1977-78

Midland Combination (Division One)

Manager: Gerry Harris

1 Aug 20 (H) Malvern Town L 1-2 Rogers
2 23 (a) Walsall Sportsco L 1-2 Rogers
3 27 (a) Evesham United D 0-0
4 30 (H) Oldbury United W 2-0 Howells (2)
5 Spt 3 (H) Solihull Borough W 1-0 S Francis
6 6 (H) Blakenhall L 0-1
10 (a) Coleshill Town (LC1) W 4-2 Francis (2), Hemsley, Hand
7 17 (H) Walsall Sportsco W 3-0 Woolley, S Francis, Cross
24 (a) Kidderminster Harriers (WC1) L 1-2 Og
8 28 (a) Sutton Coldfield Town D 0-0
9 Oct 8 (H) Racing Club Warwick D 0-0
10 11 (a) Paget Rangers D 0-0
11 15 (a) Mile Oak Rovers D 1-1 Thompson
22 (H) Donnington Wood (SCC2) D 0-0
29 (a) Coleshill Town (FAV1) W 2-1 Hand, Thompson
Nov 5 (a) Donnington Wood (SCC2) W 4-2 Thompson (2), Og (2)
12 12 (a) Moor Green W 2-2 Banks, Hand
26 (a) Hinckley Town (FAV2) L 1-2 Hand
13 Dec 3 (H) Stratford Town W 9-0 Thompson (3), Woolley (2), Ward (2), L Bristow, Howells (p)
14 10 (a) Knowle W 2-0 Hemsley (p), Rogers
15 17 (H) Mile Oak Rovers W 3-0 Hemsley (2), Howells
24 (a) Walsall Sportsco (LC2) D 0-0
16 26 (a) Oldbury United L 1-3 S Francis
17 31 (H) Cinderford Town L 2-3 Henmsley (2)
18 Jan 7 (a) West Midlands Police D 0-0
21 (N) Shifnal Town (SCCCsf) L 2-4 Hemsley, Banks
24 (a) Walsall Sportsco (MCLC2R) W 2-0 Woolley, Hemsley
19 28 (H) Paget Rangers D 1-1 S Francis
20 Feb 25 (H) Moor Green L 1-2 L Bristow
Mar 4 (H) Sutton Coldfield Town (LC3) W 1-0 S Francis
21 11 (a) Stratford Town W 1-0 George
22 18 (H) Boldmere St Michael D 0-0
23 25 (a) Cinderford Town D 0-0
24 27 (H) Northfield Town W 3-0 Woolley, V Francis, Hemsley (p)
25 30 (H) West Midlands Police D 1-1 Evans
Apr 1 (a) Boldmere St Michael (MCLCsf) D 1-1 V Francis
26 3 (a) Blakenhall W 2-1 Hemsley, Og
27 8 (H) Coleshill Town W 1-0 S Francis
28 11 (H) Sutton Coldfield Town D 1-1 V Francis
29 15 (a) Racing Club Warwick W 3-0 S Francis, Hemsley, Og
30 18 (a) Northfield Town D 2-2 Woolley, Hemsley
31 22 (H) Evesham United L 1-2 Ward
25 (H) Boldmere St Michael (MCLCsfR) D 1-1 Hemsley
32 26 (a) Highgate United W 3-0 V Francis (2), Thompson
33 29 (H) Coleshill Town L 0-1
34 May 1 (H) Highgate United W 2-0 Hemsley, Ward
35 3 (a) Solihull Borough D 1-1 Rogers
36 5 (a) Boldmere St Michael W 2-0 Harris (2)
8 (a) Boldmere St Michael (MCLCsfR) L 0-3
37 13 (a) Malvern Town W 2-1 Alderson (2)
38 ? ? (H) Knowle W 6-2 Unknown
? ? (H) Snailbach (SCCC3) W 5-0 Og (2), Hand, Hemsley (p), Thompson

Competitions

MCLC: Midland Combination League Cup.
FAV: FA Vase
SCC: Shropshire Challenge Cup.
WC: Welsh Cup.

They played for Town

Anderson, Ball, Banks, G Bristow, L Bristow, Cosgriff, Cross, Dimmock, Ellis, Evans, S Francis, V Francis, Gaynor, George, Hand, Harris, Hemsley, Howells, Jackson, Jarman, Lloyd, Lowe, Murphy, Pugh, Preece, Rogers, Thompson, Turnley, Ward, Woolley.

Info Required

If anyone has any missing info on the Knowle and Snailbach match 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 Sutton Coldfield Town (c) 38 20 12 6 77 34 52
2 Paget Rangers 38 21 9 8 74 36 51
3 Blakenhall 38 19 13 6 57 24 51
4 Walsall Sportsco 38 20 10 8 62 32 50
5 Cinderford Town 38 18 10 10 73 39 46
6 TOWN 38 16 14 8 60 28 46
7 Moor Green 38 16 14 8 66 41 46
8 Malvern Town 38 16 13 9 59 41 45
9 Racing Club Warwick 38 16 10 12 51 44 42
10 Evesham United 38 15 12 11 49 46 42
11 Solihull Borough 38 10 17 11 45 48 37
12 Highgate United 38 14 7 17 56 62 35
13 Mile Oak Rovers 38 9 17 12 35 47 35
14 Northfield Town 38 11 12 15 55 60 34
15 Boldmere St Michael 38 11 10 17 35 48 32
16 Oldbury United 38 10 12 16 51 65 32
17 Colehill Town 38 8 10 20 38 79 26
18 West Midland Police 38 4 17 17 32 61 25
19 Knowle 38 7 6 25 38 80 20
20 Stratford Town 38 4 5 29 29 127 13

 

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