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2016–17 Midland Football League
The 2016–17 Midland Football League season was the third in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England. Premier Division The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs: * Coventry United, promoted from Division One * Shawbury United, promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League * St Andrews, promoted from the East Midlands Counties League * Tividale, relegated from the Northern Premier League League table Promotion criteria To be promoted at the end of the season a team must: # Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November # Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March # Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2 # Finish the season in one of the top three positions The following six teams achieved criterion one: * Alvechurch * Coleshill Town * Coventry United * Heanor Town * Sporting K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Football League (2014)
The Midland Football League, officially known as the Capelli Sport Midland Football League since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an England, English association football, football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Football Combination, Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the English football league system, football pyramid. History The league was formed in 2014 following the merger of the Midland Alliance and Midland Football Combination, Midland Combination. Successful Premier Division clubs can win promotion to the 8th level of the English football league system, while the competition also has a number of feeder leagues at level 11, which provide new member clubs each year. Entry can also be gained by applying from non-English football league system, pyramid leagues such as the Birmingham & District Football League. Clubs are also liable to be transferred to other league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heanor Town F
Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heanor and Loscoe, which had a population of 17,251 in the 2011 census. History The name Heanor derives from the Old English ''hēan'' (the dative form of ''hēah'') and ''ofer'', and means " lace at/nowiki> the high ridge". In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as ''Hainoure'', with its entry stating: 6M In CODNOR and Heanor and Langley n Heanorand 'Smithycote' n Codnor Park8 thegns had 7 carucates of land to the geld efore 1066 here island for as many ploughs. There are now 3 ploughs in demesne, and 11 villains and 2 bordars and 3 sokemen having 5½ ploughs. There is a church and 1 mill endering12d and of meadow ndwoodland pasture 2 leagues long and 3 furlongs broad. TREin Latin Tempore Regis Edwardi – in the time of King Edward before the Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 United Counties League
The 2017–18 United Counties League season (known as the 2017–18 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th in the history of the United Counties League, a association football, football competition in England. The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017. Premier Division The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs: *Daventry Town F.C., Daventry Town, promoted from Division One *St Andrews F.C. (England), St Andrews, transferred from the 2016–17 Midland Football League#Premier Division, Midland League *Wellingborough Whitworth F.C., Wellingborough Whitworth, promoted from Division One League table Division One Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs: *Harrowby United F.C., Harrowby United, relegated from the Premier Division *Huntingdon Town F.C., Huntingdon T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 West Midlands (Regional) League
The 2017–18 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 118th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire. The league operates three divisions: the Premier Division, see 2017–18 West Midlands (Regional) League#Premier Division, below, at level 10 in the English football league system, Division One at level 11, and Division Two. The Premier Division is one of three divisions which feed into the Midland Football League (2014), Midland League Premier Division, the other two being the East Midlands Counties Football League, East Midlands Counties League and the Midland League's own Division One. The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017, and following one amendment, the WMRC Premier Division constitution was rati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Northern Premier League
The 2017–18 season was the 50th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the eleventh and last season of the Division One North and South. The league sponsors for 2017–18 were Evo-Stik. Premier Division Team changes The following 6 clubs left the Premier Division before the season - * Blyth Spartans – promoted to National League North * Corby Town – relegated to NPL Division One South * Frickley Athletic – relegated to NPL Division One South * Ilkeston – relegated to NPL Division One South, and were subsequently wound up in the high court. A New Ilkeston Town Replaced in Midland League Division One. * Skelmersdale United – relegated to NPL Division One North * Spennymoor Town – promoted to National League North The following 6 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season - *Altrincham – relegated from National League North * Farsley Celtic – promoted from NPL Division One North * Lancaster City – promoted from NPL Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stourport Swifts F
Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, 4 miles to the south of Kidderminster and downstream on the River Severn from Bewdley. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 20,653. History and early growth Stourport came into being around the canal basins at the Severn terminus of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was completed in 1768. In 1772 the junction between the Staffordshire and Worcestershire and the Birmingham Canal was completed and Stourport became one of the principal distributing centres for goods to and from the rest of the West Midlands. The canal terminus was built on meadowland to the south west of the hamlet of Lower Mitton. The terminus was first called Stourmouth and then Newport, with the final name of Stourport settled on by 1771. The population of Stourport rose from about 12 in the 1760s to 1300 in 1795. In 1771 John Wesley had called Stou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Khalsa F
Sporting may refer to: *Sport, recreational games and play *Sporting (neighborhood), in Alexandria, Egypt Sports clubs * Alexandria Sporting Club, a sports club from Alexandria, Egypt * BFA Sporting, a football club from Beirut, Lebanon * Real Sporting de Gijón, a football club from Gijón, Spain * Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, a sports club from Beirut, Lebanon *Sporting BC, a Greek professional basketball team from Athens *Sporting Charleroi, a football club from Charleroi, Belgium *Sporting Clube da Brava, a football club from Cape Verde *Sporting Clube da Covilhã, a sports club from Covilhã, Portugal *Sporting Clube de Braga, a sports club from Braga, Portugal *Sporting Clube de Goa, a sports club from Goa, India *Sporting Clube de Portugal, a sports club from Lisbon, Portugal *Sporting Cristal, a football club from Lima, Peru *Sporting Kansas City, a soccer (football) club from Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. Obsolete euphemisms *Gambling *Prostitution Prostitution is a type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepshed Dynamo F
Shepshed (often known until 1888 as ''Sheepshed'', also ''Sheepshead'' – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a market town and civil parish in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England with a population of 14,875 at the 2021 census. It is the third largest settlement in the borough, after Loughborough and Leicester. History Origins The town originally grew as a centre for the wool trade. There has been controversy about the origin of the name of the town. The earliest form is ''Scepeshefde Regis'' as mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, which means "(King's) hill where sheep graze", but since then there have been many changes until the present form, Shepshed, was adopted in 1888. The addition of the suffix 'Regis' signifies that there was once a royal lodge in the area. Very little information about the settlement on the site of Shepshed appears before the Domesday Book but the name is certainly Anglo-Saxon: local histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocester F
Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt ''Rowcestre'' in the Domesday Book. It is located on the Derbyshire border. Geography The village is about north of Uttoxeter and southwest of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne, situated on the county border with Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,431. The village lies on a triangle of land between the River Churnet and River Dove, Derbyshire, River Dove, which join to the south. The parish borders, from the south going clockwise, the parishes of Uttoxeter Rural, Croxden, Denstone, Ellastone, all in East Staffordshire, and then Norbury and Roston, Marston Montgomery and Doveridge, all in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire. History A Roman Empire, Roman fort was founded on the site in about 69 AD, as an intermediate point between Derby and Newcastle-under-Lyme on a route later known as The Long Lane (Derbyshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quorn F
Quorn is a brand of Meat alternative, meat substitute products. Quorn originated in the UK and is sold primarily in Europe, but is available in 11 countries. The brand is owned by parent company Monde Nissin. Quorn is sold as both a cooking ingredient and as a meat substitute used in a range of Frozen meal, prepackaged meals. Though all Quorn products are Vegetarianism, vegetarian, not all are Veganism, vegan. All Quorn foods contain mycoprotein as an ingredient, which is derived from the ''Fusarium venenatum'' fungus. In most Quorn products, the fungus culture is dried and mixed with egg white, which acts as a binder, and then is adjusted in texture and pressed into various forms. The vegan formulation uses potato protein as a binder instead of egg white. History Quorn was launched in 1985 by Marlow Foods, a joint venture between Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). Microbial biomass is produced commercially as single-cell protein (SCP) for hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lye Town F
Lye is the common name of various alkaline solutions, including soda lye (a solution of sodium hydroxide) and potash lye (a solution of potassium hydroxide). Lyes are used as cleaning products, as ingredients in soapmaking, and in various other contexts. History The word derives from the root *''lau'', meaning to wash (compare , ) and has cognates in all the Germanic languages. Traditionally, lye was made by leaching wood ashes in water, creating an alkaline liquor rich in potassium carbonate or potash. The alkalinity could be increased by adding slaked lime, which would cause the solute to become potassium hydroxide or caustic potash. Uses Food Lyes are used to cure many types of food, including the traditional Nordic lutefisk, olives (making them less bitter), canned mandarin oranges, lye rolls, century eggs, pretzels, candied pumpkins, and bagels. They are also used as a tenderizer in the crust of baked Cantonese moon cakes, in "zongzi" (glutinous rice dumplings wrapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
