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Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and play at the Grove Recreation Ground.

Halesowen Town
Full nameHalesowen Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Yeltz
Founded1870s
GroundThe Grove, Halesowen
Capacity3,150 (525 seated)[1]
OwnerKaren Brookes & Keith McKenna
ChairmanKaren Brookes
ManagerPaul Smith
LeagueNorthern Premier League Division One Midlands
2021–22Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, 3rd of 20
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

History


The club was believed to have been established around 1873, but recent research has suggested it was probably formed in 1877 under the name Halesowen Football Club.[2] They played on three different pitches before moving to their present home, the Grove, ca. 1881. The team joined the Birmingham & District League in 1892, finishing bottom in their first season.[3] They finished bottom of the league again in 1904–05 and were relegated to the Walsall & District League.[4] After only one season, they returned to the Birmingham & District League in 1906.[3] Another last-place finish in 1910–11 saw the club transfer to the Birmingham Combination.[5] They finished bottom of the new league for the next two seasons and left after finishing second-from-bottom in 1913–14. The team then moved into the Birmingham Youth & Old Boys Football Association Suburban League Division One, an amateur league where youth football continued through the war.[6]

Halesowen rejoined the Birmingham Combination in 1919 and were incorporated under the name Halesowen Town around 1926.[7] They finished bottom of the league in 1926–27 but remained members of the competition until 1939.[8] In 1946 they rejoined the Birmingham & District League and won their first-ever league title in 1946–47.[9] In 1954 the league split into Northern and Southern divisions, with Halesowen placed in the Southern section. Further league reorganisation saw them become members of Division One the following season. In 1955–56 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 4–2 at home to Hendon in front of a record crowd of 5,000.[10][1] However, after finishing in the bottom three the following season, they were relegated to Division Two.[9]

A third-place finish in 1957–58 saw Halesowen promoted back to Division One. In 1960 the league reverted to a single division and in 1962 it was renamed the West Midlands (Regional) League.[9][10] The club were runners-up in 1964–65, and were placed in the Premier Division when the league gained a second tier at the end of the season.[10] In 1982–83 they were Premier Division champions, also reaching the FA Vase final, losing 1–0 to VS Rugby at Wembley. They went on to retain the title for the next three seasons,[10] and reached the final of the FA Vase again in 1985 and 1986, winning on both occasions; in the 1984–85 final they beat Fleetwood Town 3–1 and in 1985–86 they won 3–0 against Southall.[10] The 1985–86 season also saw the club reach the first round of the FA Cup for the second time, eventually losing 3–1 to Frickley Athletic in a replay.[10] After their fourth consecutive title in 1985–86 the club moved up to the Midland Division of the Southern League.

Halesowen made further appearances in the first round of the FA Cup in 1987–88 and again in 1988–89 when they played Football League opposition for the first time, losing 2–0 at Brentford. They won the Midland Division in 1989–90, earning promotion to the Premier Division,[10] with another FA Cup first round appearance ending in a 1–0 defeat at Cardiff City.[10] They went on to meet Tranmere Rovers in the first round in 1990–91, losing 2–1, and Farnborough Town in 1991–92, losing 4–0 in a replay.[10]

Halesowen were Premier Division runners-up in 1995–96, missing out on the title and promotion to the Football Conference by three points. However, the early 2000s saw the club yo-yo between the divisions; in 2000–01 they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to the Western Division. The following season saw them return to the Premier Division as the first opportunity as they won the Western Division. An immediate relegation back to the Western Division at the end of the 2002–03 season was followed by another immediate promotion back to the Premier Division.[10] In 2004–05 another FA Cup first round appearance ended with a 2–1 defeat at Yeading. In 2007–08 the club finished third in the Premier Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; after beating Chippenham Town 2–1 in the semi-finals, they lost 2–1 to Team Bath in the final.

The 2010–11 season saw Halesowen finish bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One South & West. In 2012 they were transferred to Division One South of the Northern Premier League, which they won in 2013–14, earning promotion to the league's Premier Division.[10] The club were transferred to the Premier Central division of the Southern League at the end of the 2017–18 season as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid. At the end of the 2020–21 season they were transferred to Division One Midlands of the Northern Premier League.


Ground


The Grove
The Grove

Halesowen played on at least three different grounds in the late 1870s before moving to the Stourbridge Road Ground, now known as the Grove, around 1881.[11] The ground was used for cricket and was three-sided for many years. A small stand behind the top goals and a cricket pavilion were built in the 1920s. Before this, the players would change in the Waggon & Horses pub on Stourbridge Road.[12]

In the 1930s, another small wooden stand was constructed along the perimeter of the James Grove Button Factory. During the 1950s, the Shed end was constructed along with changing rooms, built on the site of the old cricket pavilion.

In the 1980s, the three sided ground was converted to four with the addition of uncovered terracing along the Recreation Park side. In 1987, the 420-seat Harry Rudge Stand was completed on the site of the 1930s wooden stand; it was extended in 1998 and again in 2000.

The floodlights which the club won in 1983 lasted until 2001, when a new set were installed and officially inaugurated at a friendly match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.


Current squad


As of 3 August 2022[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pos. Nation Player
GK  ENG Daniel Platt
GK  ENG Dan Whitehouse
DF  ENG Dexter Dudley-Toole
DF  ENG Nathanial Kelly
DF  ENG Kieran Morris
DF  ENG Robert Evans (captain)
DF  ENG Josh Ezewele
MF  ENG Nathan Hayward]]
MF  ENG Bradley Birch
MF  ENG Tom Turton
Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Bailey Fuller
MF  ENG McKauley Manning
MF  ENG Jack Holmes
MF  ENG Max Morris
MF  ENG Josh Quaynor
MF  ENG Jac Redhead
MF  ENG McKauley Manning
FW  ENG Jamie Insall
FW  ENG Matt Funge
FW  ENG Richard Gregory
FW  ENG Simeon Cobourne
FW  ENG Richard Smith

Honours



Records



See also



References


  1. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p453 ISBN 978-1869833695
  2. Bullock, Benjamin; Ponter, Matthew (2020). Yeltzmen: A History of Halesowen Town Football Club, 1873-2020. Halesowen: Halesowen Town FC Press. pp. 1–7. ISBN 978-1-5272-6729-9.
  3. "Birmingham & District League 1889-1930". Non League Matters.
  4. Bullock & Ponter, pp16–17
  5. "Birmingham Combination 1892-1915". Non League Matters.
  6. Bullock & Ponter, pp18–19
  7. Bullock & Ponter, pp38–39
  8. Birmingham Combination 1919–1954 Non-League Matters
  9. Birmingham & District League 1930–1962 Non-League Matters
  10. Halesowen Town at the Football Club History Database
  11. "History of the Grove". Halesowen Town FC.
  12. Bullock & Ponter, pp37–38
  13. "First Team Squad". Halesowen Town FC. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  14. Bullock & Ponter, p28
  15. Paul Joinson Yeltz Archive





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