Mercian Regional Football League
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| Country |
 England |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Divisions |
Premier Division Division One |
| Number of teams | 29 |
| Level on pyramid | 13, 14 and 15 |
| Feeder to | West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Premier Division Cup Division One Cup Division Two Cup SFA: Challenge Cup Junior Challenge Cup |
| Current champions |
Oswestry Town (2015-16) |
| Website | League website |
The Mercian Regional Football League is an English association football league based in the county of Shropshire. It was formed for the 2012–13 season, with all member clubs of the dissolved Shropshire County Premier Football League (except for Newport Town who were promoted) transferring membership across.[1][2] Several teams from the Telford Combination, which also folded at the end of the 2011–12 season, also became members of the Mercian League and joined either Division One or Two.
The league sits at the same levels of the English football league system as the previous Shropshire County and Telford Combination leagues did (levels 13, 14 and 15). It does not however form part of the National League System, though the longer-term aim of the league's organisers is to have the highest division of the league at Step 7 of the System (level 11).
All scores of the league's Saturday afternoon games are read out on BBC Radio Shropshire, around an hour after full-time.
The league is named after the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, which covered this area of England.
Member clubs 2016-17
In the current season, the Premier Division consists of 12 teams and Division One has 17 teams.
Premier Division
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Division One
| Team name | Home ground |
|---|---|
| AFC Broseley | Birchmeadow, Cockshutt Lane, Broseley |
| AFC Shifnal | Idsall School Playing Fields, Shifnal |
| Albrighton FC | Loak Road, Albrighton |
| Brown Clee | Hall Meadow, Cleobury North |
| Coven United | Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton |
| Craven Arms Town | Newington Way, Craven Arms |
| Denso | DENSO Manufacturing, Hadley Park, Telford |
| Madeley Sports Reserves | Bluebell Park, Sutton Way, Madeley |
| Newport Town Reserves | Shuker Field, Newport |
| Oakengates Rangers | Oakengates Leisure Centre, New Rd, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford |
| Oswestry Town Reserves | The Venue, Park Hall Stadium, Oswestry |
| Riverside | Oldbury Wells School, Bridgnorth |
| Shrewsbury Juniors | Unison Sports Club, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury |
| St. Georges United | Ketley Recreation Ground, Bank Way, Ketley Bank, Telford |
| Stoke Heath | Warrant Road, Market Drayton |
| St. Martins Reserves | Overton Road Playing Fields, Oswestry |
| Whitchurch Alport Reserves | Yockings Park, Whitchurch |
League champions
The following teams have won the Premier Division, gaining promotion to West Midlands (Regional) League Division Two.
| Season | Premier Division | Runners-Up | Division One | Division Two |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | AFC Ludlow | Telford Juniors | Madeley Sports | Childs Ercall |
| 2013–14 | Oakengates Athletic | Church Stretton | Childs Ercall | AFC Broseley |
| 2014–15 | Telford Juniors | FC Hodnet | AFC Broseley | Stoke Heath |
| 2015–16 | Oswestry Town | Allscott | Stoke Heath | Madeley Sports Reserves |
See also
References
- ↑ FA Full Time Dissolution of the Shropshire County Premier Football League
- ↑ Shropshire Star Big shake-up of Shropshire football league system (10 March 2012)
External links
- League website
- Official league tables and statistics (FA Full-time site)
- Premier Division teams (Google maps)
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