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Bilston Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Bilston, West Midlands. In the 2015–16 season they are playing in the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division for the third time. In 2013-14 they confirmed their promotion to the WM(R)L Premier Division following a successful appeal to the Football Association to uphold their 2012-13 promotion, after initially having their promotion rejected. In 2007 the club folded but was rescued by a consortium, re-formed as Bilston Town (2007) and accepted into the West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two. As of the 2014-15 season the club is known as Bilston Town Community and has secured its third successive season in the West Midlands (Regional) League for the 2015-16 season. ==History== The club was founded in 1894 after Bilston Rovers and Bilston Wanderers merged to form Bilston United In 1919 the club moved to Queen Street in Bilston. Between 1894 and 1939 the club was known as Bilston United and Bilston Borough and they played in various local cup competitions as well as the Walsall & District League and Birmingham Combination league. The club was disbanded in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War Two. The club reformed in 1946 simply as Bilston F.C. In 1954 the team joined the Birmingham & District League and won the championship in 1960–61 and again in 1972–73 (by which time the league had been renamed the West Midlands Regional League). In 1983 the club's name changed to Bilston Town F.C. After finishing as West Midlands Regional League runners-up in 1984–85, the Steelmen were promoted to the Southern Football League, where they spent seventeen seasons in the Midland Division (later re-organised as the Western Division). Their best finish (3rd place) came in 2000–01, but the following season they could only finish 17th, after which they resigned for financial reasons and dropped three levels to the West Midlands League Division One. After the 2006–07 season Bilston resigned from the West Midlands (Regional) League. In June the club's chairman issued a statement on the club's future:〔(Official website ), retrieved on 28 June 2007〕 Shortly after this the club's official website was shut down. The club was taken from the owners, and reformed as Bilston Town (2007) and accepted back into the West Midlands (Regional) League for the 2007–08 season, albeit in Division Two. The club finished the season in second place behind Wellington Amateurs.〔(WMRL Division Two at FA Full Time )〕 In 2009 the club appointed a new board and manager, with the aim of developing the club as a force within the local community and involving youth teams and leagues across the Black Country. After some mixed results, January 2010 saw Ian Broad appointed as Manager and Adrian Knight as Coach. New players joined the squad and the team finished in mid-table. Off the field the club continued to work within the community, forging strong links with the Bilston Partnership Youth Football League, and various groups working with the probation service and a local Pupil Referral Unit. In 2011 the club started a Saturday Soccer School for local youngsters, and continued its work within the local community, hosting a number of charity events to raise money for local causes. At the end of the 2011–12 season Ian Broad left the club, and was replaced by Andy Rutter as manager. In his first season in charge Andy Rutter led the club to runners-up in division 1 and promotion was achieved,〔http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do;jsessionid=C8FF4D6CB0E35BBE00B62CD6D9720A76?psSelectedSeason=380616951&psSelectedDivision=7248658&psSelectedLeague=3244788〕 while also achieving the clubs longest run in the FA Vase for over 10 years. The club also reached the quarter-finals of the Walsall Senior Cup, losing to Southern League team Sutton Coldfield Town after a penalty shoot-out. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bilston Town F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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