Staffordshire County Senior League

Association football league in England

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 North
Division One South & Central
Division Two North
Division Two South
Number of Teams
18 – Premier Division
10 – Division One North
10 – Division One South & Central
11 – Division Two North
11 - Division Two South
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 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.

The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division which sits at step 7 of non-league football (or level 11 of the English football league system), a feeder league to the National League System. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of English football. Division Two has at times been regionalised, which is currently the case.

In 2024-25 the league operates five divisions across three tiers, the Premier Division (step 7), Division One North and Division One South & Central (step 8), Division Two North and Division Two South (both step 9).

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

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### Premier Division

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Season  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Promoted

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2005–06 | Hanley Town | Ball Haye Green |
2006–07 | Wolstanton United | Hanley Town |
2007–08 | Wolstanton United | Newcastle Town Reserves |
2008–09 | Foley | Wolstanton United |
2009–10 | Stretton Eagles | Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves |
2010–11 | Ball Haye Green[5] | Hanley Town |
2011–12 | Hanley Town | Redgate Clayton |
2012–13 | Hanley Town | Redgate Clayton | Hanley Town
2013–14 | Wolstanton United | Uttoxeter Town |
2014–15 | Wolstanton United | Redgate Clayton |
2015–16 | Leek CSOB | Wolstanton United |
2016–17 | Abbey Hulton United | Wolstanton United | Abbey Hulton United
2017–18 | Wolstanton United | Foley Meir |
2018–19 | Silverdale Athletic | Leek County School Old Boys |
2019-20 | COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 | Foley Meir | AFC Alsager | Foley Meir
2021–22 | AFC Alsager | Brereton Social |
2022–23 | Wolstanton United | Redgate Clayton |
2023–24 | Redgate Clayton | AFC Alsager | Foley Meir

### Division One

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Season  | Winner  | Runner-up

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2005–06 | Stafford Rangers Stripes | Congleton Vale
2006–07 | Congleton Vale | Barlaston
2007–08 | Stretton Eagles | Sandbach United
2008–09 | Manor Inne[6] | Holt JCB
2009–10 | Barton United[7] | Stone Dominoes Reserves
2010–11 | Audley | Barton United
2011–12 | Hanley Town Reserves | Cheadle Town
2012–13 | Uttoxeter Town | Hilton Harriers
2013–14 | Manchester Metropolitan University | Stapenhill Reserves
2014–15 | Leek County School Old Boys | Cheadle South Moorlands United
2015–16 | Redgate Clayton Reserves | Ashbourne
2016–17 | Foley Meir | Stone Dominoes
2017–18 | Ossama Blurton | Brereton Social
2018–19 | Audley | Abbey Hulton United Reserves
2019-20 | COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21  | Shenstone Pathfinder  | City of Stoke
2021-22  | Milton United FC  | Wolstanton United Reserves
2022-23  | Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves  | Madeley White Star
2023-24  | AFC Crewe  | Leek Town Development
2024– | Regionalised

### Division One (Regions)

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Season  | Division One North  | Division One South & Central

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Winner | Runner-up | Winner | Runner-up
2024–25 | TBC | TBC | TBC | TBC

### Division Two

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Season  | Winner  | Runner-up

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2008–09 | Talbot Athletic | Wolstanton United Reserves
2009–10 | Stretton Eagles Reserves | Audley
2010–11 | MMU Cheshire | Lea Hall
2011–12 | Audley Reserves | Vodafone Stoke
2012–13 | Silverdale Athletic | Hall Heath
2013–14 | Featherstone Prison | Uttoxeter Town Reserves
2014–17 | Regionalised
2017–18  | Whittington  | Goldenhill Wanderers
2018–19  | AFC Alsager  | AFC Hawkins Sports
2019–20 | COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21  | Foley Meir Reserves  | FC 41
2021-22  | Pelsall Villa Colts  | Uttoxeter Town
2022– | Regionalised

### Division Two (North and South)

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Season  | Division Two North  | Division Two South  | Division Two
Play-off winner

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|
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Winner | Runner-up | Winner | Runner-up
2014–15 | Market Drayton Tigers | Longton Area | Whittington FC | Wolverhampton SC U21 | Whittington FC
2015–16 | Eastwood Hanley | Audley Reserves | Penkridge | Shenstone Pathfinder Reserves | Eastwood Hanley
2016–17 | Tunstall Town | Foley Meir Reserves | Pathfinder FC | Brereton Social | N/A
2017–22 | Not regionalised
2022-23  | Florence Reserves  | Stone Old Alleynians A  | Brereton Social Reserves  | Warstones Wanderers  | N/A
2023-24  | FC Hanley Reserves  | Milton United Reserves  | Cannock Dynamos  | Newhall United  | N/A

## Member clubs (2024–25 season)

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Source:[8][9]

### Premier Division

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* AFC Alsager
* AFC Crewe
* AFC Norton
* Ashbourne
* Audley & District
* Ball Haye Green
* Brereton Social
* FC 41
* Leek C.S.O.B.
* Leek Town Reserves
* Lichfield City Reserves
* Madeley White Star
* Milton United
* Newcastle Town Reserves
* Redgate Clayton
* Rocester
* Silverdale Athletic
* Wolstanton United

### Division One North

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* AFC Alsager Reserves
* Audley & District Reserves
* Cheadle Town (Staffs)
* Eastwood Hanley
* FC Hanley Academy
* Florence Colliery
* Foley Meir Reserves
* Keele University
* Leek Town Development
* Milton United Reserves

### Division One South & Central

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* Albrighton
* Cannock Dynamos
* City of Stoke
* Cresswell Wanderers Reserves
* Eccleshall Reserves
* Newhall United
* Redgate Clayton Reserves
* Stafford Town Reserves
* Stone Old Alleynians Reserves
* Warstones Wanderers

### Division Two North

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* Audrey & District Development
* Ball Haye Green Reserves
* Eastwood Hanley Reserves
* FC 41 Reserves
* Florence Colliery Reserves
* Keele University 2nd
* Leek C.S.O.B. Reserves
* Longton Area Potters
* Silverdale Athletic Reserves
* Staffordshire Victoria
* Stone Dominoes

### Division Two South

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* AFC Fradley
* AFC Real Medina
* Ashbourne Reserves
* Cannock Dynamos Reserves
* Hednesford Forest
* Newhall United Reserves
* Pelsall Villa Reserves
* Total Football
* Warstones Wanderers Reserves
* Whittington
* Willington

## References

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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 8 July 2024.
9. ^ "'Locked In' Members of Staffordshire County Senior League 2024-25". Facebook. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

## External links

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* Official website, FA Full-Time

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