SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Formed in 1974 the club attained (Kings Norton) league status in 1975. Our successes include the winning of the V.C.s Shield in 1977, the W.H. Gardner Trophy in 1986 and the Senior Cup in the same year. Village joined the Birmingham A.F.A. (the top level of amateur football in the region) in 1986 and built slowly, reaching the First Division in 1991 and the Premier Division in 1994. In 2000 the club won the premier Division title in a season that saw only 2 defeats. We have achieved good results against clubs from the semi-professional leagues in both the Birmingham County Junior Cup and the J.W.Hunt Cup (the region's premier Charity Cup).

The club now has teams also competing in Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 8 of the same league.

Our experience of this better standard of football culminated in the runners-up spot in the Taurus international tournament in 1989, beating Boca Juniors in the semi-finals. There are also now sides competing in Divisions 3, 4 and 8 respectively of the same league.

SUNDAY MORNINGS

The Sunday team was formed in 1978 and joined the South Birmingham League in 1979. After a slow start, in 1984/5 we were runners-up in the Roy Ashford Shield. We were placed second in the first division in both 1988 and 1989 and were also losing final ists in the Senior Challenge Shield in the 88 season. Success was finally achieved in 1989 when we were convincing winners of the same trophy. In 1991 the Sunday team moved to the more prestigious Festival League.

INTERNATIONALE

Throughout its history the club has been renowned for its flamboyant, short-passing style. This has been re-inforced by the influence of overseas players. Over the years Village have had players from Algeria, Tunisia, France, Italy, Lesotho, Jamaica, Portugal, Switzerland, New Zealand, Morocco, and Belgium regularly turning out. The current squad features stars from Italy, Holland, Botswana and Uganda as well as all four home countries.

VILLAGE IN EUROPE

Village F.C. undertook their first European tour in 1983 taking a small squad of 12 to Bonn, West Germany. Despite numerous organisational difficulties, we have toured in each successive year. The number of players joining us has increased on each trip and we confidently expect to take 20-25 players on tour every year.

We have previously visited Denmark (twice), France (three times), Ireland, Spain (three times), Belgium (three times), Portugal (twice), Italy (three times) and the Netherlands. Particular highlights where in Portugal, when we beat a second division side on their beautifully maintained ground, and in Italy where we were privileged to play in a 60,000 seater stadium that had held one leg of the previous years UEFA Cup final. We only attracted 49!

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