The Staffordshire County Senior League is a
football
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competition based in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
,
England
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. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of the
Midland League
The Midland Football League, officially known as the Capelli Sport Midland Football League since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midl ...
(formerly known as the
Staffordshire Senior League
The Midland Football League was a semi-professional football league in the English football league system.
History
The league was established as the Staffordshire Senior League in 1984, taking its clubs from Staffordshire and the areas immediat ...
) and the
Staffordshire County League
The Staffordshire County League was an English football competition based in the county of Staffordshire. It existed from at least 1957 until 2005, when it merged with the Midland League to form the new Staffordshire County Senior League, with t ...
.
The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division which sits at step 7 of non-league football (or level 11 of the
English football league system
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), a feeder league to the
National League System
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. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of English football. Division Two has at times been regionalised, which is currently the case.
In 2024-25 the league operates five divisions across three tiers, the Premier Division (step 7), Division One North and Division One South & Central (step 8), Division Two North and Division Two South (both step 9).
Tunstall Town received national and even international attention in the 2010–11 season, after losing all of their games, and conceding an average of close to ten goals a game; however the team's first eleven did consist of players as old as 75. On 22 February 2014, they ended a 171-game winless run with a 3-2 victory over Betley Reserves.
Past winners
Premier Division
Division One
Division One (Regions)
Division Two
Division Two (North and South)
Member clubs (2024–25 season)
Source:
Premier Division
*AFC Alsager
*AFC Crewe
*AFC Norton
*Ashbourne
*Audley & District
*Ball Haye Green
*
Brereton Social
*FC 41
*
Leek C.S.O.B.
*
Leek Town Reserves
*
Lichfield City
Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated south-east of the county town of Stafford, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth, south-west of Burton upon Trent and 14 miles (22.5 ...
Reserves
*Madeley White Star
*Milton United
*
Newcastle Town Reserves
*Redgate Clayton
*
Rocester
Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt ''Rowcestre'' in the Domesday Book. It is located on the Derbyshire border.
Geography
The village is about north of Utto ...
*Silverdale Athletic
*Wolstanton United
Division One North
*AFC Alsager Reserves
*Audley & District Reserves
*Cheadle Town (Staffs)
*
Eastwood Hanley
*FC Hanley Academy
*Florence Colliery
*
Foley Meir Reserves
*
Keele University
Keele University is a Public university#United Kingdom, public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted uni ...
*
Leek Town Development
*Milton United Reserves
Division One South & Central
*Albrighton
*Cannock Dynamos
*City of Stoke
*Cresswell Wanderers Reserves
*
Eccleshall
Eccleshall () is a town and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles northwest of Stafford, and six miles west-southwest of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France.
...
Reserves
*Newhall United
*Redgate Clayton Reserves
*
Stafford Town Reserves
*
Stone Old Alleynians Reserves
*Warstones Wanderers
Division Two North
*Audrey & District Development
*Ball Haye Green Reserves
*
Eastwood Hanley Reserves
*FC 41 Reserves
*Florence Colliery Reserves
*Keele University 2nd
*Leek C.S.O.B. Reserves
*Longton Area Potters
*Silverdale Athletic Reserves
*Staffordshire Victoria
*
Stone Dominoes
Division Two South
*AFC Fradley
*AFC Real Medina
*Ashbourne Reserves
*Cannock Dynamos Reserves
*Hednesford Forest
*Newhall United Reserves
*Pelsall Villa Reserves
*Total Football
*Warstones Wanderers Reserves
*Whittington
*Willington
References
External links
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FA Full-Time{{Men's football in England
2005 establishments in England
Football in Staffordshire
Football leagues in England
Sports leagues established in 2005