Bartley Green
Full nameBartley Green Football Club
Nickname(s)The Owls
Founded1949
Dissolved2014
GroundIlley Lane
Halesowen
2012–13West Midlands (Regional) League
Premier Division, 16th

Bartley Green F.C. was an English football club originally based in Bartley Green, a residential suburban area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands. They folded near the end of the 2013–14 season with immediate effect.

History

Bartley Green F.C. was founded in the 1950s as a Saturday football team; however, since the 1970s most of the club's football had been played in Sunday League and cup competitions. In the 2005–06 season, they joined the Midland Combination Division Two and were the league champions. Since the 2005–06 season the club has entered a parallel Saturday league side in addition to its usual team. After two seasons in the Midland Combination League, winning Division Two in 2005–06, and then taking the Division One title 2006–07 in successive seasons, the club were promoted into the Midland Combination Premier League.

Floodlights were erected in 2008–09, which led to the club passing the Midland Combination standards required regarding their ground and facilities.

The club also encountered their first trophy, in the 2010–11 season they beat Fairfield Villa 2–0 to lift the Smedley Crooke Cup.[1] Then again two seasons later, in the 2012–13 season, Bartley Green lifted the Smedley Cup again. This time an eight-goal thriller with Bartley Green winning 5–3 against Phoenix United.[2]

The club transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division after the 2011–12 season. In February 2014 an off the field incident, in which a club stewardess was awarded £18,832 in compensation following unfair dismissal[3] which contributed to the clubs imminent decline following financial worries. The club resigned from the league midway through the 2013–14 season.

League

Season Division Position Significant Events
Joined the Midland Combination Division Three in 1979
1979–1980 Midland Combination Division Three 6th  –
1980–1981 Midland Combination Division Three 8th  –
Left The Midland Combination
Joined the Midland Combination Division Two in 2005
2005–2006 Midland Combination Division Two 1st Champions
2006–2007 Midland Combination Division One 1st Champions
2007–2008 Midland Combination Premier Division 14th  –
2008–2009 Midland Combination Premier Division 18th  –
2009–2010 Midland Combination Premier Division 10th  –
2010–2011 Midland Combination Premier Division 12th  –
Joined the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division
2011–2012 West Midlands Regional League Premier Division 9th  –
2012–2013 West Midlands Regional League Premier Division 16th  –
2013–2014 West Midlands Regional League Premier Division  – Club Folded
Resigned from the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division in 2013/14
Source:[4]

Honours

  • Midland Combination Division One[4]
    • Champions 2006–07
  • Midland Combination Division Two
    • Champions 2005–06
  • Birmingham Midweek Floodlit Cup
    • Champions 2009–10
    • Runners-up 2007–08
  • Smedley Crooke Cup
    • Champions 2010–11, 2012–13

Records

  • FA Cup[4]
    • First Qualifying Round 2010–11
  • FA Vase
    • First Round 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

References

  1. ↑ "Bartley Green win the cup". Worcester News. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Smedley Crooke Memorial Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Football club stewardess awarded £18,800 for unfair dismissal". 10 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Bartley Green at the Football Club History Database
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