Lye Town F.C.

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Lye Town
Full name Lye Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Flyers
Founded 1930
Ground The Sports Ground
Lye
Stourbridge
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Manager Geoff Moss
League West Midlands Regional
League Premier Division
2005/06 West Midlands Regional
League Premier Division, 6th
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Lye Town F.C. is a football club based in the Black Country suburban town of Lye, West Midlands, England. They were established in 1930. In the 1995-96 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division. In recent years they have shared The Sports Ground with Brierley & Hagley A.F.C., but their tenants hope to shortly move out to their own ground.

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[edit] History

The club was founded in 1930, initially as Lye and Wollescote FC, changing their name a year later. They were a dominant force in the Worcestershire Combination in the years before World War II, winning the title once and finishing second on two other occasions. When football resumed after the war, they stepped up to the Birmingham and District League, which was renamed the West Midlands Regional League in 1962. They were founder members of the league's Premier Division in 1965 and have remained in the division now for forty years. In five seasons between 1976/77 and 1980/81 they were runners-up four times, and finally clinched the title in 1998, although they were not promoted to a higher league.

[edit] Honours

  • West Midlands Regional League
    • Premier Division champions 1997/98
  • Worcestershire Combination
    • Champions 1935/36

[edit] Club records

  • Best league performance: West Midlands Regional League Premier Division champions, 2004/05
  • Best FA Cup performance: 3rd qualifying round, 1979/80, 1986/87 and 1989/90
  • Best FA Trophy performance: 3rd qualifying round, 1975/76 and 1979/80
  • Best FA Vase performance: 4th round, 1995/96

[edit] Sources

  • Lye Town at the Football Club History Database

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West Midlands Regional League Premier Division 2006/07

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