Bolehall Swifts Football Club is a football club based in

Bolehall Bolehall is a village in Staffordshire, England, part of the Tamworth Conurbation. The village sits on the south bank of the River Anker. The parish of Bolehall and Glascote, was historically part of Warwickshire. History The manor of ''Bole Ha ...

, a suburb of

Tamworth, Staffordshire Tamworth (, ) is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, north-east of Birmingham. The town borders North Warwickshire to the east and north, Lichfield to the north, south-west and west. The town takes its name from the River ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Rene Road Ground.

History

The club was established in 1953.History
Bolehall Swifts F.C. They joined the Tamworth & Trent Valley League, winning the League Shield and Agnes Durham Cup in their first season. The club later won the Coleshill Charity Cup in 1955–56 and the Fazeley Charity Cup in 1975–76. After transferring to the Sutton District League, they moved on to the City & Suburban League, the Mercian League and then the

Staffordshire County League (South) The Staffordshire County League (South) was an English football league that existed from 1892 until 1996 and catered for clubs in the South Staffordshire area. It was also known at various times as the Walsall & District Junior League, Walsall & ...

. In 1980 the club moved up to Division Three of the

Midland Combination The Midland Football Combination was an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprised five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions. The league was one of three official feeder ...

. Division Three was renamed Division Two in 1983, and Bolehall were Division Two champions in 1984–85, also winning the Challenge Vase and the Fazeley Charity Cup. Following promotion to Division One, they finished fifth in Division One the following season and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1994 Bolehall were founder members of the

Midland Alliance The Midland Football Alliance was an English association football league for semi-professional teams. It covered Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and also southern parts of Derbyshire and ...

. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of the league in its inaugural season, they finished last in 1995–96 and were relegated back to the Premier Division of the Midland Combination. The club remained in the Premier Division until 2014, winning the Challenge Cup in 1997–98, the

Walsall Senior Cup The Walsall and District Football Association Senior Cup is an English football competition for clubs in and around Walsall, with the Final taking place at Walsall F.C.'s Bescot Stadium. The current holders are Chasetown, who won the 2013-14 comp ...

in 2001–02 and the Birmingham Midweek Floodlit Cup in 2013–14. In 2014 the Midland Combination and Midland Alliance merged to form the

Midland League The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid. History ...

, with Bolehall placed in Division One. The club won the Fazeley Charity Cup again in 2014–15.

Ground

The club initially played behind the Jolly Sailor pub near the Castle Grounds in Tamworth, using an old double decker bus as changing rooms. They later moved to Morrows' Field, located to the rear of the Gate Inn in

Amington Amington is a suburban village, parish and ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonyde ...

, before purchasing some allotments on Rene Road from a local farmer in 1959 for £350. The new Rene Road ground was opened in August 1961 with a friendly against Tamworth WMC. A 150-seat stand known as the "Welcome to Bolehall Swifts Stand" was built behind one goal, with the standing only "Founded 1953 Stand" on one side of the pitch.

Management and coaching staff

Boardroom

Current staff

Managerial history

Honours

*Midland Combination **Division Two champions 1984–85 **Challenge Cup winners 1997–98 **Challenge Vase winners 1984–85 *Tamworth & Trent Valley League **League Shield winners 1953–54 **Agnes Durham Cup winners 1953–54 *Walsall Senior Cup **Winners 2001–02 *Coleshill Charity Cup **Winners 1955–56 *Fazeley Charity Cup **Winners 1975–76, 1984–85, 2014–15 *Birmingham Midweek Floodlit Cup **Winners 2013–14

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

performance: First qualifying round, 1994–95, 1995–96 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: Third round, 2013–14, 2014–15

References

External links

Official website
{{Midland League Football clubs in England Football clubs in Staffordshire Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in England Sport in Tamworth, Staffordshire Staffordshire County League (South) Midland Football Combination Midland Football Alliance Midland Football League