Coventry Alvis Football Club is a
football club based in
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...
, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Alvis Sports and Social Club.
History
The club was established as the
works team
A works team (sometimes factory team, company team) is a sports team that is financed and run by a manufacturer or other business. Sometimes, works teams contain or are entirely made up of employees of the supporting company.
Association footb ...
of the
Alvis Car and Engineering Company
Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company in Coventry from 1919 to 1967. In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and oth ...
and joined the Coventry Combination in 1928.
[Alvis – the beginning]
Coventry Alvis F.C. They left the league at the end of the 1934–35 season, reappearing in Division Two of the
Coventry Works League in 1937,
[ and by the early 1940s the club had been promoted to Division One, which they won in 1942–43.][ After being inactive between 1944 and 1950, they returned to Division Two of the league.][ The club were Division Two champions in 1951–52, earning promotion to Division One.][League position 1942 to date]
Coventry Alvis F.C. They remained in Division One until finishing bottom of the division in 1960–61, after which the club were relegated to Division Two.[ In 1970–71 they were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to Division One. The league was renamed the Coventry Alliance in 1971, and Division One was renamed the Premier Division II in 1973.][
Alvis were Premier Division II runners-up in 1977–78, and after finishing third in 1983–84, they were promoted to Premier Division I.][ They went on to finish as runners-up in Premier Division I in 1985–86.][ Despite finishing bottom of the division in 1992–93, the club joined Division Two of the Midland Combination. A third-place finish in 1997–98 saw them promoted to Division One. After winning the league's Presidents Cup in 1998–99,][Alvis Midland Combination history: 1993–2001]
Coventry Alvis F.C. the club was renamed Alvis Oakwood Coventry. They left the Midland Combination at the end of the 2000–01 season after several players left the club,[ dropping into Division Two of the Coventry Alliance.][
The 2002–03 season saw Alvis win Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. In 2005–06 they were Division One runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division.][ They went on to win back-to-back Premier Division titles in 2008–09 and 2009–10, and after finishing as runners-up in 2010–11, the club rejoined the Midland Combination in Division One.]Midland 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 ...
to form the Midland League
The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid.
History
T ...
, with Alvis becoming members of Division One. However, they finished bottom of Division One in 2014–15 and were relegated to Division Two.[ Although they won Division Two in 2015–16 the club were not promoted. However, after finishing as runners-up the following season, they were promoted to Division One. The club then adopted its current name prior to the start of the 2017–18 season.
]
Ground
The club played at Holyhead Road until moving to the Butts Stadium in 1989.[ They then moved to Sports Connexions ground at Ryton, before relocating to the Alvis Sports and Social Club on Green Lane in ]Finham
Finham is a mainly residential part of the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England, and is the city's southernmost suburb, approximately from Coventry city centre. Finham shares its northern boundary along the A45 with the suburb of Styvech ...
.[ A 150-capacity stand was built in 1998 when the club were promoted to Division One of the Midland Combination.][ In 2013 they began groundsharing at Southam United's Banbury Road ground,][Season Preview – Coventry Alvis]
Paget Rangers before returning to the Alvis Sports and Social Club in 2015.Alvis Back To Green Lane
Coventry City Mad, 18 May 2015
Honours
*Midland Combination
**Division One champions 2012–13
**Presidents Cup winners 1998–99
*Coventry Alliance
**Champions 1942–43, 2008–09, 2009–10
**Division Two champions 1951–52, 2002–03
**Harold Dunn Cup winners 1980–81[
**Bermuda Cup winners 1983–84][
**Sphinx Cup winners 1951–52
**Riley Cup winners 1951–52
*Midland Daily Telegraph Junior Cup
**Winners 1929–30][
]
See also
* Coventry Alvis F.C. players
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in the West Midlands (county)
Association football clubs established in 1928
1928 establishments in England
Coventry Alliance Football League
Midland Football Combination
Midland Football League
Works association football teams in England