Coton Green F.C.

Coton Green Football Club is a football club based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at New Mill Lane in Fazeley.

Coton Green
Full nameCoton Green Football Club
Nickname(s)Green Army
Founded1982
GroundNew Mill Lane, Fazeley
ChairmanScott Cartwright
ManagerNic Oakley
LeagueMidland League Division One
2022–23Midland League Division One, 9th of 21
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was established as a Sunday league team and played in the Tamworth & District Sunday League.[1] In 2004 they switched to Saturday football, joining Division Three of the Midland Combination.[2] The club won Division Three at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division Two. After finishing second in Division Two in 2006–07 they were promoted to Division One. The club were Division One runners-up the following season, securing promotion to the Premier Division.[2] However, the club spent only one season in the Premier Division, finishing bottom of the table and being relegated back to Division One.

Coton Green remained in Division One until 2014 when the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League, with the club placed in Division Two.[2]

After finishing second behind Cadbury Athletic in Midland League Division Two in 2021-22, Coton Green were promoted to Division One, thus returning to Step 6 of the National League System for the first time since 2009. [3]

Ground

The club initially played at Whittington Barracks, before moving to Dosthill Park in 1988. In 1993 they moved to New Mill Lane of Fazeley Swifts, later becoming the main tenants of the site after Fazeley Swifts folded due to the changing rooms burning down in 1995. In 2008, the first team moved to Brereton Social's Red Lion Ground in order to meet the Midland Combination Premier Division ground grading requirement to have floodlights.[1] They later returned to New Mill Lane, where floodlights were installed in 2016.

Staff
Position Name
Chairman England Scott Cartwright
Vice-Chairman England Craig Ruff
First Team Manager England Russell Buswell-Munday
Assistant Manager (First) England Darren McLaren
Physio England Chloe Hudson
Reserve Team Manager England Sam Austin
Assistant Manager (Res) England Brian Treadwell
Youth Team Joint Manager England Stephen Tonks
Youth Team Coach England Josh Barnes
U18s Manager England Stephen Tonks
Assistant Manager (U18s) England Josh Barnes
Secretary England Aaron Cartwright
Groundskeeper England Neil Cartwright
Facilities Manager England Jamie Cartwright

Managerial history
Manager Period
England Ken Coles2004–2007
England Steve Pike2007–2011
England Jamie Dix2011–2013
England John Downing2013–2015
England Rob Masefield2015–2020
England Adam Wilkes2020
England Russell Buswell-Munday2020
England Russell Dodds2020–2021
England Nic Oakley2021–

Honours
  • Midland Combination
    • Division Three champions 2004–05
  • Fazeley Charity Cup
    • Winners 2010–11, 2011–12

Records
  • Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round, 2015–16[2]

See also
  • Coton Green F.C. players

References
  1. About Us Coton Green F.C.
  2. Coton Green at the Football Club History Database
  3. FIRST TEAM PROMOTION CONFIRMED thegreenarmy.co.uk, 13 May 2022

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