West Midlands (Regional) League
Country	England
Founded	1889
Divisions	3
No. of teams	52
Feeder to	Midland Football Alliance
Level(s) on pyramid	Level(s) 6 to 8
Website	Link

The West Midlands (Regional) League is a football competition based in England, covering the West Midlands, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire. It has three divisions, the highest of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 6 (or level 10) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Midland Football Alliance. Image File history File links LOGOWMRL.jpg‎ This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Midland Football Alliance (also known as the Travel Factory Alliance after its main sponsor) is an English football league covering the West Midlands region. ... The English football league system, otherwise known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although for historical reasons a small number of Welsh clubs also compete). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is an English county in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ... Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. ... The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football League. ... The Midland Football Alliance (also known as the Travel Factory Alliance after its main sponsor) is an English football league covering the West Midlands region. ...

Prior to 2006, the league was defined as step 7, even though it fed into the step 5 Midland Alliance. In 2006 it was re-graded as step 6, making teams in the top two divisions eligible to take part in the FA Vase and teams in the top division eligible to enter the FA Cup. The Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. ... Note: for the full results of all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ...

Successful teams from the Shropshire County League and the Kidderminster & District League may apply to join the West Midlands (Regional) League. ^[1] Ellesmere Rangers have made it from the lower division of the Shropshire League to the top division of the West Midlands Regional League in just four seasons. Regional League teams could also theoretically be relegated to the local leagues but in practice this very rarely happens. The Shropshire County Premier Football League (currently sponsored by Sportsjamkits. ... Ellesmere Rangers F.C. is an English association football club based in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. ...

Under the terms of a sponsorship deal with a local newspaper group, the league is currently known as the Express and Star West Midlands (Regional) League.

History

The league was formed in 1889 ^[1] as the Birmingham and District League with an initial membership of 12 clubs. Although Kidderminster Olympic topped the final table, the title was declared void as a number of fixtures had not been completed, a situation which was to be repeated in each of the subsequent two seasons (on both occasions Brierley Hill Alliance topped the table but did not win the title). Despite the league's name, in the years prior to World War I it came to include teams from as far afield as Bristol, Wrexham and Crewe. During this period the reserve teams of local Football League teams won the league title almost every year. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and the borough of Swindon. ... For other uses, see Wrexham (disambiguation). ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ...

Soon after World War I the reserve sides left the league, although some Football League clubs' 'A' teams and some Southern Football League teams' reserve sides played in the league until 1960. In 1954 the league absorbed the floundering Birmingham Combination, expanding to include Divisions One South and One North, later revised to Divisions One and Two. In 1960, when the remaining reserve teams left the league, all the remaining clubs were consolidated into one 24 team division. Southern League logo The Southern League (currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the British Gas Business Football League) is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams, covering South West and South Central England, the Midlands, and parts of Wales. ...

In 1962 the league changed its name to the West Midlands (Regional) League to more accurately reflect its catchment area. It soon expanded to include a Premier Division, Division One and Division Two, a format it has mostly retained to this day, despite the elevation of ten clubs to the newly-formed Midland Football Alliance in 1994. The Midland Football Alliance (also known as the Travel Factory Alliance after its main sponsor) is an English football league covering the West Midlands region. ...

At present the league continues to operate with a three division structure and over 50 member clubs. It also operates a League Cup for each division.

League champions

Birmingham & District League

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References

External links

• League website
• FA Full Time page