Brocton Football Club is a
football club representing
Brocton, near
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in ...
,
England
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. They are currently members of the and play at Silkmore Lane in Stafford.
History
The club was formed in 1937 after the owner of the Chetwynd Arms pub, Arthur Mayer, gave a football to local boys and asked them to establish a club.
[History]
Brocton F.C. In 1946–47 they won the Rugeley & District League. After winning the league again the following season, they moved on to the Cannock Chase League. The club were champions of the new league in 1954–55, before going on to win the title again in 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1973–74 and 1977–78.
[ The next step was to move up to Division One of 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 & ...
. They were runners-up in 1982–83, and after finishing second again the following season, the club were promoted to the Premier Division, where they finished as runners-up in 1985–86.[
In 1991 Brocton joined 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 ...
, which became the Midland League in 1994.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 ...
. After winning the Premier Division in the league's final season, they became members of the Premier Division of the new 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 ...
, which was formed by a merger of the Midland Combination and 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 ...
.[ They finished second-from-bottom of the division in 2016–17 and were relegated to Division One.
At the end of the 2020–21 season Brocton were transferred to Division One South of the ]North West Counties League
The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern ...
.
Ground
The club originally played at the Chetwynd Arms Ground in Brocton, but had to move to the Rowley Park Stadium in Stafford to meet the requirements of the Staffordshire Senior League.[ In 2002 they relocated once again to the Cannock Sports Stadium in ]Cannock
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and ...
in order to have a floodlit ground, but left in 2004 after the Council failed to confirm their tenancy. After two years sharing with Heath Hayes
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury are two villages which now form a civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. The area has excellent transport links, being close to the strategic transport network via the M6, M6 Toll and ...
at the Coppice Colliery Ground, the club gained a 30-year lease on the Old Police Sports Ground in Silkmore Lane in Stafford.[ The ground includes a 100-seat stand.
]
Honours
*Midland Combination
**Premier Division champions 2013–14
*Cannock Chase League
**Champions 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1973–74, 1977–78
*Rugeley & District League
**Champions 1946–47, 1947–48
*Staffordshire FA Vase
**Winners 1996–97, 1999–2000[
]
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, 2013–14[
*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: Fourth round, 2014–15[
*Record attendance: 362 vs ]Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a populatio ...
, Midland League Premier Division, 17 October 2015Brocton 0–4 Hereford
Brocton F.C.
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Staffordshire
Association football clubs established in 1937
1937 establishments in England
Staffordshire County League (South)
Midland Football League (1994)
Midland Football Combination
Midland Football League
North West Counties Football League clubs