Bilston Town F.C.
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| Full name | Bilston Town Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Steelmen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Queen Street Bilston West Midlands |
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| Chairman | Roger Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Mark Williams (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | West Midlands Regional League Division One |
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| 2005/06 | West Midlands Regional League Division One, 6th |
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Bilston Town Football Club is an English football (soccer) club based in Bilston, West Midlands, currently playing in the West Midlands Regional League Division One.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1894 simply as Bilston F.C. In 1954 the team joined the Birmingham & District League and won the championship in 1960-61 and again in 1972-73 (by which time the league had been renamed the West Midlands Regional League). In 1983 the club's name changed to Bilston Town F.C.
After finishing as West Midlands Regional League runners-up in 1984-85, the Steelmen were promoted to the Southern Football League, where they spent seventeen seasons in the Midland Division (later re-organised as the Western Division). Their best finish (3rd place) came in 2000-01, but the following season they could only finish 17th, after which they dropped three levels to the West Midlands League Division One, where they remain to this day.
Bilston were the first ever opponents of Rushden & Diamonds. [1]
[edit] Club records
- Best league performance: 3rd in Southern League Western Division, 2000-01
- Best FA Cup performance: 2nd round proper, 1972-73
- Best FA Trophy performance: 4th round, 2000-01
- Best FA Vase performance: Quarter-finals, 1992-93
[edit] Ground
In April 2006 the BBC reported that the club's Queen Street ground had been vandalised over 120 times in six years. [2] Bustleholme currently share the ground, and Wolverhampton Wanderers Ladies also play their home fixtures at Queen Street.
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Bilston at the Football Club History Database
- Bilston Town at the Football Club History Database
[edit] External links
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