Kidderminster & District Football League
The Kidderminster & District League is an English amateur league, affiliated to the Worcestershire County F.A[1] for teams based near Kidderminster, which therefore draws teams from Worcestershire and South Staffordshire. The league now operates Sunday league football and a women's division. Prior to 2014 it was known as Kidderminster & District Saturday League and operated Saturday divisions.
Successful teams from this league could apply for promotion to the West Midlands (Regional) League, which placed this league's top division at the thirteenth level of the English football league system. Teams to have progressed to the higher level include Ludlow Town (1979),[2] Bandon (1995),[3] Bewdley Town (1999),[4] Brintons Athletic (2000),[4] Ounsdale (2000),[4] and Tenbury United (2003).[5]
Champions
[edit]The champions of the league's various divisions have been as follows:[6]
| Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division Two | Division Three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Springvale Rovers | Broadheath | Plough Trysull | No Division Three |
| 1975–76 | Victoria | Bewdley Old Boys | UGA Dynamoes | No Division Three |
| 1976–77 | Springvale Rovers | UGA Dynamoes | Quayle Carpets | No Division Three |
| 1977–78 | Roma | Stourport Swifts | Kinver Reserves | No Division Three |
| 1978–79 | Kinver | Chaddesley Corbett | Naylors | No Division Three |
| 1979–80 | Springvale Rovers | Chainwire | Brintons Reserves | No Division Three |
| 1980–81 | Brintons | Webb Corbett | Two Gates Reserves | No Division Three |
| 1981–82 | Fairfield Villa | Highley Welfare | Enville Athletic | No Division Three |
| 1982–83 | Brintons | Broadwaters Sports | Clee Hill United | No Division Three |
| 1983–84 | Fairfield Villa | Brintons Reserves | C.L.C. Windmill | No Division Three |
| 1984–85 | Brintons | Star Aluminium | Netherton Liberal Youth | No Division Three |
| 1985–86 | Springvale Rovers | Wyre Forest Construction | Bewdley Town Reserves | No Division Three |
| 1986–87 | Star Aluminium | Upton Town | Star Aluminium Reserves | No Division Three |
| 1987–88 | Wyre Forest Construction | Stourport Swifts Reserves | Roundhead | No Division Three |
| 1988–89 | Woofferton | Ludlow Town Reserves | SDF Sports | Wollescote Hare & Hounds |
| 1989–90 | Woofferton | Highley Welfare | Cavalier 89 | Belgrave |
| 1990–91 | Wyre Forest | Bandon Arms | Wordsley | Wordsley Star |
| 1991–92 | Wyre Forest | Star Aluminium | Forest Inn 90 | Edgecliff Eagles |
| 1992–93 | Brintons Chainwire | Forest 90 | Bewdley Town Reserves | Horn & Trumpet |
| 1993–94 | Cradley Heath | Edgecliff Eagles | Blackheath Electrodrives | Ounsdale |
| 1994–95 | Bandon | Clee Hill United | Cradley Heath Reserves | |
| 1995–96 | Clee Hill United | Britannia 90 | Kinver Reserves | |
| 1996–97 | Highley Welfare | Blue Ball Athletic | Claines Reserves | |
| 1997–98 | Brintons Chainwire | Ashwood United | Tenbury United | |
| 1998–99 | Ounsdale | Tenbury United | Cookley Social | |
| 1999–00 | Brintons Chainwire | Cookley Social | Broughton WMC | |
| 2000–01 | Chaddesley Corbett | Norton Celtic | Samson & Lion 2000 | |
| 2001–02 | Norton Celtic | Springvale Rovers | Discontinued | |
| 2002–03 | Cookley Social | Castle Inn 2000 | ||
| 2003–04 | Cradley Heath Timbertree | Quarry Bank | ||
| 2004–05 | Cradley Heath | Gemini | ||
| 2005–06 | Wyre Forest | Gigmill | ||
| 2006–07 | Wyre Forest | Dog and Pheasant | ||
| 2007–08 | Gigmill | Kings Heath Old Boys | ||
| 2008-09 | Wyre Forest | Furnace Sports | ||
| 2009-10 | Wyre Forest | Lodge Farm | ||
| 2010-11 | Birch Coppice | Dudley Villa | ||
| 2011-12 | ||||
| 2012-13 | Netherton Athletic | |||
| 2013-14 | Netherton Athletic |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sorry. Something's wrong with the pitch. - Worcestershire FA".
- ^ Robinson, Michael (2005). Non-League Football Tables 1889–2005. Soccer Books Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1-8622-3125-7.
- ^ Robinson, Michael. Non-League Football Tables 1889–2005. p. 94.
- ^ a b c Robinson, Michael. Non-League Football Tables 1889–2005. p. 95.
- ^ Robinson, Michael. Non-League Football Tables 1889–2005. p. 96.
- ^ "Honours". Kidderminster & District League. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.