1978-79

Midland Combination (Division One)

1 Aug 19 (H) Racing Club Warwick W 1-0 Evans
2 22 (H) Walsall Wood W 4-0 Unknown
3 26 (a) West Midlands Police W 1-0 Horton
4 28 (a) Evesham United L 1-2 Ward
5 Spt 2 (H) Malvern Town L 0-3
6 5 (a) Blakenhall L 0-2
7 9 (a) Boldmere St Michael L 1-2 Arch
8 16 (a) Ludlow Colts (SCC1) W 2-0 V Francis, Og
9 23 (a) Smethwich Highfield (LC1) W 2-0 Arch, S Francis
10 25 (a) Worcester City (WC1) L 0-4
11 30 (H) Cinderford Town D 1-1 Pugh
12 Oct 7 (a) Northfield Town W 1-0 Hemsley
13 14 (H) Edmond Rangers (SCC2) W 3-1 S Francis, Hemsley, Rogers
14 21 (a) Mile Oak Rovers D 0-0
15 28 (a) Kidsgrove Athletic (FAV1) L 0-2
16 Nov 4 (H) Mile Oak Rovers W 3-1 Rogers, Hand, Pugh (p)
17 11 (H) Oakengates (SCCsf) W 2-0 V Francis (2)
18 15 (a) Sutton Coldfield Town L 2-3 Evans, Hand
19 18 (a) Malvern Town D 0-0
20 25 (a) Knowle W 1-0 S Francis
21 Dec 2 (H) Evesham United W 2-0 Hemsley, V Francis
22 9 (H) West Midlands Police (LC2) W 3-0 Alderson, Hemsley (2, 2p)
23 16 (H) Solihull Borough W 1-0 Pugh
24 23 (a) Solihull Borough L 1-2 V Francis
25 26 (H) Oldbury United W 1-0 V Francis
26 30 (H) Highgate United D 1-1 Hemsley
27 Feb 24 (N) Shifnal Town (SCCsf) W 2-0 V Francis, Hemsley
28 Mar 3 (H) Paget Rangers W 2-0 V Francis (2)
29 10 (H) Coleshill Town W 2-0 S Francis, V Francis
30 20 (a) Paget Rangers L 1-2 Hand
31 24 (H) Highgate United D 1-1 Hemsley (p)
32 31 (a) Racing Club Warwick W 1-0 Hand
33 Apr 7 (a) Oldbury United (LC3) W 1-0 Og
34 12 (a) Walsall Wood D 0-0
35 14 (H) Boldmere St Michael D 1-1 Alderson
36 16 (a) Knowle L 0-2
37 21 (a) Oldbury United D 1-1 Hand
38 23 (N) Donnington Wood (SCCf) D 0-0
39 26 (H) West Midlands Police D 0-0
40 28 (H) Sutton Coldfield Town W 5-0 Rogers (3), Evans, Hemsley
41 May 1 (H) Walsall Sportsco D 0-0
42 3 (N) Knowle (LCsf) W 1-0 Og
43 5 (a) Cinderford Town D 1-1 Hand
44 8 (N) Donnington Wood (SCCfr) W 2-0 Hemsley, V Francis
45 11 (H) Blakenhall W 2-1 V Francis, Hemsley
46 15 (H) Moor Green W 3-2 S Francis, Hand, Hemsley
47 19 (a) Coleshill Town W 4-0 Hand (2), Hemsley (2, 1p)
48 22 (a) Moor Green W 1-0 V Francis
49 24 (N) Highgate United (LCf) W 2-1 S Francis, Hand
50 26 (H) Northfield Town W 5-1 V Francis (3), Butters, Hand
51 29 (a) Walsall Sportsco All details unknown

Competitions

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

Venues

Match 27: Played at Sankeys.
Match 38 & 44: Played at Telford United.
Match 49: Played at Moor Green.

Extra Time Matches

Match 49: 1-1 at 90 minutes.

They played for Town

Alderson, Arch, Ball, G Bristow, L Bristow, Brown, Butters, Dimmock, Evans, V Francis, S Francis, Frisby, George, Griffiths, Hand, Hemsley, Horton, Jarman, Kelly, Lamond, Lloyd, Morris, Pugh, Rogers, Simmons, Thompson, 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 26 9 3 104 30 61
2 Oldbury United 38 20 11 7 49 29 51
3 TOWN 38 19 11 8 54 31 49
4 Boldmere St Michael 38 20 9 9 44 35 49
5 Walsall Sportsco 38 18 11 9 58 41 47
6 Blakenhall 38 17 10 11 57 38 44
7 Solihull Borough 38 18 8 12 59 46 44
8 Paget Rangers 38 16 10 12 50 41 42
9 Knowle 38 17 7 14 51 44 41
10 Mile Oak Rovers 38 15 10 13 42 37 40
11 Moor Green 38 16 7 15 70 55 39
12 Highgate United 38 13 7 18 46 54 33
13 Malvern Town 38 9 15 14 39 51 33
14 West Midland Police 38 11 11 16 32 46 33
15 Racing Club Warwick 38 11 10 17 41 46 32
16 Walsall Wood 38 10 11 17 43 65 31
17 Cinderford Town 38 10 10 18 36 64 30
18 Northfield Town 38 12 5 21 41 62 29
19 Evesham United 38 7 5 26 29 80 19
20 Colehill Town 38 1 11 26 22 72 13

 

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