Staffordshire County Senior League

Staffordshire County Senior League
Founded
2005
Nation
England
Feeder To
North West Counties League
Division One and
Midland League
Division One
(not automatic)
Divisions
Premier Division
Division One
Division Two North
Division Two South
Number of Teams
52
Levels on Pyramid
Level 11 to Level 13
Cups
(Leek Cup)
(League Cup)
Current Champions (2014–15)
Wolstanton United (Premier)
Leek County School Old Boys (Division One)
Market Drayton Tigers (Division Two North)
Whittington (Division Two South)

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.

The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division, which is a feeder to the North West Counties Football League and sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of the English football league system.

After operating with three divisions for nine seasons, the league split Division Two into two geographically separate divisions, North and South prior to the start of the 2014–15 season, thereby increasing the total number of teams from 48 to 52.

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

Premier Division

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

Division One

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

Division Two

Season Winner Runner-up
2008–09 Talbot Athletic Wolstanton United Reserves
2009–10 Stretton Eagles Reserves Audley
2010–11 Manchester Metropolitan University Lea Hall United
2011–12 Audley Reserves Vodafone Stoke
2012-13 Silverdale Athletic Hall Heath
2013-14 Featherstone Prison Uttoxeter Town Reserves

Division Two North

Season Winner Runner-up
2014–15 Market Drayton Tigers Longton Area

Division Two South

Season Winner Runner-up
2014–15 Whittington Wolverhampton SC U21

Member clubs (2015–16 season)

Premier Division

Division One

Division Two North

Division Two South

References

  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

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