Bilston Town
Darlaston Town (1874) vs Bilston Town Saturday 21st September 2019
Darlaston Town (1874) vs Bilston Town Saturday 21st September 2019
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eached the Second Round of the FA Cup, losing 0-1 at home to Barnet<br />
in a replay after holding them 1-1 at Underhill. The next 'high' period<br />
came in the early 80's, when the club won the Wednesbury Charity Cup<br />
four times in five seasons. In 1983 they changed their name to <strong>Bilston</strong><br />
<strong>Town</strong> FC and 1985 saw promotion to the Southern League Midland<br />
Division.<br />
In 2001 the club missed out on promotion to the Conference South by a<br />
solitary point to Tiverton, after the failure <strong>Bilston</strong> entered a downward<br />
spiral, going out of business in 2005 due to a mixture of debt and<br />
vandalism at their Queen Street ground. The club was unable to fulfil<br />
their fixtures in the 2004-05 season ceasing to exist.<br />
The club reformed in 2007 playing in Division Two of the West Midlands<br />
(Regional) League playing their 'home' games at Bantock Park while<br />
Queen Street was refurbished and brought back up to standard.<br />
The team returned to their 'spiritual home' in 2008-09 having won<br />
promotion to Division One. At the end of the 2012-13 the club won<br />
promotion back to the Premier Division. October 2013 saw the<br />
appointment of players Danny Mason & Lee Onions as player managers,<br />
and they ensured <strong>Bilston</strong> remained in the Premier Division.<br />
In November 2013 the current Directors obtained a long lease from<br />
Wolverhampton Council for the ground and also changed the clubs<br />
'trading name' to <strong>Bilston</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Community Club and in January 2014<br />
charitable status was obtained.<br />
Season 2014-2015 saw former players Danny Mason and Lee Onions<br />
take the joint manager roles although despite a great start to the season<br />
the duo resigned early in the New Year following a poor run of results.<br />
Leon Pugh and Scott Hamilton took over the reins until the end of the<br />
season with a mid-table finish the final outcome.<br />
The club decided to invest in youth at the start of the 2013-14 season<br />
competing in the Midland Floodlit League with the intention of<br />
progressing young players into the senior side, thus safeguarding its<br />
future still further.<br />
The Youth team in their second season had a tremendous run in the FA<br />
Youth Cup with a Second Qualifying Round win over Hereford<br />
United on a memorable night at Queen Street although they<br />
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