Staffordshire County Senior League

Summary

The Staffordshire County Senior League is a football competition based in Staffordshire, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of the Midland League (formerly known as the Staffordshire Senior League) and the Staffordshire County League.

Staffordshire County Senior League
Founded
2005
Nation
England
Feeder To
North West Counties League
Division One and
Midland Football League
Division One
(not automatic)
Divisions
Premier Division
Division One
Division Two North
Division Two South
Number of Teams
18 – Premier Division
19 – Division One
13 – Division Two North
11 - Division Two South
Levels on Pyramid
The Premier Division sits at
Step 7 (Level 11)
Cups
Leek Cup (All teams)
Challenge Cup (Premier Division)
President's Trophy (Division One)
Chairman's Challenge Cup (Division Two)

The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division which sits at step 7 of non-league football (or level 11 of the English football league system), a feeder league to the National League System. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of English football. Division Two has at times been regionalised, which is currently the case.

In 2023-24 the league operates four divisions across three tiers, the Premier Division (step 7), Division One (step 8), Division Two North and Division Two South (both step 9).

Tunstall Town received national and even international attention in the 2010–11 season, after losing all of their games, and conceding an average of close to ten goals a game; however the team's first eleven did consist of players as old as 75.[1][2][3] On 22 February 2014, they ended a 171-game winless run with a 3-2 victory over Betley Reserves.[4]

Past winners edit

Premier Division edit

Season Winner Runner-up
2005–06 Hanley Town Ball Haye Green
2006–07 Wolstanton United Hanley Town
2007–08 Wolstanton United Newcastle Town Reserves
2008–09 Foley Wolstanton United
2009–10 Stretton Eagles Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves
2010–11 Ball Haye Green[5] Hanley Town
2011–12 Hanley Town Redgate Clayton
2012–13 Hanley Town Redgate Clayton
2013–14 Wolstanton United Uttoxeter Town
2014–15 Wolstanton United Redgate Clayton
2015–16 Leek CSOB Wolstanton United
2016–17 Abbey Hulton United Wolstanton United
2017–18 Wolstanton United Foley Meir
2018–19 Silverdale Athletic Leek County School Old Boys
2019-20 Covid 19 Pandemic
2020–21 Foley Meir AFC Alsager
2021–22 AFC Alsager Brereton Social
2022–23 Wolstanton United Redgate Clayton

Division One edit

Season Winner Runner-up
2005–06 Stafford Rangers Stripes Congleton Vale
2006–07 Congleton Vale Barlaston
2007–08 Stretton Eagles Sandbach United
2008–09 Manor Inne[6] Holt JCB
2009–10 Barton United[7] Stone Dominoes Reserves
2010–11 Audley Barton United
2011–12 Hanley Town Reserves Cheadle Town
2012–13 Uttoxeter Town Hilton Harriers
2013–14 Manchester Metropolitan University Stapenhill Reserves
2014–15 Leek County School Old Boys Cheadle South Moorlands United
2015–16 Redgate Clayton Reserves Ashbourne
2016–17 Foley Meir Stone Dominoes
2017–18 Ossama Blurton Brereton Social
2018–19 Audley Abbey Hulton United Reserves
2019-20 Covid 19 Pandemic
2020–21 Shenstone Pathfinder City of Stoke
2021-22 Milton United FC Wolstanton United Reserves
2022-23 Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves Madeley White Star

Division Two edit

Season Winner Runner-up
2008–09 Talbot Athletic Wolstanton United Reserves
2009–10 Stretton Eagles Reserves Audley
2010–11 MMU Cheshire Lea Hall
2011–12 Audley Reserves Vodafone Stoke
2012–13 Silverdale Athletic Hall Heath
2013–14 Featherstone Prison Uttoxeter Town Reserves
2014–17 Regionalised
2017–18 Whittington Goldenhill Wanderers
2018–19 AFC Alsager AFC Hawkins Sports
2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Foley Meir Reserves FC 41
2021-22 Pelsall Villa Colts Uttoxeter Town
2022– Regionalised

Division Two (North and South) edit

Season Division Two North Division Two South Division Two
Play-off winner
Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up
2014–15 Market Drayton Tigers Longton Area Whittington FC Wolverhampton SC U21 Whittington FC
2015–16 Eastwood Hanley Audley Reserves Penkridge Shenstone Pathfinder Reserves Eastwood Hanley
2016–17 Tunstall Town Foley Meir Reserves Pathfinder FC Brereton Social N/A
2017–22 Not regionalised
2022-23 Florence Reserves Stone Old Alleynians A Brereton Social Reserves Warstones Wanderers N/A

Member clubs (2023–24 season) edit

Source:[8]

Premier Division edit

Division One edit

Division Two North edit

  • AFC Alsager Reserves
  • Ashbourne Reserves
  • Audrey & District Development
  • Ball Haye Green Reserves
  • Eastwood Hanley Reserves
  • FC 41 Reserves
  • FC Hanley Academy
  • Florence Reserves
  • Keele University 2nd
  • Leek C.S.O.B. Reserves
  • Madeley White Star Reserves
  • Milton United Reserves
  • Staffordshire Victoria

Division Two South edit

  • AFC Fradley
  • AFC Real Medina
  • Albrighton
  • Cannock Dynamos
  • Cresswell Wanderers Reserves
  • Newhall United
  • Stone Athletic
  • Stone Dominoes
  • Three Spires United
  • Walsall Phoenix Reserves
  • Whittington

References edit

  1. ^ "Football: Tunstall's fall guys become stars of the media world". The Sentinel. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. ^ Ronay, Barney (14 March 2011). "Tunstall Town know Staffordshire is no county for very old men". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ^ "In praise of … Tunstall Town". The Guardian. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Tunstall Town finally end 171-game run without a win". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. ^ Season 2010–11
  6. ^ Season 2008–09
  7. ^ Season 2009–10
  8. ^ "Staffordshire County Senior League". FullTime. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

External links edit

  • Official website, FA Full-Time