Sutton United Football Club is a football club based in

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield ( ), is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of L ...

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

History

Sutton United was formed in 1947 by three men, Frank White, Ken Smith and Bill Walker, who had met whilst on service for the

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. The club initially competed in the

Birmingham and District League The Birmingham and District Football League (formerly the Birmingham & District Amateur Football Association and often referred to as the Birmingham AFA) is an amateur association football competition covering the city of Birmingham, England, an ...

, winning the Premier Division on seven occasions. In 2012, Sutton United joined 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 l ...

Division Two, winning promotion to Division One in their first season in the league. In 2014, after the Midland Combination and 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 ...

merged, Sutton were placed into 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 ...

. In 2017, the club dropped out of the Midland League, rejoining the Birmingham and District League, before making the step back up to the Midland League Division Three in 2019. In 2023, the club was admitted into the Midland League Division One.

Ground

Upon formation, Sutton United played at Cows Lane,

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, before the club moved to Penns Lane,

and then to Rectory Park. In 1997, the club moved into Hollyfield Road, buying the site from Sutton Coldfield RFC. In 2016, Sutton United acquired their current facilities at Coleshill Road.

Records

*Best

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performance: Fourth round, 2024–25 *Best attendance: 1,700 vs Bourne Town FA Vase Fourth round 2024-25

References

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