1975-76

Midland Combination (Division One)

1 Aug 16 (H) Coleshill Town W 2-0 S Francis, V Francis
2 19 (a) Blakenhall L 0-2
3 23 (H) Racing Club Warwick D 2-2 S Francis (2)
4 26 (a) Oldbury United L 1-2 Unknown
5 30 (a) Cadbury Heath D 1-1 Pugh
6 Spt 2 (H) Oldbury United D 1-1 Pugh
7 6 (a) Highgate United (LC1) L 1-2 Hemsley
8 13 (H) Paget Rangers D 1-1 Quartley
9 20 (a) West Midlands Police D 2-2 Ward, Woolley
10 27 (H) Kidderminster Harriers (WC1) D 1-1 Dawes
11 Oct 4 (H) NALGO (SSC1) W 8-1 Hemsley (3), Woolley (2, 1p), V Francis, S Francis
12 6 (a) Kidderminster Harriers (WC1) L 2-5 Woolley, V Francis
13 11 (a) Paget Rangers L 0-1
14 18 (H) Langley (WSC1) W 2-0 Pugh, V Francis
15 25 (a) Halesowen Town (FAV1) W 2-0 V Francis (2)
16 Nov 1 (H) Weston Rhyn (SCC2) W 6-0 Hemsley (5), Pinches
17 8 (H) Solihull Borough D 1-1 V Francis
18 15 (a) West Midlands Police (FAV2) W 4-1 Ward (2), George, Hemsley
19 22 (H) Rushall Olympic (WSC2) W 8-2 Hemsley (3, 1p), G Bristow (2), Pugh, Pinches, Og
20 ? (H) Broseley Athletic (SCC3) W 5-1 Hemsley (2), V Francis (2), Pugh
21 Dec 6 (H) Coventrty Sports (FAV3) W 1-0 Hemsley
22 13 (H) Blakenhall W 1-0 Pinches
23 20 (H) Boldmere St Michael D 0-0
24 26 (a) Northfield Town D 1-1 V Francis
25 27 (a) Cinderford Town W 6-2 Pinches (2), Hemsley (2), V Francis, Og
26 Jan 3 (H) Great Wareley (WSC3) L 1-2 Pugh
27 10 (a) Evesham United (FAV4) W 2-0 George, Ward
28 17 (H) West Midlands Police L 2-3 George, V Francis
29 24 (a) Malvern Town L 1-4 Pinches
30 31 (a) South Shields (FAV5) L 0-2
31 Feb 7 (a) Coleshill Town D 4-4 Woolley, Banks, George, V Francis
32 14 (N) Shifnal Town (SCCsf) W 2-1 Rogers (2)
33 21 (H) Highgate United W 1-0 Woolley (p)
34 28 (a) Solihull Borough W 1-0 McGowan
35 Mar 6 (H) Cadbury Heath D 0-0
36 13 (H) Moor Green D 1-1 Banks
37 20 (a) Evesham United D 0-0
38 27 (H) Cinderford Town W 2-0 Ward, V Francis
39 30 (H) Northfield Town L 0-2
40 Apr 3 (H) Sutton Coldfield Town W 2-1 Banks, Pinches
41 10 (a) Moor Green D 3-3 V Francis (2), Pugh
42 14 (N) Donnington Town (SCCf) W 2-0 Banks, V Francis
43 17 (H) Knowle W 4-1 McGowan (3), V Francis
44 20 (a) Boldmere St Michael D 1-1 V Francis
45 22 (H) Malvern Town L 1-3 Bradburn
46 24 (a) Highgate United D 1-1 V Francis
47 27 (a) Sutton Coldfield Town W 3-2 L Bristow (p), V Francis, McGowan
48 May 1 (H) Evesham United D 1-1 Bradburn
49 4 (a) Knowle L 1-2 Hands
50 8 (a) Racing Club Warwick D 1-1 V Francis

Competitions

LC: Midland Combination League Cup.
FAV: FA Vase
SSC: Shropshire Challenge Cup.
WC: Welsh Cup.

 

Venues

Match 32: Played at Albrighton.

Match 42: Played at Telford United.

 

Extra Time Matches

Match 26: 1-1 after 90 minutes.

 

They played for Town

D Arch, B Ball, K Banks, P Bradburn, P Bradley, G Bristow, L Bristow, P Cosgriff, Cullen, D Dawes, B Eagles, R Evans, V Francis, R George, J Green, J Hands, G Harris, C Hemsley, T Jones, K McGowan, T Pinches, R Pugh, Quartley, A Rogers, M Ward, S Woolley.

 

League Table

Pld W D L F A Pts
1 Northfield Town (C) 34 23 5 6 63 30 51
2 Moor Green 34 20 10 4 72 39 50
3 Malvern Town 34 20 9 5 66 30 49
4 Paget Rangers 34 19 7 8 50 39 45
5 Racing Club Warwick 34 17 8 9 42 29 42
6 Sutton Coldfield Town 34 16 9 9 57 33 41
7 West Midland Police 34 14 10 10 46 40 38
8 Blakenhall 34 12 13 9 54 53 37
9 TOWN 34 9 18 7 48 45 36
10 Evesham United 34 12 11 11 51 40 35
11 Solihull Borough 34 9 15 10 41 43 33
12 Cadbury Heath 34 11 8 15 47 47 30
13 Highgate United 34 11 8 15 46 53 30
14 Cinderford Town 34 8 8 18 40 40 24
15 Oldbury United 34 6 10 18 35 57 22
16 Boldmere St Michael 34 5 12 17 23 49 22
17 Coleshill Town 34 2 11 21 26 72 15
18 Knowle 34 2 8 24 21 89 12

 

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