List of Rushall Olympic F.C. seasons

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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.

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Early history

Although football had been played in the village for at least 20 years previously, the earliest known reference to Rushall Olympic Football Club is in local newspaper reports on matches from the 1893–94 season. The club joined the Cannock & District League in 1895, finishing as runners-up in their first season and later joined the Junior (where they were champions in 1903–04), Amateur, Parks and Senior sections of the Walsall & District League. During the inter-war years, the team won a number of local honours. At this time, the team comprised mainly local colliery workers and played on a field behind the Miners Arms pub in Rushall and changed in the pub itself. However, some time prior to the Second World War, the club disbanded. In 1951, a group of local young men decided to re-form the club. They approached the proprietor of a local fish and chip shop for permission to use his premises as their headquarters and secured the use of Rowley Place as a home ground. The club joined the Walsall & District Amateur League, where the team won the Second Division championship in 1952–53, and later the First Division championship in 1955–56, after which they gained promotion to the Staffordshire County League (South), where they won the Second Division title at the first attempt. Following promotion to the First Division, the club won four championship titles between 1960 and 1965. In 1975, in a bid to gain a higher league status, the club decided to move three miles away to the Aston University Sports Ground, just off the main A34 Walsall to Birmingham road. Meanwhile, the club obtained the lease on some land in Daw End, Rushall, and the new Dales Lane ground was officially opened on 14 August 1977.

Key

Seasons

YearLeagueCup competitionsManager
DivisionLvlPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionLeading league scorerAverage [1]
attendance
FA Cup [2] FA Trophy FA Vase
NameGoalsResRecResRecResRec
Joined the West Midlands (Regional) League from the Staffordshire League
1978–79 West Midlands (Regional) League Division One 3421677037+33484th of 18
1979–80 3628537917+62611st of 19
1980–81 West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division 421513145052-243 12th of 22 PR0-0-1
1981–82 42161887254+1850 6th of 22 PR 0-1-1PR0-0-1
1982–83 38128185966-732 14th of 20 PR 1-1-1R22-1-1
1983–84 381111165559-433 13th of 20 QR1 0-1-1R11-0-1
1984–85 381210165758-134 13th of 20 QR1 0-0-1R44-1-1
1985–86 38149156365-237 11th of 20 PR 1-1-1PR0-0-1
1986–87 38138176063-334 12th of 20 PR 0-0-1R22-1-1
1987–88 34137144344-133 9th of 18 PR 1-1-1R22-1-1
1988–89 40221177339+3477 5th of 21 QR2 2-0-1PR0-0-1
1989–90 40155206556+950 14th of 21 QR1 1-1-1PR0-0-1
1990–91 421712136751+1663 12th of 22 QR1 1-1-1R33-0-1
1991–92 36169116138+2357 8th of 19 PR 0-0-1
1992–93 36177126153+858 7th of 19 QR3 3-3-1PR0-0-1
1993–94 38107215376-2334 [a] 17th of 20 PR 0-0-1R11-1-1
Midland Football Alliance created. Club transferred to the newly created league.
1994–95 Midland Football Alliance 838910196085-2537 18th of 20 PR 0-0-1PR0-0-1
1995–96 36155165665-946 [b] 12th of 19 PR 0-0-1R34-0-1
1996–97 381010184059-1940 16th of 20 PR 0-0-1QR20-0-1
1997–98 38128185157-644 16th of 20 PR 0-0-1R11-0-1
1998–99 361610125744+1358 7th of 20 PR 0-0-1R22-0-1
1999–2000 42209137565+1069 7th of 22 PR 0-1-1QR20-0-1
2000–01 4228959828+7093 2nd of 22 PR 0-0-1R55-1-1
2001–02 42221198150+3177 5th of 22 QR1 1-1-1R42-0-1John Allen
Kevin Hadley
2002–03 4231659437+5796 [c] 2nd of 20 PR 0-0-1R31-0-1Kevin Hadley
2003–04 461516155855+361 14th of 24 PR 0-0-1R10-0-1John Allen
Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.
2004–05 94227788844+4488 1st of 22
Promoted
QR2 2-0-1QR20-0-1
2005–06 Southern Football League
Western Division
8421711147357+1662 10th of 22 116 PR 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1
2006–07 Southern Football League
Division One Midlands
42159185655+154 15th of 22 120 PR 0-0-1 QR2 2-1-1
2007–08 40237106823+4576 5th of 21 152 QR4 4-0-1 QR3 2-1-1Paul Holleran
Lost in the play-off semifinal
2008–09 Northern Football League
Division One South
38208106342+2168 5th of 20 127 PR 0-0-1 QR1 1-1-1
Lost in the play-off semifinal
2009–10 421611156861+759 12th of 22 133 QR1 1-0-1 QR1 0-0-1Neil Kitching
2010–11 42263137845+3381 3rd of 22 131 PR 0-1-1 QR2 2-1-1
Promoted after winning the play-off
2011–12 Northern Premier League
Premier Division
7421710155251+161 8th of 22 300 QR4 3-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
2012–13 422010126955+1470 6th of 22 254 QR1 0-0-1 R1 3-0-1
2013–14 462112137965+1475 7th of 24 193 QR4 2-0-2 QR2 1-0-1
2014–15 46219167664+1272 9th of 24 245 QR2 1-0-1 QR3 2-1-1 Richard Sneekes
2015–16 461912157461+1369 10th of 24 259 QR3 2-2-1 QR2 1-1-1
2016–17 461810186060064 12th of 24 261 QR2 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1Trevor Burroughs
John Allen
2017–18 46199187379-666 8th of 24 245 QR2 1-1-1 QR2 1-0-1 Wayne Thomas
Liam McDonald
2018–19 Southern Football League
Premier Division Central
421711145649+762 8th of 22 247 QR1 0-1-1 QR1 0-0-1Liam McDonald
2019–20 33158105843+1553 5th of 22 270 QR3 2-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2020–21 83411412+213 4th of 22 [d] QR1 0-1-0 R1 1-0-1
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 40209118054+2669 4th of 21 371 QR2 1–1–1 R1 1–0–1
Lost in the play-off semifinal
2022–23 42227137152+1973 5th of 22 335 QR1 0–0–1 QR3 0–0–1
Promoted after winning the play-off
2023–24 National League North 646159226173-1254 19th of 24 Danny Waldron16522 QR3 1–0–1 R2 0–0–1
2024–25 R1 3–1–1 R3 1–0–1Adam Stevens
Richard Sneekes

Notes

  1. Three points deducted
  2. Four points deducted
  3. Three points deducted
  4. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

  1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 4 June 2024.