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2018–19 Southern Football League
The 2018–19 season was the 116th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league (known as Evo-Stik League Southern, following a sponsorship deal with Evo-Stik) has two Premier divisions (Central and South) at step 3 of the National League System (NLS) and two Division One divisions (Central and South) at step 4 of the NLS. This was the first season to consist of four divisions in the league, following a shakeup of the Southern, Isthmian, and Northern Premier Leagues divisions by geographical region. The Southern League was chosen to create a new division at Step 3; the 21 clubs remaining from the Premier Division the previous season were split into two new Premier divisions; Central and South. The league constitution was announced in May 2018. Premier Division Central At the end of the previous season a new division was created at step 3, while the number of clubs in step 3 divisions was reduced from 24 to 22. The Premier Division Central con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 87 clubs which are divided into four divisions. The Central and South Divisions are at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and are feeder divisions, mainly to the National League South but also to the National League North. Feeding the Premier Divisions are two regional divisions, Division One Central and Division One South, which are at step 4 of the NLS. These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues. The league has its administrative head office at Eastgate House in Gloucester. History Football in the south of England Professional football (and, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamworth F
Tamworth may refer to: Places England * Tamworth, Staffordshire * Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency) Australia * Tamworth, New South Wales ** Tamworth Airport * Tamworth Regional Council * Electoral district of Tamworth United States and Canada * Tamworth, Virginia * Tamworth, New Hampshire * Tamworth, Ontario Other * Tamworth pig, a breed of pig, also known as the sandyback * Tamworth F.C. an English football club in Tamworth, Staffordshire See also * Tamworth Two, a pair of escaped pigs * Tamworth Manifesto, a Conservative Party political manifesto of 1834 * Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England * John Tamworth (died 1569), English courtier {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royston Town F
Royston may refer to: Places Australia *Royston, Queensland, a rural locality Canada * Royston, British Columbia, a small hamlet England *Royston, Hertfordshire, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire * Royston, South Yorkshire, a suburban village, near Barnsley, and Wakefield * Royston Vasey, a fictional town in the television series ''The League of Gentlemen'' Scotland * Royston, Glasgow, a district of Glasgow, traditionally known as ''Garngad'' United States * Royston, Georgia, a town * Royston, Texas, a ghost town Surname Royston is an English Toponymic Surname, and comes from a place in South Yorkshire named Royston. People *Royston Drenthe (born 1987), Dutch football player * Royston Ellis (born 1941), English writer * Royston Ffrench (born 1975), British jockey *Royston Evans (1884–1977), Australian cricketer and soccer player, commonly known as Mac Evans * Royston Gabe-Jones (1906–1965), Welsh cricketer *Royston or Roy Goodacre (born 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redditch United F
Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, north-west of Alcester and north-east of Worcester. In 2021, the town had a population of 81,637 and the district had a population of 87,037. In the 1800s, it became a centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry; by the end of the century, 90% of the world's needles were manufactured in the town and its surrounding areas. In the 1960s, it became part of the new town planning movement which included it expanding into neighbouring villages and hamlets surrounding the town. It is the second largest settlement in Worcestershire, after Worcester. History The first recorded mention of Redditch (''La Rededich'', thought to be a reference to the red clay of the nearby River Arrow) is in 1348, the year of the outbreak of the Black Death. During the Middle Ages, it became a centre of needle-making and later prominent industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitchin Town F
Hitchin () is a market town in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, district of Hertfordshire, England. The town dates from at least the 7th century. It lies in the valley of the River Hiz at the north-eastern end of the Chiltern Hills. It is north-west of the county town of Hertford, and north of London. The population at the 2021 census was 35,220. Hitchin grew around a market place and the adjoining parish church of St Mary's Church, Hitchin, St Mary on the western banks of the River Hiz. At the southern end of the town centre is Hitchin Priory, a former monastery dating back to 1317, which was partially rebuilt into a large country house with extensive parkland following the dissolution of the monasteries. The ancient parish of Hitchin covered a large rural area as well as the town itself, including several Hamlet (place), hamlets which subsequently became separate parishes, including Langley, Hertfordshire, Langley, Preston, Hertfordshire, Preston, St Ippolyts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biggleswade Town F
Biggleswade ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the River Ivel, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bedford. Its population was 16,551 in the 2011 United Kingdom census, This figure increased by 36% to 22,541 at the time of the 2021 United Kingdom census. Evidence of settlement in the area goes back to the Neolithic period, but it is likely that the town as such was founded by Anglo-Saxons. A gold Anglo-Saxon coin was found on a footpath beside the River Ivel in 2001. The British Museum bought the coin in February 2006 and at the time, it was the most expensive British coin purchased. A charter to hold a market was granted by John, King of England, King John in the 13th-century. In 1785 a great fire devastated the town. The Great North Road (Great Britain), Great North Road passed through until a bypass was completed in 1961. A railway station was opened in 1850. From the 1930s to the late 1990s, manufacturing prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banbury United F
Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census. Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshire and southern parts of Warwickshire and Northamptonshire which are predominantly rural. Banbury's main industries are motorsport, car components, electrical goods, plastics, food processing and printing. Banbury is home to the world's largest coffee-processing facility ( Jacobs Douwe Egberts), built in 1964. The town is famed for Banbury cakes, a spiced sweet pastry. Banbury is located north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham, south-east of Coventry and north-west of Oxford. Toponymy The name Banbury may derive from "Banna", a Saxon chieftain said to have built a stockade there in the 6th century (or possibly a byname from meaning ''felon'', ''murderer''), and / meaning ''settlement''. In Anglo Saxo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stourbridge F
Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham, at the southwestern edge of the Black Country conurbation. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 2011 UK census recorded the town's population as 63,298. Geography Stourbridge is about west of Birmingham. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley at the southwestern edge of the Black Country and the West Midlands conurbation, Stourbridge includes the villages and suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore Stambermill, Stourton, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley. Much of Stourbridge consists of residential streets interspersed with green spaces. Mary Stevens Park, opened in 1931, has a lake, a bandstand, a cafe, and open spaces. There are two other large parks also gifted to Stourbridge people by the Stevens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushall Olympic F
Rushall may refer to: Places *Rushall, Herefordshire, England *Rushall, Norfolk, England *Rushall, West Midlands, England **Rushall railway station, West Midlands, England *Rushall, Wiltshire, England *Rushall railway station, Melbourne, Australia People *Helen Rushall (1914–1984), Scottish treasurer *Richard Rushall (1864–1953), English businessman {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalville Town F
Coalville is a town in the district of North West Leicestershire in Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. In 2011, it had a population of 34,575. It lies on the A511 between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester. It borders the upland area of Charnwood Forest to the east of the town and is situated 5.5 miles from Ashby and 9 miles west-southwest of Loughborough. Coalville is twinned with Romans-sur-Isère in southeastern France. History Coalville is a product of the Industrial Revolution. As its name indicates, it is a former coal mining town and was a centre of the coal-mining district of north Leicestershire. It has been suggested that the name may derive from the name of the house belonging to the founder of Whitwick Colliery: 'Coalville House'. However, conclusive evidence is a report in the ''Leicester Chronicle'' of 16 November 1833: 'Owing to the traffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barwell F
Barwell is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents in 2001, increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census. The name "Barwell" literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally known as "Borewell", but later became "Barwell". The brook near Barwell is not the River Tweed, but rather a local stream or brook in Leicestershire, possibly feeding into the River Soar or Avon, which are tributaries of the River Trent. The village has two churches; Barwell Methodist Church in Chapel Street, and St Mary's Church, Barwell in Church Lane. St. Mary's was built in 1220. A board inside the church lists all of the rectors up to the present day, beginning with ''William'' in 1209. The village has two football clubs, Barwell FC and AFC Barwell, as well cricket teams and a large indoor bowling complex. The Queens Head is the oldest public hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needham Market F
Needham may refer to: Places United States * Needham, Alabama * Needham, Indiana * Needham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston ** Needham Line, a commuter rail line in Greater Boston * Needham (Farmville, Virginia), a historic house United Kingdom * Needham, Norfolk, England * Needham Market, a town in Suffolk, England ** Needham Market F.C., an association football club Canada * Halifax Needham, a Canadian electoral district Other uses * Needham (surname) * Needham & Company Needham & Company, LLC is an independent investment bank and asset management firm specializing in advisory services and financings for growth companies. Needham & Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Needham Group, which also operates a ... * Needham Research Institute * Needham-Schroeder protocol, a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure network * Needham (food), a dessert from the U.S. state of Maine {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
