Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Boldmere St. Michaels


fullname = Boldmere St Michaels Football Club
nickname = The Mikes
founded = 1883
ground = Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Church Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield
capacity = 2,500
chairman = Keith Fielding
manager = Rob Mallaband [cite news|title=Mallaband's Back as Boldmere Boss|publisher=Non-League Today|date=2008-07-27|accessdate=2008-08-02]
league = Midland Football Alliance
season = 2007–08
position = Midland Football Alliance, 4th [fchd|name=Boldmere St Michaels|id=BOLDMESM]
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Boldmere St. Michaels F.C. is an English football club based in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield. They have played in the Midland Football Alliance since its foundation in 1994.

History

The club was established in 1883 as a youth football team attached to the local church and soon progressed from playing friendlies against other church sides to playing competitive league football. As the boys outgrew youth football, they organised an open-age team, which played in various local leagues. In the 1947-48 season they reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup. In 1949, the club joined the Birmingham & District League.

During the 1950s the club's fortunes declined somewhat, as they resolved to remain staunchly amateur at a time when their rivals were becoming semi-professional. In 1963 the club moved leagues to the Worcestershire Combination, later re-named the Midland Football Combination, where they were to remain for thirty years, although with no great success until the late 1980s when they were champions on three occasions. This level of success saw the Mikes become founder members of the Midland Alliance in 1994, where they have played to this day, generally finishing in the top half of the table with a best placing of third.

The club won the Walsall Senior Cup in 2005-06 and retained it the following season.

Club records

*Best league performance: 3rd in Midland Alliance, 1996-97
*Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1987-88 and 1997-98
*Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1995-96, 1996-97
*Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Semi-Finals, 1947-48

Honours

*Midland Football Combination
**Champions - 1985-86, 1988-89, 1989-90
**Runners-up - 1987-88
**Challenge Cup Winners - 1977-78, 1989-90, 1990-91
**Tony Allden Cup Winners - 1978-79, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92
**Challenge Trophy Winners - 1986-87, 2003-04

*Walsall Senior Cup
**Winners - 1986-87, 2005-06, 2006-07

*Birmingham County Football Association Junior Cup
**Winners - 1971-72

*Sutton Charity Cup
**Winners - 1968-69, 1970-71, 1996-97, 1997-98

*Fazeley Charity Cup
**Winners - 1997-98

Ground

Originally named Church Road, the ground was re-named in 2004 after former chairman Trevor Brown. The ground's facilities have been upgraded since the mid-nineties to Southern League standard, a level to which the club ultimately aspires.

References

External links

* [http://www.themikes.co.uk/ Club website]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/boldmerestmichaelsfchistory/ Club history website]
* [http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/boldmerestmichaelsfc/ Unofficial Club website]