Staffordshire County Senior League

The Staffordshire County Senior League is a football competition based in Staffordshire, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of the Midland League (formerly known as the Staffordshire Senior League) and the Staffordshire County League.

Staffordshire County Senior League
Founded
2005
Nation
England
Feeder To
North West Counties League
Division One and
Midland Football League
Division One
(not automatic)
Divisions
Premier Division
Division One
Division Two
Number of Teams
18 – Premier Division
17 – Division One
17 – Division Two
Levels on Pyramid
The Premier Division sits at
Step 7 (Level 11)
Cups
Leek Cup (All teams)
Challenge Cup (Premier Division)
President's Trophy (Division One)
Chairman's Challenge Cup (Division Two)

The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division, which is a feeder to the North West Counties Football League and sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of the English football league system.

The league operates three divisions, the Premier Division, which sits at Step 7 of the English football league system, Division One, and Division Two. For three seasons, 2014–15 to 2016–17, Division Two was regionalised into separate North and South divisions, but these were merged back into a single division for season 2017–18. As of the 2022-23 season, however, the merger was reversed and Division Two split back into North and South subdivisions.

Tunstall Town received national and even international attention in the 2010–11 season, after losing all of their games, and conceding an average of close to ten goals a game; however the team's first eleven did consist of players as old as 75.[1][2][3] On 22 February 2014, they ended a 171-game winless run with a 3-2 victory over Betley Reserves.[4]

Past winners

Premier Division
Season Winner Runner-up
2005–06Hanley TownBall Haye Green
2006–07Wolstanton UnitedHanley Town
2007–08Wolstanton UnitedNewcastle Town Reserves
2008–09FoleyWolstanton United
2009–10Stretton EaglesKidsgrove Athletic Reserves
2010–11Ball Haye Green[5]Hanley Town
2011–12Hanley TownRedgate Clayton
2012–13Hanley TownRedgate Clayton
2013–14Wolstanton UnitedUttoxeter Town
2014–15Wolstanton UnitedRedgate Clayton
2015–16Leek CSOBWolstanton United
2016–17Abbey Hulton UnitedWolstanton United
2017–18Wolstanton UnitedFoley Meir
2018–19Silverdale AthleticLeek County School Old Boys
2020–21Foley MeirAFC Alsager
2021–22AFC AlsagerBrereton Social
2022–23Wolstanton UnitedRedgate Clayton

Division One
Season Winner Runner-up
2005–06Stafford Rangers StripesCongleton Vale
2006–07Congleton ValeBarlaston
2007–08Stretton EaglesSandbach United
2008–09Manor Inne[6]Holt JCB
2009–10Barton United[7]Stone Dominoes Reserves
2010–11AudleyBarton United
2011–12Hanley Town ReservesCheadle Town
2012–13Uttoxeter TownHilton Harriers
2013–14Manchester Metropolitan UniversityStapenhill Reserves
2014–15Leek County School Old BoysCheadle South Moorlands United
2015–16Redgate Clayton ReservesAshbourne
2016–17Foley MeirStone Dominoes
2017–18Ossama BlurtonBrereton Social
2018–19AudleyAbbey Hulton United Reserves
2020–21 Shenstone Pathfinder City of Stoke

Division Two
Season Winner Runner-up
2008–09Talbot AthleticWolstanton United Reserves
2009–10Stretton Eagles ReservesAudley
2010–11MMU CheshireLea Hall
2011–12Audley ReservesVodafone Stoke
2012–13Silverdale AthleticHall Heath
2013–14Featherstone PrisonUttoxeter Town Reserves

Division Two (North and South)
Season Division Two North Division Two South Division Two
Play-off winner
WinnerRunner-upWinnerRunner-up
2014–15Market Drayton TigersLongton AreaWhittington FCWolverhampton SC U21Whittington FC
2015–16Eastwood HanleyAudley ReservesPenkridgeShenstone Pathfinder ReservesEastwood Hanley
2016–17Tunstall TownFoley Meir ReservesPathfinder FCBrereton Social

Division Two
Season Winner Runner-up
2017–18WhittingtonGoldenhill Wanderers
2018–19AFC AlsagerAFC Hawkins Sports
2020–21 Foley Meir Reserves FC 41

Member clubs (2023–24 season)

Source:[8]

Premier Division

Division One

Division Two North
  • AFC Alsager Reserves
  • Ashbourne Reserves
  • Audrey & District Development
  • Ball Haye Green Reserves
  • Eastwood Hanley Reserves
  • FC 41 Reserves
  • FC Hanley Academy
  • Florence Reserves
  • Keele University 2nd
  • Leek C.S.O.B. Reserves
  • Madeley White Star Reserves
  • Milton United Reserves
  • Staffordshire Victoria

Division Two South
  • AFC Fradley
  • AFC Real Medina
  • Albrighton
  • Cannock Dynamos
  • Cresswell Wanderers Reserves
  • Newhall United
  • Stone Athletic
  • Stone Dominoes
  • Three Spires United
  • Walsall Phoenix Reserves
  • Whittington

References
  1. "Football: Tunstall's fall guys become stars of the media world". The Sentinel. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. Ronay, Barney (14 March 2011). "Tunstall Town know Staffordshire is no county for very old men". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. "In praise of … Tunstall Town". The Guardian. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. "Tunstall Town finally end 171-game run without a win". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. Season 2010–11
  6. Season 2008–09
  7. Season 2009–10
  8. "Staffordshire County Senior League". FullTime. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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