The town boasts the fine looking grade ii listed st lawrences church and benefits from three areas, kings hill, george rose and victoria park. Wednesfield fc v willenhall town 2 1 match center 10 feb 15. Historic darlaston football club ground set for demolition. Club vice chairman garry hale was contacted by verena burrows from stockport, who is the granddaughter of william corfield, originally from brownhills, walsall.
Jan 01, 2011 buy the history of darlaston town football club by isbn. Buy the history of darlaston town football club by isbn. Darlaston town fc closed is located in wednesbury ws10. The overgrown and abandoned pitch of darlaston town fc in darlaston.
Book a game, join a league or host a party at goals black country. Darlaston town fc has played at the ground for 112 years and the. Distance is no object and we can provide village taxi, town taxi or city taxi. Gough, john, cmx 76833, engine room artificer 4th class. It appears the first competitive game between the two clubs was in darlastons 194546 birmingham combination titlewinning season. The history of bilston town football club and bilston town, one family books are available to buy via bilston town community fc. Darlaston all active are a locally run charity based at darlaston town hall and offer a range of weekly activities catering for a broad audience and also offer function room hire for both private parties and business meetings. Dec 21, 2014 the seemingly sudden closure of the 140yearold darlaston town football club part way through the 201220 season did exactly this, hitting the headlines as a club believed to be among the. Darlaston town 1874 fc want to hear from the corfield or whistance families to track down the origins of an heirloom. I am continuing to catalogue the clubs results and achievements moving forward and still researching the football clubs past. These are highlighted in green throughout this document. Also the club as gone from strength to strength and making headline on sky sport tv. The development is on the site of the former school, situated between slater street and victoria road. Darlaston is a town in the metropolitan borough of walsall in the west midlands.
Darlaston town fc is a sports facility in wednesbury amenities include grass pitches full sized football sports facilities searchable directory of over 30,000 local sports facilities. Fc darlaston move to new ground thrown into doubt express. At the end of the 200102 season darlaston were relegated to division one after finishing 19th out of 24 clubs. From my perspective and the club perspective, it was always clear that a return to the city. Council bosses agreed to allow fc darlaston to move to the recreation ground at rough hay in the town last month but that decision has now been called in by five councillors.
Wednesfield 8 v 0 wolverhampton united sporting khalsa 3 v1 atherstone town. Our two clubs have been rivals over several decades from the 1940s to the present day. The nlps diary of a groundhopper saturday 14 march. Jun 30, 2016 trevor john meath born 20 march 1944 is an english former footballer, the position he played, was a midfielder, he began his career in nonleague football with darlaston town. Darlaston town fc club been established since 1874 and is very organized club also having three full size football pitches. Club vice chairman garry hale was contacted by verena burrows from. The property is situated within a quiet and predominantly residential neighbourhood to the east of darlaston town centre. Trevor john meath born 20 march 1944 is an english former footballer, the position he played, was a midfielder, he began his career in nonleague football with darlaston town.
In 2007 darlaston gained promotion back to the premier division. Oaklands new homes, affordable homes wednesbury aurora. Bentley youth football club bentley road south wednesbury west midlands ws10 8ln. Apr 06, 2019 council bosses agreed to allow fc darlaston to move to the recreation ground at rough hay in the town last month but that decision has now been called in by five councillors.
Book or magazine covers, commercial, promotional, advertorial. They include old park primary school built in 1952 30 parking spaces, wodensborough community technology college built in 1956 50 parking spaces, wood green academy built in 2007 100 parking spaces, darlaston community association built in 31 parking spaces. In his book the history of darlaston town current chairman neil. Goals black country, darlaston lane, willenhall, west midlands, wv14 7bl.
Darlaston town 1874 fc, bentley road north,walsall. Neil chambers, chairman of darlaston town 1874 fc, who have a base at bentley road north, said. By the early 1890s the team regularly played on the old wakes field off waverley road, which became darlaston football ground. Darlaston fc added town to its name at the beginning of the 199697 season. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The property occupies a prominent frontage to the western side of crescent road overlooking victoria park and close to darlaston town centre. Darlaston local history society, 1988 darlaston england. Aug 04, 2016 neil chambers, chairman of darlaston town 1874 fc, who have a base at bentley road north, said. Nineman worcester raiders stood firm to share the points in a title tussle with darlaston town but may still ponder what might have been. The overgrown and abandoned pitch of darlaston town fc in. Darlaston gets a mention in a superb new book called the.
He is the author of the book the history of darlaston town football club. Most of the large derelict factory sites have been replaced by housing or smaller industrial units and darlaston can look forward to a bright future. Darlaston all active function room hire and licensed bar. Willenhall town v wednesfield fc 4 1 match center sep 14. The muchanticipated clash of the west midlands league. Darlaston town hall centenary and life in darlaston 1888. Darlaston, a town, a parish, and a subdistrict, in walsall district, stafford.
The town has a few small open spaces such as the playing fields at broadwaters road and three parks. Afc wulfrunians 3v2 wellington amats att 88 heath hayes 4v2 lye town aet. Formed in 1874, darlaston was one of the oldest non league clubs in the country. Chairman neil chambers said darlaston town had been cleared of two charges relating to incidents that saw a worcester raiders supporter banned from football for seven years. Add the paycare ground to your football ground map and create an online map of the grounds you have visited. Darlaston and shawbury their opponents are still tweeting that the match is on midmorning, so thats the decision made. The town is represented in football by darlaston town 1874 fc who currently compete in the west midlands regional league. Trevor made 110 appearances in the football league playing for walsall and lincoln city, whom he joined in october 1969 for a. Apr 12, 2019 walsall councils cabinet had agreed to allow darlaston town football club to move to the recreational centre, in hall street, at a decision taken in private session at a meeting on march 20. Round one highgate utd 2 v3 paget rangers heath hayes 2v4 alvechurch.
The paycare ground, home to darlaston town, lane head. Although part of walsall, many darlastonians are fiercely independent, as are most of the local communities in the black country. Darlaston v bilston town 1956 1956 1957 56 57 footie. A friendly local pub live entertainment friday, saturday and sunday evening sunday carvery. The town centre off licences have a huge crowd of and queing up outside, buying booze from the easily led shopkeepers who believe fake i. The book is a pictorial collection of lost british football grounds and stands. The town boasts the fine looking grade ii listed st lawrences church and benefits. Dudley town again, longtime supporters will remember the round oak ground near to the centre of dudley. Distance is no object and we can provide village taxi, town taxi or. The club purchased the ground in july 1899, after which it became known as city ground.
Walsall councils cabinet had agreed to allow darlaston town football club to move to the recreational centre, in hall street, at a decision taken in private session at a meeting on march 20. Kings hill park, george rose park and victoria park. Date 270856 darlaston v bilston town 1956 1956 1957 footie programmes. Mark swann puts pen to paper for managers aaron morris and shaun boulton. I think it is the fox who eventually comes up with darlaston town 1874 fc of the west midlands regional league. Born in darlaston in 1921 john was the son of john and fanny maud gough. Site statistics 151,630 registered users 19,878 football grounds 6,799,278 visits logged 44. Darlaston town england west midlands league premier division step 10 lane head. Darlaston sports facilitys future to be decided later this month. Wednesfield fc v willenhall town 0 match center 05 jul 16.
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