| Full name | Pelsall Villa Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Villains | ||
| Founded | 1897 "reformed" 1961[1] |
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| Ground | The Bush Ground Pelsall West Midlands |
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| Chairman | Shaun Mason | ||
| Manager | Mark Bentley | ||
| League | Midland Football Combination Premier Division |
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| 2010-11 | West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division, 17th |
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Pelsall Villa F.C. are a football club based in the village of Pelsall, near Walsall, West Midlands, England, currently playing in the Midland Football Combination Premier Division. They are nicknamed The Villains and play at The Bush Ground. The team kit consists of black and red striped shirts, white shorts and black socks.
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The club was formed in 1897 but "reformed" in 1961, which the club considers "the beginning of Pelsall Villa as we know it today".[1] The team played in the Staffordshire County League from at least 1968, when they were league runners-up.[1]
In 1982 the club joined the West Midlands (Regional) League, initially in Division Two, and, despite finishing only fourth out of fourteen teams, were promoted to Division One the following season. In 1990 Villa finished in third place, missing out on the runners-up spot on goal difference, but were nonetheless promoted to the Premier Division. In 1995 they won the league championship, but were not promoted to a higher level, however when they finished as runners-up the following year they were accepted into the Midland Football Alliance. The club spent eight seasons in the Alliance, with a best finishing position of 11th, but were relegated back to the West Midlands Regional League after finishing in 23rd place in 2004.[2]
In 2009 the club was moved from the West Midlands (Regional) League to the Midland Combination, a league at an equivalent level in the English football league system but with a different coverage area which it was felt better suited the club.[3]
The Bush Ground takes its name from the Old Bush pub which is next to it. It has a stand behind one goal which came from the ground of the defunct Telford-based club GKN Sankey, and seats which came from Molineux, home of Wolverhampton Wanderers.[4] Its unusually-shaped concrete dugouts were featured in David Bauckham's book Dugouts.[5]
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