Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.

Boldmere St. Michaels Football Club is a football club based in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Trevor Brown Memorial Ground.HistoryThe club was established in 1883 as a youth football team attached to the local church. After playing friendly matches against other church teams for the next 29 years, they joined a league for the first time in 1912. The club subsequently progressed through several leagues before joining the Birmingham AFA League. They won the league's Senior Cup in 1928–29 and the Junior Cup in 1933–34. In 1937 the club joined the Central Amateur League, and were league runners-up in 1938–39, before winning the league in 1946–47.In 1947–48 Boldmere reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, eventually losing 2–0 to Barnet in front of 26,000 spectators at Highbury. They were also Central Amateur League runners-up and reached the final of the AFA Senior Cup, drawing the final with Cambridge Town 2–2, with the clubs jointly awarded the trophy. They subsequently hosted the Indian Olympic team in a friendly match following the 1948 Summer Olympics, losing by a single goal. The following season saw Boldmere win the Central Amateur League, after which they joined the Birmingham & District League. Deciding to remain amateur in a largely semi-professional league, the club's performances began to decline and they finished second-from-bottom of the league in 1952–53 and 1953–54.