Sutton Coldfield Town 3-1 Lincoln United
Saturday 15th February 2020
Northern Premier League - South-East Division
The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield is a civil parish and suburban town in Birmingham,
about 7 miles north-east of the city centre. Historically in Warwickshire, it
became part of Birmingham and the West Midlands metropolitan county in 1974.
The name translates as "South Town". with "Sutton
Coldfield" meaning the south town from Tamworth or Lichfield on the edge
of the "col field". "Col" is usually derived from charcoal,
so presumably charcoal burners were functional around this area.
The Sutton Coldfield Football Club was founded in
1879 playing in a variety of leagues during their early years, including the
Central Birmingham League, Aston and District League, Small Heath League and
Suburban League.
They played in the Birmingham Alliance League between
1914-1919 and the Sutton & District A.F.L and Birmingham Combination in
between the two World Wars. The club changed their name from Sutton Town to
Sutton Coldfield Town in 1964.
Walsall Senior League 1947-1950
Birmingham Combination 1950-1954
Birmingham & District League/West
Midlands(Regional) League 1954-1965 1979-
Champions 1979-80
Worcestershire Combination/Midland Combination
1965-1979
Champions 1977-78 and 1978-79
Southern League 1982-2010
Northern Premier League (D1.Sth) from 2010, winning
promotion to the Premier Division via the play-offs in 2014-15.
The Royals rejoined the Southern League for one season
in 2018-19 but are back in the NPL in its new Division 1 South-East Division
for this season.
Central Ground
Coles Lane,
Sutton Coldfield
B72 1NL
The club originally played at Meadow Plat in Sutton
Park until moving to Coles Lane in 1900, then to the present Central
Ground site in 1920. The ground has a classic main stand, which was purchased
from Manchester City in 1956. The stand has raised seating and stairs access on
each side, with the changing rooms housed underneath and the team dugouts at
the front. There is another covered seated stand in the corner next to the
clubhouse and snack bar. There's also covered standing behind one of the goals
and the 3G pitch was installed in December 2011.
Sutton Coldfield Town(12th) 3(Moore
13Beresford 28 Gibson 56)
Lincoln United(16th) 1(Hollingsworth
50)
Bet Victor Northern Premier League - South West Dibision Matchday 24v26
Att.170
Admission £10
Coffee £1.20
The Royals took a two goal lead in the first half an
hour with Ryan Moore sliding in a Ben Usher-Shipway cross from close range,
followed by an unmarked James Beresford heading home from a corner kick.
The visitors replied early in the second half when
Ryan Hollingsworth slotted home a cross from the corner, but the hosts quickly
restored their two goal advantage when Reece Gibson latched onto a through ball
before running in on goal and finishing well to make it 3-1.
#HeedHopper
197 miles
0835 Cross Country train from Newcastle to Birmingham
New Street arr. 11.30
1345 Midlands train New Street to Sutton Coldfield
arr 1406.
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| "Dennis... Dennis... Dennis" |
When booking this Birmingham weekend break for the
breadknife and I back in November, we planned a dozen pub visits with my
afternoon football fix spent in Stourbridge. The arrival of Storm Dennis meant
a change of heart on route to Brum, deciding on the safer option of the 3G
pitch at Sutton Coldfield, instead of the risk of a late postponed, as there's
been a lot of matches called off at short notice recently.
It turned out to be a good decision, as I enjoyed my
brief visit to the town, enjoying a pre-match drink in The Bottle of Sack and
the Brewhouse & Kitchen, before calling at the Station Inn after the match.
At the game I got talking to a couple of Spurs 'hoppers who were stopping over
for the Villa game on Sunday, as it turned out we had a mutual friend in
legendary Tottenham supporter Simple Pieman.
As far as the Birmingham pubs are concerned, we ticked
off the ones on my list, our favorites being The Victoria, Craven Arms and The
Old Joint Stock.
Our weekend came to a somewhat
disappointing ending, with the water supply at the Birmingham Central
Travelodge being cut(got washed with the water left in the kettle) followed by
the cancellation of the 1203 Cross Country train back to Newcastle (caught a
later one at 12.30) but at least I've been given a hotel refund so that's some of the
ale money reimbursed.
Welcome to Shaun Smith's Groundhopping blog ...
They played in the Birmingham Alliance League between
1914-1919 and the Sutton & District A.F.L and Birmingham Combination in
between the two World Wars. The club changed their name from Sutton Town to
Sutton Coldfield Town in 1964.
It turned out to be a good decision, as I enjoyed my
brief visit to the town, enjoying a pre-match drink in The Bottle of Sack and
the Brewhouse & Kitchen, before calling at the Station Inn after the match. 
Liversedge F.C. are based in Cleckheaton, on the border with Hightown in Liversedge. The Sedge formed in 1910 following the demise of Liversedge Rugby Club.
Colne FC was established in January 1996, six years after the
demise of Colne Dynamoes, who folded after they were refused promotion to the
Conference.
Arrived at Holt House at 1845, later than planned
because of heavy rush hour traffic in Harrogate, where we called to pick up one
of the players from the train station.
The village obviously take its name from the medieval
folk hero Robin Hood, as some of the original legends mention him in and
around the West Riding of Yorkshire, in particular Barnsdale forest, which is
close to Wakefield.
The Coach Ground has been on my
“T’do list” for a while, so I took advantage of a dry, mild, January Saturday to
finally tick it off. I also had time for a swift drink in the Coach &
Horses, my first (of many) new pub visits this year. 
