Bustleholme F.C.

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Bustleholme
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Full name Bustleholme Football Club
Nickname(s) The B's
Founded 1975
Ground Tipton Sports Academy
Wednesbury Oak Road,
Tipton
(Capacity 1,000)
Chairman Brendan Appleyard
Manager Brian Wattley
League West Midlands Regional League
Premier Division
2007-08 West Midlands Regional League
Premier Division, 21st[1]
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Bustleholme F.C. are a football club based in Tipton, West Midlands, England. They were established in 1975. In 1996, they joined the West Midlands Regional League Division One South. For the 2007-08 season, they are members of the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division.

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[edit] History

Although the club was originally set up in 1975, an adult team was not fielded until 1993. In 1996 the club joined the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One South. In their first season in the League they were runners-up and were promoted to Premier Division, where they have played ever since, although they have only twice finished in the top half of the table.

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[edit] Ground

Bustleholme currently share the ground of Tipton Town.

The exterior of the Queen Street ground
The exterior of the Queen Street ground

Prior to 2007 the club shared the Queen Street home of Bilston Town. In April 2006 the BBC reported that the ground had been vandalised over 120 times in six years,[2] and in 2007 local council officials ruled the ground unsafe and closed it down.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bustleholme at the Football Club History Database
  2. ^ BBC
  3. ^ Park 'home' for Bilston Town FC. Express and Star (2007-10-08). Retrieved on 2007-10-17.

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