Alvechurch Football Club

The club was established in 1929 as Alvechurch Juniors and played in the Redditch League until World War II. In 1965–66 they reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, eventually losing 1–0 to Wealdstone at Stamford Bridge with around 10,000 supporters travelling to London for the game. The league was renamed the Midland Combination in 1968 and Alvechurch were League Cup winners again in 1968–69. The season also saw them make FA Cup history; in the fourth qualifying round they were drawn against Oxford City. The six matches, which were played over 17 days during which Alvechurch also had a league match, remains a record for an FA Cup tie, as in 1991 the FA scrapped any matches beyond the first replay, which would now end with penalties to decide a winner. The win meant that Alvechurch reached the first-round proper for the first time, also becoming the first club from the Midland Combination to do so. After finishing as runners-up in the Midland Combination in 1972–73 and winning the Worcestershire Senior Cup, Alvechurch switched to the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League. They also won the West Midlands (Regional) League title, the League Cup, the Birmingham Senior Amateur Cup and the Worcestershire Senior Cup. The club were Midland Division runners-up and League Cup winners the following season. League reorganisation then saw them placed in the new Premier Division for the 1982–83 season. Another relegation two seasons later saw them drop back into the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League. The club subsequently folded in 1993. The club was re-established under the name Alvechurch Villa in 1994, entering the Premier Division of the Midland Combination. In 1996 they returned to the name Alvechurch. When the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Combination to form the Midland League in 2014, Alvechurch were placed in the Premier Division.