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A BRIEFHISTORYThe very earliest records show that the club began as WolverhamptonOld Church F.C. based in the Fighting Cocks, Penn area ofWolverhampton. In 1914 the club changed its name to WolverhamptonAmateurs and played at Langley Road and Beckminster playing fields.1946 the club merged with Old Wulfrunians to form a gentlemen’ssporting club to provide a whole range of sporting teams. The club’sname was changed to Staffordshire Casuals and although the liaisonwith Old Wulfrunians was short lived, the Staffordshire Casualscontinued as a football team and established a new base at BantockPark.The 50’s saw the Staffordshire Casuals as the most successful team inthe Birmingham AFA Football League winning the league three years insuccession and winning several cup competitions. During the late 50sthe Casuals moved their base to Aldersley Stadium also spending ashort time at Codsall playing fields, before purchasing their currenthome at Brinsford Lane, Coven Heath.Another era of tremendous success coincided with the move to theclub’s own ground. After being one of the founder members of theBirmingham A.F.A and winning the Premier Division of that league in1980/81, Wolverhampton Casuals applied to join the West MidlandsLeague. They were elected to Division Two in 1981/82 and after twoseasons, were promoted to Division One, for the 1984/85 season. Inthe following three years the club enjoyed tremendous success,finishing as runners-up in three consecutive seasons. In 1985/86, theyalso won the Division One Cup and finished runners-up in the WalsallSenior Cup.After these three impressive seasons and finally meeting the groundgrading requirements, the club was promoted to the West22
Midlands League Premier Division in 1987/88. However, after twoseasons in the top flight, the ground grading requirements wereupdated and included the requirement of floodlights, which at the timethe club’s Brinsford Road hadn't got. Therefore the club was relegatedback into Division One for the 1991/92 season.After winning Division One in season 1994/95 and in order to play inthe Premier Division the club played their League games at AldersleyStadium for two seasons to fulfil the ground grading requirementswhilst members of the club worked hard and raised the necessaryfunds to install the required floodlights .Wolverhampton Casuals were crowned Staffordshire County FA Vasewinners in season the 1997/98 season,. The following season theylost in the final of the same competition and also the semi final of theLeague Cup semi final.During the 200/01 season the club won their most prestigious trophyto date by beating Sutton Town to win the Walsall Senior Cup. Thiswas followed in 2001/02 with the club finishing third in the PremierDivision and once again they reached the League Cup semi final.At the end of the 2004/05 season the club finished eleventh, theclub’s highest finish for a few seasons as they finished in the bottomhalf of the table. At the end of the 2010/11 season saw a welcomechange in the Casuals fortunes finishing twelfth and reaching the WestMidlands Premier League cup final for the first time, thus achievinganother milestone in its history.For three consecutive season Casuals finished third in 2011/12,2012/13 & 2013/14 and in 2012-13 were runners up in theprestigious J W Hunt Cup.Season 2014-15 & 2015-16 saw Casuals finish a credible sixthposition. The following season in 2016/17 Casuals recorded theirhighest finish in the West Midlands (Regional) League finishing secondbehind Haughmond. The following season the club finished adisappointing ninth. At the beginning of the 2018-19 season the clubappointed Dean Gill as manager with his team they finished third andwon the league cup in their first season, playing arguably the bestmost consistent football seen at the Casuals for many seasons.23
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