Boldmere St Michaels
Wikipedia - Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.
Boldmere St. Michaels Football Club is a football club based in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at the Boldmere Community Stadium.
History
The club was established in 1883 as a youth football team attached to the local church. After playing friendly matches against other church teams for the next 29 years, they joined a league for the first time in 1912. The club subsequently progressed through several leagues before joining the Birmingham AFA League. They won the league's Senior Cup in 1928–29 and the Junior Cup in 1933–34. In 1937 the club joined the Central Amateur League, and were league runners-up in 1938–39, before winning the league in 1946–47.
In 1947–48 Boldmere reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, eventually losing 2–0 to Barnet in front of 26,000 spectators at Highbury. They were also Central Amateur League runners-up and reached the final of the AFA Senior Cup, drawing the final with Cambridge Town 2–2, with the clubs jointly awarded the trophy. They subsequently hosted the Indian Olympic team in a friendly match following the 1948 Summer Olympics, losing by a single goal. The following season saw Boldmere win the Central Amateur League, after which they joined the Birmingham & District League. Deciding to remain amateur in a largely semi-professional league, the club's performances began to decline and they finished second-from-bottom of the league in 1952–53 and 1953–54.
When the Birmingham & District League merged with the Birmingham Combination in 1954, Boldmere were placed in the South Division for a transitional season, in which they finished bottom of the table. As a result, the club became members of Division Two the following season. The league was subsequently reduced to a single division in 1960 and renamed the West Midlands (Regional) League in 1962. In 1963 the club dropped into Division One of the Worcestershire Combination. The league was renamed the Midland Combination in 1968 and the club were Challenge Cup winners in 1977–78 before winning the league's Tony Allden Cup in 1978–79. Division One became the Premier Division in 1983 and the club were league champions in 1985–86, and after finishing as runners-up in 1987–88, they won a second league title in 1988–89. The 1989–90 saw them win the treble of the league, the League Cup and the Tony Allden Cup. They went on to retain both cups the following season, and won the Tony Allden Cup again in 1991–92.
In 1994 Boldmere were founder members of the Midland Alliance, and were league runners-up in 2013–14, the league's final season. When it merged with the Midland Combination to form the Midland League, the club became members of the Premier Division. They were runners-up in the Premier Division in 2021–22, earning promotion to Division One Midlands of the Northern Premier League.
Boldmere St Michaels wurde 1880 als Boldmere Cricket Club gegründet, bevor er 1883 zum Fußball wechselte. Der Verein spielte zunächst in lokalen Ligen, bevor er 1902 der Birmingham & District League beitrat. 1910 wurde Boldmere St Michaels Mitglied der Birmingham Combination, wo er bis zum Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs spielte.
Nach dem Krieg trat Boldmere St Michaels der West Midlands (Regional) League bei und gewann 1921/22 seine erste Meisterschaft. Der Verein wiederholte diesen Erfolg 1923/24 und 1924/25, bevor er in die Southern League wechselte.
Boldmere St Michaels spielte sechs Jahre lang in der Southern League, bevor er 1931 liquidiert wurde. Der Verein wurde jedoch 1932 wiederbelebt und trat der Birmingham Combination bei.
In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren war Boldmere St Michaels einer der erfolgreichsten Vereine in der Birmingham Combination und gewann die Meisterschaft 1950/51, 1951/52, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61 und 1961/62.
1962 wechselte Boldmere St Michaels in die Southern League, wo er bis 1982 spielte. In dieser Zeit gewann der Verein 1965/66 die Southern League Cup.
1982 wurde Boldmere St Michaels Mitglied der Northern Premier League, wo er bis heute spielt. Der Verein hat in dieser Zeit mehrere Male den FA Vase gewonnen, nämlich 1986/87, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2003/04 und 2005/06.
Boldmere St Michaels ist ein erfolgreicher Verein, der in seiner Geschichte zahlreiche Titel gewonnen hat. Der Verein ist bekannt für seine starke Jugendabteilung und seine Leidenschaft für den Fußball.