Didnt they have a good cup run last season

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Full name Alvechurch Football Club
Nickname(s)  The Church
Founded1929
Ground  Lye Meadow
Capacity  3,000 (250 seated)
]Chairman: Richard Thorndike
Manager: Ian Long
League: Southern League  Premier Division Central 2021-22 Southern League Premier Division Central, 5th of 21


Alvechurch finished in the playoff positions last season. They finished with 65 points, the same as AFC Rushden & Diamomonds but with an superior goal difference. They have plans to move to a new ground which is not ready and the lease on their old ground at Lye Meadow runs out this month.



Alvechurch FC face uncertain future as wait to receive funding for £1.6 million development rumbles on

Alvechurch hope to sell their Lye Meadow ground in order to finish their redevelopment of The Hayes.

• CHAIRMAN Richard Thorndike insists the “threat of extinction” remains very real for Alvechurch FC as the club wait to find out whether they will receive the money needed to carry out necessary work at their proposed new site.
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• Alvechurch hope to move all of their teams across to The Hayes, a 20-acre site off Redhill Road and Redditch Road, and have already begun work having installed a 3G pitch, clubhouse, changing rooms and car park. However, with Church’s lease at their Lye Meadow ground up in May, the club need to receive the green light from Bromsgrove Planning that the two sites, which they currently pay for, are linked. The club have used all the funds available to them to develop five and a half acres at The Hayes but are unable to progress further until a decision is made on whether houses can be built on their current Lye Meadow home.
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• Thorndike said: “Lye Meadow is 90 years old, it’s falling down, creaking and just about meets the level for the standard that we play at – which is step three of non-league.“We knew we needed to move to survive, we’re on a year-to-year tenancy at Lye Meadow, it expired last year but because of the pandemic and lockdown the landlord could not do anything with it.
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• “This year, at the end of May, our lease finishes at Lye Meadow, we’re in talks with the landlord pleading for another year, he has not made a decision yet – the threat of extinction is not a veiled one. “If the landlord says ‘we’re not going to renew your lease’ we have to get kicked out because we’re not protected by any covenants that allow us to stay there beyond the lease terms. ”And Thorndike hopes that a decision will be made sooner rather than later with no date set as to when Bromsgrove Planning will make a final decision on the matter.
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• Thorndike added: “We put the application in at Lye Meadow in February 2019, it’s been delayed because of the pandemic and more information being required, we’re on a real knife edge at the moment, it goes to committee but it keeps getting put back. “Bromsgrove Planning are going to sit and make a decision on whether or not the two sites are linked, we couldn’t afford the to run the application simultaneously so we got them both separately.“They’re saying, if we had run them both simultaneously, very special circumstances could have been used to give us planning application for residential housing at Lye Meadow as well as the stadium.
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• “We’re saying, just because we couldn’t afford to run the two simultaneously ‘please don’t penalise us’ because we didn’t tick the box properly at the very beginning. “You can see they’re linked, all the Alvechurch teams play here and we’re still at Lye Meadow, you know the two are linked, they asked us to get barrister’s opinion which we did which has gone in. “Now, we’re at a knife edge to say ‘please link them, please give us the planning, let us have the houses down at Lye Meadow’ and that will release enough funds for us to build the rest of the grass pitches at The Hayes.
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• ”Alvechurch own one fifth of their Lye Meadow site and, if permission is granted for 25 houses to be built on the land, the club will have enough money to complete their development of The Hayes.He said: “The Hayes is in green belt, as is Lye Meadow, and we were offered the opportunity to run something called a concurrent planning application which would enable us to move.
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• “What we could sell the old ground for would generate enough funds for us to move to the new ground, but the enabling application to run two simultaneously was just too costly for somebody like us.“We opted to go for planning here, which was a new 3G facility and a new stadium, we got that passed by Bromsgrove LPA. “We then went to the FA for funding and raised our own funds – this is a £1.6 million project – the Football Foundation have given us 73%, we’ve had to fund the rest through fans, sponsors, the board, we’ve managed to get it done. “We’ve delivered a mini clubhouse and a 3G facility but we can’t do the rest at the moment because we haven’t got the money, we’ve used all our funds to get the 3G done and the clubhouse done – the rest is overgrown, muddy and undrained.
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• “We want to grow the junior section and the girls section but we can’t, and we’ve got three or four disability teams who can’t play because we’re limited to one pitch. ”The club’s Director of Sport, Mark Fogarty, will present the club’s plans to Alvechurch Parish Council at a meeting on Monday and has previously helped to develop football in the community sections at both Leamington and Solihull Moors. And the initial planning application for Lye Meadow was made back in February 2019 only for the Covid pandemic and lockdown to continue to push back the committee date.
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• The Hayes is owned by Birmingham City Council with planning control given to Birmingham under the supervision of Alvechurch Parish Council. 

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Leiston FC is our furthers away trip. They finished 7th last season with contrasting home and away records. Very good home record and not so good away record.
Home : P20, W11, D5, L4  Points 38
Away  : P20, W7. D1, L12  Points 22 
 

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Leiston Football Club is a football club based in Leiston, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Victory Road
Manager: Darren Eadie & Chris Wigger (joint managers)
Ground: Victory Road, Leiston
Capacity: 2,250 (250 seated)
Chairman: Andy Crisp
Nickname(s): The Blues


 

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Stourbridge FC 

Just a few miles from Halesowen, Stourbridge started last season badly and occupied bottom place for four weeks. On 28th August 2021 they were involved in a freak scoreline against Peterborough Sports, losing 8-4. However, they recovered to finish mid-table.
Their final record was : P40, W15, D8, L17, F61, A71, GD-10,  Points 53 
Stourbidge's average home attendance of 690 was the third best in the league last season.
I can remember going to their ground a few times with Ilkeston FC and it’s not one of my favourite grounds. If I remember right, the changing rooms are a bit of a walk from the pitch.  


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Stourbridge Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands.
The club currently plays in the Southern League Premier Division Central.
Manager: Gary Hackett
Arena/Stadium: Stourbridge War Memorial Athletic Ground
Chairman: Andy Pountney
Capacity: 2,626
Nickname(s): The Glassboys 


 

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Redditch United F.C.

Redditch United Football Club is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club participates in the Southern League Premier Division Central and play their home games at the V Trico Stadium. They are managed by former Captain and Assistant Manager Matt Clarke. Wikipedia
League: Southern Football League Premier Division
Arena/Stadium: Trico Stadium
Manager: Matt Clarke
Capacity: 5,000 (250 seating)
Chairman: David Faulkner
Nickname(s): The Reds


Here is a review of their 2021-22 season:
https://www.rufcofficial.co.uk/news/season-review--redditch-united-202122-2702913.html




 

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Stratford Town Football Club
Nickname(s): The Bards
Founded: 1941 (as Stratford Rangers)
Ground: Knights Lane, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiddington,_Warwickshire]Tiddington[/url]
Chairman: Jed McCroy
Manager: Ian King
League: Southern League Premier Division Central 
2021-22 Southern League Premier Division Central, 13th of 21

Stratford's average home attendance was 380
Their record Last season was:  P40, W13.  D8,  L19,  F48,  A70,  GD -22.  Points 47

The highlight of Stratford Town’s last season was a fine run in the FA Cup. They reached the first round proper after beating Carlton, Nuneaton Borough,, Long Eaton United and Boston United before finally bowing out to League 1 Shrewsbury Town in front of a capacity 2800 crowd at Knights Lane.


Click here for  Club website


 

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Tamworth FC


Full name: Tamworth Football Club
Nickname(s): The Lambs
Founded: 1933; 89 years ago
Ground: The Lamb Ground, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth,_Staffordshire]Tamworth[/url]
Capacity: 4,963 (518 seated)
Owner: Bob Andrews
Chairman: Bob Andrews
Manager: Angy Peaks
League: Southern League Premier Division Central
​2021-22 Southern League Premier Division Central, 10th of 21
Website: Club website

Tamworth’s average attendance  of 576 was the 4th best in the league last season
What looked like being a disastrous season for the Lambs ended up being a remarkable one!When Andy Peaks made the shock decision to quit as the long-serving manager of AFC Rushden & Diamonds, he left a team in the promotion hunt to one in the relegation zone.Due to the weather, he had to wait 14 days for his first game in charge – but for Lambs` fans, it was worth waiting for as they smashed Barwell 6-0!
The remaining twelve games saw Tamworth win five and draw seven to be unbeaten under Peaks` management!
Now fans will be expecting the team to be title challengers in 2022/23!

 

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St. Ives Town



Full name: St. Ives Town Football Club
Nickname(s): The Saints
Founded: 1887
Ground: Westwood Road, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ives,_Cambridgeshire]St Ives[/url]
Capacity: 2,000
Chairman: Gary Clarke
Joint Managers:  Mike Ford & Ricky Marheineke
League: Southern League Premier Division Central
2021-22 Southern League Premier Division Central, 14th of 21
Website: Club website



https://pstsport.com/featured-projects/st-ives-town-fc/

 

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Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The men's 1st team competes in the Southern League Premier Division Central, the seventh tier of English football.
Stadium : Liberty Way Ground
Manager: Jimmy Ginnelly
Chairman: Jason Dean
Capacity: 4,614 (514 seated)
Nickname: The Boro
 
In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to play senior football. In 1894, the 'Nicks' changed their name to Nuneaton Town Association Football Club,  which they played under until 1937 when the club was disbanded. Two days later, the club was reformed as Nuneaton Borough F.C. and played under this name until 1991 when the club liquidated for the first time. After the club reformed they changed their name to Nuneaton Borough 1991 F.C. During this time the club had some historic cup victories including a 1–0 win over Division 2 side Stoke City in 2000 and in 2006 they scored a late equaliser at home to Premier league and UEFA Cup side Middlesbrough. Then in 2008 the club was liquidated due to poor financial performance. It was renamed Nuneaton Town and suffered a two-division demotion. During the 2018–19 season the club reverted to its former name Nuneaton Borough F.C. after overwhelming support for the change from supporters.
The club currently plays its home fixtures at Liberty Way, Nuneaton. The club's home colours are blue and white, which are represented as vertical stripes. Local rivals include Tamworth, Leamington and Bedworth United.


 

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Keep the updates coming. Im finding these very interesting

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Full name: Hitchin Town Football Club
Nickname(s): The Canaries
Founded :1928 (as Hitchin Town)
Ground: Top Field, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Capacity: 4,554
Chairman: Terry Barratt
Manager: Mark Burke
League:  Southern League Premier Division Central
2020-21 Southern League Premier Division Central, 17th of 21
Website: Club website


Top Field, Hitchin Town F.C. Image courtesy of Alistair Lockyer 

The team is currently managed by one of its former players, Mark Burke, who has played the second highest number of games for the club with 732 appearances. Mr. Burke, who has been manager since 2014, also serves as the Company Secretary for the club.

Hitchin Town have played home matches at Top Field on Fishponds Road since their foundation in 1928. Prior to that, the original Hitchin club played here from 1873 until their liquidation in 1911, although it was often referred to as the Bedford Road Sports Ground, it's the same stadium. They also played at Ransoms Field and Dog Kennel Farm in nearby Charlton. A public house opposite the ground doubled as a changing room for the players, and a wooden grandstand was constructed during the late 19th century. However, this stand burnt down in 1911, just before the original club's liquidation. Football continued to be played on the site during the period after this, with Hitchin St. Saviours, Hitchin Union Jack, Hitchin Wednesday and the Boys' Club all using the ground for minor matches.
Senior football returned to the ground in 1928, with the foundation of Hitchin Town. Floodlights were installed in 1962, and inaugurated by a friendly match against Arsenal. A new clubhouse was built a year later, which on construction was considered one of the finest in amateur football. A sauna was added in the late 1960s.[1][/url]New floodlights were installed in Summer 2016 and, as some 50 years earlier, they were officially inaugurated with a friendly match against an Arsenal side on 10 November 2016. The lights were switched on by former Arsenal player Pat Rice.The record attendance at Top Field, 7,878, was set in 1955 for an FA Amateur Cup tie between Hitchin Town and Wycombe Wanderers.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchin_Town_F.C.#cite_note-officialhistory-1][1] The ground's current capacity is 4,000.A tea hut, club shop, turnstiles and clubhouse are situated within one corner of the ground, known as Canary Corner.

 A panorama of Top Field


 

 

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Rushall Olympic



Full name: Rushall Olympic Football Club
Nickname : The Pics
Founded: 1951; 71 years ago
Ground: Dales Lane, Rushall, Walsall
Capacity: 1,980
Chairman : John Allen
Manager : Liam Carl McDonald
League : Southern League Premier Division Central
2021-22 Southern League Premier Division Central, 4th of 21
Website:  Club website


Rushall Olympic was another team we crossed swords with in the days Kevin Wilson. They spent 30 weeks of last season in the top two but a in a disastrous end of season slump they lost 8 of their last 10 matches and finished 4th. They lost to Coalville in the playoffs. 

Their record was : P40, W29, D9, L11, GF80, GA54, GD +26, Points 69
Their average attendance was 371 

On 5th March 2022 there was trouble at their home game with league leaders Banbury United and Rushall issued the following Club Statement:

SATURDAY'S EVENTS
7th March 2022




WE HAVE digested the club statement put out by Banbury United FC in regards to events at our game at Dales Lane on Saturday and firstly, we would like to thank them for their praise for us as welcoming hosts and congratulate them on their victory.
It was a competitive and committed match befitting the current top two teams in our League standings and played in the right spirit throughout in front of the biggest crowd in our League on the day. A minute’s applause for a loyal Pics’ supporter who has recently passed away, Patrick Gaughan, alongside a show of support for the brave people of Ukraine was on the whole, observed with absolute respect.

Unfortunately, unsavoury events off the park overshadowed the game itself, which is never satisfactory. Anti-social behaviour was prevalent from an element of the travelling support where smoke bombs were thrown into stands at home supporters in an aggressive fashion along with a number of supporters being spat at and also there were smoke bombs thrown on multiple occasions onto our prized 3G pitch causing damage to the surface.

Following discussion with the officials on the day, they have confirmed that they saw four smoke bombs being used in total. The first was set off in the stand after Banbury United equalised, but did not come onto our pitch. The second and third were set off just before the second half began, with one thrown into our supporters and the other was thrown onto our pitch. The fourth was set off after Banbury United’s second goal and was thrown onto our pitch in the top goalmouth and was removed by an assistant.

We would like to thank the officials for their help with ensuring safety and minimising the damage to our 3G pitch.There was further friction post-match as visiting supporters were required to leave our ground in full presence of our local Police force and where one of our stewards was pushed over and kicked, sadly resulting in distress to him as well as physical injury that required an ambulance, all events which affected the atmosphere on the afternoon.

Apparently, there was further anti-social behaviour that the Police had to deal with away from Dales Lane after travelling supporters were escorted from our ground after the game.

We are in full and constructive communication with Banbury United in regards to evaluating the damage to our 3G pitch, analysing camera and CCTV footage and also exchanging any information that may benefit both clubs and also any Police enquiries.To our supporters, we were aware as a club of a number of occasions where an element of the Banbury United supporters had been seen to be involved in anti-social behaviour at matches, hence having enhanced security at their home games as discussed after our game with their committee and this element like to use smoke bombs at games, something that was potentially harmful to our 3G pitch and we notified local Police of our concerns pre-match and also during the game as the anti-social behaviour unfolded.

Extra security was brought in alongside our stewards and it’s fair to state that stewards are in attendance to help, keep an eye on crowd machinations, offer information and the odd forceful word where required, not to fight people. If somebody wants to cause trouble, then on most occasions they will. As a club, we can always learn and acknowledge things we do well and things we can do better, like all Non-League clubs relying on the hard work of many volunteers.

We will be sourcing extra security at future games; we’ve rarely needed it in the past, but a bit of extra help may aid us if there are any more issues of the nature we experienced at this match.

We are aware that there were a number of children in attendance with parents who were unsettled by events during the game and we’re sorry that you had to see that and if any supporters just want to come to Rushall Olympic to simply cause trouble and record it as some sort of trophy on camera phones, then please don’t come to Dales Lane as you’re not welcome.

We will be offering a free Junior Matchday Mascot package to any youngster affected by these events at this Saturday’s home game against Leiston. Full details to follow shortly via our various media channels.We are a family-friendly community football club and we thank a number of Banbury United supporters for messages and emails sent to us apologising for the actions of the minority and being embarrassed by the events that they witnessed. That mutual respect is what Non-League football is all about, it’s what we love about the game and what we all experience in the vast majority of games. Long may it continue.

The Committee
Rushall Olympic FC 

 

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Coalville Town



Full name: Coalville Town Football Club
Nickname: The Ravens
Founded: 1926
Ground: Owen Street Sports Ground, Coalville
Capacity: 2,000 (240 seated)
Chairman: Glyn Rennocks
Manager: Adam Stevens
League: Soythern League Premier Division Central 
2021–22 Southern League Premier Division Central, 3rd of 21
Website: Club website

Coalville just missed out on promotion last season losing to Peterborough Sports in the playoff final. They only lost twice at home all season. One of those defeats was against relegated Lowestoft. Their biggest win was 6-2 against promoted rivals Peterborough Sports.
Their top scorer was Timothy Berridge with 22 league goals.Berridge won the Players player of the year award, the Supporters player of the year award and the Top Goalscorer award (27 in all competitions) 


  
Bezza

 
Adam Stevens, manager of Pitching In Southern League Premier Division Central club Coalville Town, has signed experienced goalkeeper Paul White. The 27-year-old, who recently helped Peterborough Sports to win the play-off final and promotion to the Vanarama National League South, replaces Saul Deeney and Tomasz Bukowski, who have both switched to new league rivals Ilkeston Town. They have also taken highly-rated young goalkeeper Tiernan Brooks on loan from Vanarama National League side Notts County.



 

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