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OJM Community Football Club is a
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club currently based in the
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area of
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,
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. They are currently members of the and play at the Triplex Sports Ground.


History

The club was established in 1996 as Black Country Rangers.Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p453 In 2007 they joined Division Two of the
West Midlands (Regional) League The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has tw ...
. The club were Division Two champions in 2009–10, earning promotion to Division One. They were Division One champions the following season and were promoted to the Premier Division. Black Country Rangers' first season in the Premier Division saw them finish as runners-up. The club also won the
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, beating
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They retained the cup the following season with a 4–3 win over Wolverhampton Casuals. In 2018 the club was restructured and renamed Black Country Football Club, although the first team continued to play under the name Black Country Rangers.Announcement - Club Restructure
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At the end of the 2020–21 season Black Country Rangers were transferred to Division One of the
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when the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League lost its status as a step six division. The club finished fifth in Division One in
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, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. They subsequently lost 1–0 to Ashby Ivanhoe in the semi-finals. In 2023 the club was renamed OJM Community Football Club and relocated to the Triplex Sports Ground in
Kings Norton Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council war ...
,
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. The 2023–24 season saw them finish third in Division One. In the subsequent play-offs they beat
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2–0 in the semi-finals, before defeating
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on penalties in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division.


Honours

*West Midlands (Regional) League **Division One champions 2010–11 **Division Two champions 2009–10 *JW Hunt Cup **Winners 2011–12, 2012–13


Records

*Best
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performance: Preliminary round,
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,
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*Best
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performance: Second round,
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References

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