Lye Town F.C.

Lye Town
Full name Lye Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Flyers
Founded 1930 (as Lye & Wollescote)
Ground The Sports Ground
Lye
Ground Capacity 1,000
Chairman Brian Blakemore
Manager Darren Goodall & Martin Thomas
League Midland League Premier Division
2014-15 Midland League Premier Division, 6th

Lye Town F.C. is a football club based in the Black Country suburban town of Lye, West Midlands, England. The club was established in 1930. In the 1995–96 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of the Midland League Premier Division.

History

The club was founded in 1930, initially as Lye and Wollescote FC, changing their name a year later. They were a dominant force in the Worcestershire Combination in the years before World War II, winning the title once and finishing second on two other occasions. When football resumed after the war, they stepped up to the Birmingham and District League, which was renamed the West Midlands (Regional) League in 1962. They were founder members of the league's Premier Division in 1965 and remained in the division for 49 years. In five seasons between 1976–77 and 1980–81 they were runners-up four times, and finally clinched the title in 1998, although they were not promoted to a higher league. The club finally achieved promotion to by winning the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division in 2013–14, having been runners up in the previous season.

In recent years the club has been looking to expand its junior section and in the 2014–15 season expects to field the senior team, a youth team, a ladies team and 10 junior teams with ages ranging between under 7 and under 16.

Ground

The Sports Ground, Lye

The Sports Ground has been the club's home since its formation in 1930 and is shared by the local cricket club. The ground has spectator accommodation on two sides but one end has only a steep grass bank and one touchline has a temporary rail to separate it from the cricket field. There is a stand on the southern touchline, which was built in 1971 and a terrace behind one goal which is very shallow but covered by an extremely large barrel roof.[1]

Honours

Club records

References

  1. ↑ Pyramid Passion feature on their ground

External links

Coordinates: 52°27′23.94″N 2°07′12.25″W / 52.4566500°N 2.1200694°W / 52.4566500; -2.1200694

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