Lichfield City Football Club is a
football club based in
Lichfield
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west o ...
,
Staffordshire, England. They are members of the and play at the City Ground.
History
The original Lichfield City joined the
Birmingham Combination
The Birmingham Combination was an English football competition for teams in Birmingham and the surrounding areas, which was active from 1892 until 1954. It was founded as the Birmingham & District Junior League, and changed its name in 1908. The ...
in 1923, but left after two seasons. The modern club was established in 1970 as Lichfield Football Club and joined Division One B of the
West Midlands (Regional) League
The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has tw ...
in 1976.
They were placed in Division One the following season when the league was reorganised and remained in the division until being relegated to Division Two at the end of the
1985–86 season. The club were Division Two runners-up in
1989–90, earning promotion back to Division One.
[ In 1994 they were renamed Lichfield City.][ Their first season under the new name saw the club finish as runners-up in Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division.][
Despite finishing in mid-table in their first season in the Premier Division, Lichfield resigned from the league and became a Sunday league team.]2010–11
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the club won the league's Challenge Vase with a 2–1 win over Continental Star Reserves in the final.Cup history
Midland League They also finished fourth in the division, earning promotion to Division One. Another fourth-place finish the following season led to them being promoted to the Premier Division.[
In 2014 the Midland Combination merged with the ]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
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, with Lichfield placed in Division One.[ In 2021 the club were promoted to the Premier Division based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and ]2020–21
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seasons.
Honours
*Midland Combination
**Challenge Vase winners 2010–11
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: Second qualifying round, 2022–23[
*Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2016–17][
]
See also
* Lichfield City F.C. players
* Lichfield City F.C. managers
References
External links
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Staffordshire
1970 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1970
Lichfield
Birmingham Combination
West Midlands (Regional) League
Midland Football Combination
Midland Football League