Mercian Regional Football League
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| Country |
 England |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Divisions |
Premier Division Division One Division Two |
| Number of teams | 36 |
| Level on pyramid | 13, 14 and 15 |
| Feeder to | West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Premier Division Cup Division One Cup Division Two Cup SFA: Challenge Cup Junior Challenge Cup |
| Current champions |
Telford Juniors (2014–15) |
| Website | League website |
The Mercian Regional Football League is an English association football league based in the county of Shropshire. It was formed for the 2012–13 season, with all member clubs of the dissolved Shropshire County Premier Football League (except for Newport Town who were promoted) transferring membership across.[1][2] Several teams from the Telford Combination, which also folded at the end of the 2011–12 season, also became members of the Mercian League and joined either Division One or Two.
The league sits at the same levels of the English football league system as the previous Shropshire County and Telford Combination leagues did (levels 13, 14 and 15). It does not however form part of the National League System, though the longer-term aim of the league's organisers is to have the highest division of the league at Step 7 of the System (level 11).
All scores of the league's Saturday afternoon games are read out on BBC Radio Shropshire, around an hour after full-time.
The league is named after the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, which covered this area of England. In both seasons so far, all teams have their home grounds in Shropshire.
Member clubs 2015–16
In the current season, the Premier Division consists of 14 teams, Division One 10 teams, and Division Two has 12 teams.
Premier Division
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Division One
| Team name | Home ground |
|---|---|
| AFC Wellington | Bowring Park, Haygate Road, Wellington |
| Bishop's Castle Town F.C. | Community College, Bishop's Castle |
| Brown Clee | Hall Meadow, Cleobury North |
| Clee Hill United | Knowle Sports Ground, Knowle |
| Gobowen Celtic | Gobowen Playing Fields, Gobowen, Shropshire |
| Highley Miners Welfare | The Severn Centre, Highley |
| Oakengates Rangers | Oakengates Leisure Centre, New Rd, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford |
| Stoke Heath | Warrant Road, Market Drayton |
Division Two
| Team name | Home ground |
|---|---|
| AFC Broseley Reserves | Birchmeadow, Cockshutt Lane, Broseley |
| Albrighton Juniors FC | Loak Road, Albrighton |
| Claverley | Claverley School, Claverley |
| Coven United | Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton |
| Craven Arms Town | Newington Way, Craven Arms |
| Denso | DENSO Manufacturing, Hadley Park, Telford |
| FC Oswestry Reserves | The Venue, Park Hall Stadium, Oswestry |
| Madeley Sports Reserves | Bluebell Park, Sutton Way, Madeley |
| Randlay Casuals | Stirchley Recreation Playing Field, Telford |
| Riverside F.C. | Oldbury Wells School, Bridgnorth |
| St Martins Reserves | Overton Road Playing Fields, Oswestry |
| Whitchurch Alport Reserves | Yockings Park, Whitchurch |
League champions
The following teams have won the Premier Division, gaining promotion to West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two.
| Season | Team |
|---|---|
| 2012–13 | AFC Ludlow |
| 2013–14 | Oakengates Athletic |
| 2014–15 | Telford Juniors |
See also
References
- ↑ FA Full Time Dissolution of the Shropshire County Premier Football League
- ↑ Shropshire Star Big shake-up of Shropshire football league system (10 March 2012)
External links
- League website
- Official league tables and statistics (FA Full-time site)
- Premier Division teams (Google maps)
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