Midland Football Alliance
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| Midland Football Alliance |
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| Founded |
| 1994 |
| Nation |
 England |
| Feeder To |
| Southern League Division One Midlands Northern Premier League Division One South |
| Relegation To |
| West Midlands Regional League Premier Division Midland Combination Premier Division |
| Number of Teams |
| 22 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 9 |
| Cups |
| League Cup Joe McGorian Cup |
| Current Champions (2007-08) |
| Atherstone Town |
| Website |
| Midland Alliance |
The Midland Football Alliance (also known under the terms of a sponsorship arrangement as the Polymac Services Midland Alliance) is an English football league covering most of the West Midlands region, and part of the East Midlands.
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[edit] History
The league was formed as recently as 1994, to provide a single league for the region with a higher quality of football. Its members were drawn from the Midland Football Combination and the West Midlands Regional League, both of which are now feeders to the Midland Alliance, along with the Leicestershire Senior League.
The Alliance sits at step 5 of the National League System, the 9th tier in the overall English football league system. It has traditionally been a feeder to the Southern League, although on occasion it has sent teams up to the Northern Premier League instead.
[edit] Champions
Champions since 1994-95
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[edit] Cups
The league has two cups, the Polymac Services League Cup which all teams in the league compete in and the Joe McGorian Cup which sees the league cup winners play the league champions. The former has been running since the league began and the latter since 1996. The 2006-07 League Cup winners were Leamington, who played and beat league runners-up Romulus in the Joe McGorian Cup, similar to the professionals Community Shield. Each season awards are also made to the clubs with the best disciplinary record and the best programme.
[edit] The Double
Leamington were the first team to "Do the Double", winning the League and League Cup in the 2006/2007 Season. Leamington then played league runners up, Romulus, beating Romulus 2-1 at the New Windmill Ground, in the J. McGorian Cup. Leamington are the first (and currently only) team in the history of the Midland Alliance, to do the Double and the Triple in the same year.
[edit] Teams gaining promotion
| Year | Team | League promoted to |
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| 1995 | Paget Rangers | Southern League |
| 1996 | Shepshed Dynamo | Southern League |
| 1997 | Blakenall | Southern League |
| 1998 | Bloxwich Town | Southern League |
| 1999 | Rocester | Southern League |
| 2000 | none | champions Oadby Town not promoted |
| 2001 | Stourport Swifts | Southern League |
| 2002 | Bromsgrove Rovers | Southern League champions Stourbridge not promoted |
| 2003 | none | champions Stourbridge not promoted |
| 2004 | Rocester Willenhall Town |
Northern Premier League Northern Premier League |
| 2005 | Rushall Olympic | Southern League |
| 2006 | Chasetown Stourbridge Malvern Town |
Southern League Southern League Southern League |
| 2007 | Leamington Romulus Quorn |
Southern League Southern League Northern Premier League |
