1979-80

Midland Combination (Division One)

1 Aug 18 (a) Chipping Norton Town L 1-2 Og
2 21 (H) Walsall Sportsco L 1-2 S Francis
3 25 (H) Bourneville Athletic (LC1) W 4-2 S Francis 4 (1p)
4 28 (a) Walsall Sportsco W 4-1 L Bristow, Ward, Alderson, Hemsley (p)
5 Spt 1 (a) Cinderford Town W 1-0 V Francis
6 4 (H) Cradley Town W 1-0 Ward
7 8 (H) Walsall Wood D 0-0
8 15 (a) Knowle W 1-0 S Francis
9 20 (H) Kidderminster Harriers (WC1) L 0-1
10 29 (a) Pegasus (FAVp) W 4-3 S Francis 3 (1p), Bradburn
11 Oct 6 (H) Coleshill Town W 4-2 S Francis 2, Evans, Ward
12 8 (N) Sutton Coldfield (TAC) D 2-2 Unknown
13 13 (a) Shifnal Town (SCC2) W 2-1 V Francis 2 (2p)
14 20 (a) West Midlands Police W 2-0 S Francis (p), V Francis
15 27 (a) Anstey Nomads (FAV1) W 2-1 Evans, S Francis
16 Nov 3 (H) Chipping Norton Town W 3-2 Ward, Hand, V Francis
17 10 (a) Albrighton United (SSC3) W 2-0 V Francis, Bradburn
18 17 (a) Oldbury United (LC2) L 1-2 V Francis
19 24 (H) Oadby Town (FAV2) W 5-1 S Francis (p), Evans, Bradburn, V Francis, Hand
20 Dec 8 (H) Evesham United D 1-1 Spencer
21 15 (H) Wigston Fields (FAV3) L 0-1
22 26 (a) Oldbury Town L 1-2 Ward
23 29 (H) Moor Green L 0-1
24 Jan 5 (N) Ludlow Town (SSCsf) W 2-1* Butters, S Francis
25 12 (H) Cinderford Town W 1-0 S Francis
26 26 (H) Paget Rangers W 5-0 S Francis 2, Hand 2, V Francis
27 Feb 2 (a) Evesham United D 0-0
28 9 (H) Boldmere St Michael D 0-0
29 16 (a) Racing Club Warwick W 4-1 Evans, S Francis (p), Hand, Ward
30 23 (H) Knowle D 0-0
31 Mar 1 (H) Studley Sporting W 6-0 V Francis 3, S Francis 2 (1p), L Bristow
32 8 (a) Highgate United L 0-1
33 15 (H) Northfield Town W 1-0 S Francis
34 22 (a) Moor Green W 1-0 V Francis
35 29 (H) Mile Oak Rovers W 1-0 Unknown
36 Apr 1 (H) West Midlands Police W 4-1 Spencer 2, V Francis, Ward
37 5 (a) Solihull Borough W 4-1 V Francis 2, Evans, Spencer
38 9 (N) Whitchurch Alport (SSCf) W 3-0 Evans, Ward, S Francis
39 12 (a) Northfield Town D 1-1 Woolley
40 15 (a) Cradley Town W 3-0 S Francis 2 (1p), Spencer
41 19 (a) Mile Oak Rovers D 0-0
42 22 (a) Paget Rangers W ? Unknown
43 26 (H) Racing Club Warwick W 3-0 Evans, S Francis, Spencer
44 29 (a) Walsall Wood W ? Unknown
45 May 2 (a) Boldmere St Michael W 2-0 V Francis, Bradburn
46 5 (a) Studley Sporting W 4-0 Bradburn 3, V Francis
47 8 (H) Highgate United W 3-0 Unknown
48 13 (H) Solihull Borough W 4-0 Evans 2, Dimmock, Spencer
49 17 (a) Coleshill Town W 3-1 V Francis 2, S Francis
50 20 (H) Oldbury United W 2-1 V Francis, Spencer

Competitions
LC: Midland Combination League Cup.
FAV: FA Vase
SCC: Shropshire Challenge Cup.
TAC: Tony Allden Cup
WC: Welsh Cup.

Venues
Match 24: Played at Broseley.
Match 38: Played at Telford United

Extra Time Matches
Match 24: 1-1 After Ninety Minutes.

They played for Town
Keith Anderson, Billy Ball, Keith Banks, Peter Bradburn, Geoff Bristow, Les Bristow, Nigel Brown, Paul Butters, Willy Dimmock, Mark Edwards, Sean Emmett, Robert Evans, Steve Francis, Vin Francis, Steve Frisby, Ray George, Neil Hand, Colin Hemsley, Andy James, Chris Lamont, Roy Lloyd, Sam Lloyd, Billy Meredith, Keith Mitchell, Fraser Pantling, Neil Preece, Alan Rogers, Dave Spencer, Micky Ward, Sam Woolley.

Info Required
If anyone has any missing info on the Sutton Coldfield, Mile Oak Rovers, Paget Rangers, Walsall Wood matches please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Scott Pritchard. His email is gspsliderpics@yahoo.co.uk

 

Pld W D L F A Pts
1 TOWN 38 26 7 5 78 20 59
2 Moor Green 38 24 8 6 83 39 56
3 Oldbury United 38 21 8 9 71 41 50
4 Walsall Sportsco 38 18 13 7 55 36 49
5 Highgate United 38 18 8 12 65 56 44
6 Chipping Norton Town 38 16 11 11 56 41 43
7 Mile Oak Rovers 38 13 16 9 46 42 42
8 Boldmere St Michael 38 14 13 11 51 34 41
9 Evesham United 38 16 9 13 58 42 41
10 West Midland Police 38 16 8 14 52 56 40
11 Cinderford Town 38 12 15 11 41 41 39
12 Solihull Borough 38 13 10 15 53 63 36
13 Knowle 38 11 11 16 36 43 33
14 Coleshill Town 38 12 9 17 42 54 33
15 Racing Club Warwick 38 8 15 15 31 54 31
16 Walsall Wood 38 7 15 16 36 57 29
17 Paget Rangers 38 9 9 20 41 64 27
18 Cradley Town 38 9 8 21 34 57 26
19 Studley Sporting Club 38 6 9 23 40 97 21
20 Northfield Town 38 5 10 23 31 63 20

 

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