Tividale F.C.
association football club in England
Tividale Football Club is a football club based in Tividale, near Dudley, West Midlands, England. They were established in 1954. In the 2011–12 season, under the management of Dean Whitehouse, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase, the furthest the club has progressed in the competition. They won the Midland Football Alliance in 2013–14. They now play in the Midland League Premier Division, having been relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One South at the end of the 2015–16 season.
History
Tividale F.C. was formed in 1954 as the senior branch of Tividale Hall Youth Club F.C. and originally played in the Handsworth and District League, before moving on to the Warwickshire & West Midlands Alliance. In 1966, they joined the newly formed West Midlands (Regional) League Division One. In 1973, they gained promotion to the Premier Division and remained there for nearly 20 years, with a best-placed finish of 4th.
In the 1976–77 season, Tividale were the primary subject of a best-selling book, Journey to Wembley by Brian James, which charted that season's FA Cup tournament from the preliminary qualifying round to the final. It began at Tividale and focused on their progress through the competition until they were eliminated, the focus then shifting to the club that defeated them and so on till it ended with the eventual cupwinners.
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