Darlaston Town (1874) F.C.

Last updated
Darlaston Town (1874)
Darlaston Town (1874) logo.png
Full nameDarlaston Town 1874 Football Club
Nickname(s)The Citizens
Founded1874
2014 (continuation)
GroundBentley Sports Pavilion, Darlaston, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
ChairmanNeil Chambers
ManagerDean Gill
League Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
2023–24 Midland League Premier Division, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-offs)
Website https://www.darlastontown1874fc.com/

Darlaston Town (1874) Football Club is an English association football club that represents the town of Darlaston, West Midlands. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at the Bentley Sports Pavilion, Darlaston in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.

Contents

History

The club was formed in 1874. [1]

In 2014, the club was accepted into the West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two, two leagues below where the original club left off. [2] In just their second season in the league, the club finished 3rd and level on points behind runners-up FC Stafford.

On 10 October 2015, the club attracted their highest league home gate when 105 spectators took in the visit of local neighbours Wednesfield. [3]

The 2018–19 season saw the club go 20 league games unbeaten. [4] In June 2019, the club were granted a place in the Premier Division for the first time in 6 years alongside 17 other clubs. [5] Their first season back, however, was cut short when the majority of the English non-league pyramid seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of the 2020–21 season the club was transferred to Division One of the Midland League when the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League lost its status as a step six division. At the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, the club beat Lichfield City in the play-off final to earn promotion to the Northern Premier League.

Ground

The club currently play their home games at the Bentley Sports Pavilion, Darlaston in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. The ground is currently known as the Paycare Ground for sponsorship reasons.

52°34′51″N2°01′21″W / 52.580939°N 2.022489°W / 52.580939; -2.022489

Records

Darlaston FC

Darlaston Town FC

Darlaston Town (1874) FC

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rushall Olympic F.C.</span> Association football club in Walsall, England

Rushall Olympic Football Club is an English football club based in Rushall, a former mining village that forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth tier of the English football league system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shepshed Dynamo F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Shepshed Dynamo Football Club is an English football club based in the small town of Shepshed in the north west of Leicestershire, England. Founded as Shepshed Albion towards the end of the 19th century, the team played for the majority of their early history in the Leicestershire Senior League before a series of league wins and promotions the late 1970s and early 1980s, when they were known as Shepshed Charterhouse, took them within two promotions of The Football League. The club encountered financial difficulties in 1994 and reformed under the new name in recognition of the help provided by local side Loughborough Dynamo. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Halesowen Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at the Grove Recreation Ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alvechurch F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Alvechurch Football Club is a football club based in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Lye Meadow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malvern Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Malvern Town Football Club is a football club based in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at the Langland Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oldbury United F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Oldbury United Football Club is a football club representing Oldbury, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tipton Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Tipton Town Football Club is a football club based in Tipton, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One and play at the Tipton Sports Academy.

Dudley Town Football Club is a football club based in Dudley, West Midlands, England. The club is one of the oldest non-league teams in the Midlands region, having been established in 1888. They are members of the Midland League Premier Division, although they have reached as high as the Premier Division of the Southern League, and in 1976 reached the first round proper of the FA Cup, when a crowd of over 5,000 saw them take Football League Third Division team York City to a replay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Market Drayton Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Market Drayton Town Football Club is a football club based in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One South and play at the Greenfields Sports Ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pelsall Villa F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Pelsall Villa F.C. was a football club based in the village of Pelsall, near Walsall, West Midlands, England. The team kit consisted of black and red striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tividale F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Tividale Football Club is a football club based in Tividale, near Dudley, West Midlands, England. They were established in 1954. In the 2011–12 season, under the management of Dean Whitehouse, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase, the furthest the club has progressed in the competition. They won the Midland Football Alliance in 2013–14. They now play in the Midland League Premier Division, having been relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One South at the end of the 2015–16 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wolverhampton Casuals F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Wolverhampton Casuals Football Club are a football club based in Featherstone, near Wolverhampton, England. Established in 1899, they are currently members of the Midland League Premier Division. They play their home games at Brinsford Lane, and also compete in the Walsall Senior Cup – a competition they last won in 2000–01.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atherstone Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Atherstone Town Community Football Club is a football club based in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Premier Division and play at Sheepy Road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shifnal Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Shifnal Town Football Club is a football club based in Shifnal, Shropshire, England. They have reached the 4th round of the FA Vase three times in their history. The team competes in the Midland League Premier Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gresley Rovers F.C.</span> Association football club in Church Gresley, England

Gresley Rovers Football Club is an English football club from Church Gresley, South Derbyshire. Gresley is a member of the United Counties League Premier Division North and plays home games at the Moat Ground. They were known as Gresley Rovers until 2009, when they were reformed under the name of Gresley F.C. In July 2020 the club readopted their original name, Gresley Rovers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walsall Wood F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Walsall Wood Football Club is an association football club based in Walsall Wood, near Walsall in the West Midlands, England. The club's first team began the 2024–25 season in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, which sits at level 8 of the English football league system, but withdrew in October 2024. The team play their home games at Oak Park and are nicknamed "The Wood".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bilston Town F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Bilston Town Football Club is a football club based in Bilston, West Midlands, England. Having played under the names Bilston United, Bilston Borough, Bilston, Bilston Town, Bilston Town (2007) and Bilston Town Community, they are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at Queen Street, Bilston.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darlaston Town F.C.</span> Defunct English football club

For the phoenix club, see Darlaston Town (1874) F.C.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sporting Khalsa F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Sporting Khalsa Football Club are a football club, formed in 1991, members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, who play their home games at the Aspray Arena in Willenhall, West Midlands. Founded by the local Sikh community, they are the first British Asian club to own their own ground, which they bought from Banks's Brewery in 2010 after moving from Abbey Park, the former home of Bloxwich Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lichfield City F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Lichfield City Football Club is a football club based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. They are members of the Midland League Premier Division and play at the City Ground.

References

  1. ↑ "Club History". Darlaston Town 1874 FC official site.
  2. ↑ "The birth of Darlaston Town (1874) FC". Express and Star.
  3. ↑ "Club History". Darlaston Town 1874 FC official site.
  4. ↑ "Darlaston Town F.C.'s (1874) return to the Premier Division". Valerie Vaz MP.
  5. ↑ "THE WEST MIDLANDS (REGIONAL) LEAGUE CONFIRM DARLASTON'S PLACE IN THE PREMIER DIVISION". Darlaston Town 1874 FC official site. 4 June 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.