2012–13
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, they were not relegated to Division One. However, they resigned from the league midway through the 2013–14 season.[
The club was reformed as Castle Vale Town and in 2016 they joined the Division Three of the Midland League, formed in 2014 by a merger of the Midland Combination and the Midland Alliance. In their first season they finished bottom of Division Three.]
Season-by-season record
Coaching staff
Honours
*Midland Combination
**Division One champions 2008–09
**Division Two champions 2007–08
**Division Three champions 2006–07
**Challenge Cup winners 2008–09, 2010–11
**Challenge Vase winners 2007–08
Records
*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: Preliminary round, 2010–11[
*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: Second qualifying round 2009–10, 2012–13[
]
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Birmingham, West Midlands
Football clubs in the West Midlands (county)
Association football clubs established in 1998
1998 establishments in England
Sport in Birmingham, West Midlands
Midland Football Combination
Midland Football League