Castle Vale F.C. are a football club based in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham. The club was previously known as King's Heath and Castle Vale King's Heath before adopting its present name in 2005. Currently the team are members of the Midland Combination Premier Division.

Premier Division Midland Football Combination


Castle Vale

Secretary : Shane Godwood , 78 Hawthorne Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham , B36 0HJ

Home : 0121 681 3711 Mobile : 07787 804153

Email : shanegodwood@msn.com

Match Secretary : Gareth Gardiner , 20 Thornberry Walk Nechells Birmingham , B7 5UA

Home : 0121 328 2452   Mobile : 07525 844853  

Email : ggard79@yahoo.co.uk

All correspondence to Secretary

Chairman : Gary Higgins , 38 Woodclose Road Chelmsley Wood Birmingham , B37 5AB

Home : 0121 251 8680 Mobile : 07834 633107

Email : garyalanhiggins@yahoo.co.uk

Shirts: Red , Shorts: Red , Socks: Red

Ground: Vale Stadium, Farnborough Road, Castle Vale , Birmingham , West Midlands , B35 7DA

Directions: From M6 Junction 5 turn right at the island onto the A452 to island with Spitfire sculpture, turn right into Tangmere Drive, then right into Farnborough Road, Ground is on the right hand side after approximately 1/2 mile.

Floodlights: Yes

 

Castle Vale moved on to ground share with first Alvechurch before moving into Vale Stadium, the former home of the defunct Paget Rangers in Castle Vale. They accordingly changed their name to Castle Vale Kings Heath, although they were usually known as Castle Vale KH. In 2005 they dropped their last link to Kings Heath when they changed their name to simply Castle Vale F.C.

 

  
Castle Vale
CastleValeFCbadge.jpg
Full name Castle Vale Football Club
Nickname(s) The Spitfires
Founded 1964 (as The Horseshoe)
Ground Vale Stadium
Farnborough Road
Castle Vale
Birmingham
(Capacity: unknown)
Chairman Gary Higgins
Manager Gareth Palmer
League Midland Football Combination
Premier Division
Home colours
Away colours
 


The club was originally founded in 1964 as the pub team of the Horseshoe pub in the King's Heath area of Birmingham. The team played in the South Birmingham League and Mercian League for a number of years. In 1977 they changed their name to Kings Heath F.C. and joined the Midland Football Combination, initially in Division Two, and in 1982–83 were promoted to the top division, which was renamed the Premier Division in the same year.

By this stage the club, although still named Kings Heath, was based at The Glen in Solihull but were forced to leave the ground when, midway through an extensive programme of ground improvements, their financial backer abruptly pulled out, leaving them unable to complete the work. The team was able to groundshare with Knowle and later Shirley Town but the facilities at these grounds did not meet Premier Division requirements, forcing the club to step down to Division One. In the 1992–93 season Kings Heath finished as runners-up in Division One and were able to step back up to the Premier Division, having helped Shirley Town to get their ground up to the required standard. In 1999-00 they achieved their best ever finish when they came second in the Premier Division.

The club remains in the Midland Combination Premier Division and achieved a second runners-up finish in the 2006-07 season.

Best league performance: 2nd in Midland Combination Premier Division, 1999-00, 2006-07
Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary Round 2007-2008
Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round proper, 2006-07


2005-06     MID C-P 42 18 8 16 73 76 62 9 22
2006-07             MID C-P 40 26 7 7 103 47 85 2 21
2007-08  MID C-P 42 20 11 11 85 62 70 5 22
2008-09  MID C-P 40 27 8 5 84 42 89 2 21

F.A. VASE
2005-06  1Q A ELLISTOWN 4 1
2Q A MALVERN TOWN  3 1
1 A BIDDULPH VICTORIA  1 2
2006-07  1Q H ELLISTOWN 2 0
2Q A HIGHGATE UNITED 3 0
1 A BORROWASH VICTORIA  3 0
2 H SOUTH NORMANTON ATHLETIC 3 0
3 A NEWCASTLE BENFIELD BP 0 2
2007-08  2Q A GEDLING TOWN  3 4
2008-09 1Q A SHIREBROOK TOWN  3 2
2Q A PELSALL VILLA  2 0
1 H STONE DOMINOES  1 2
2009-10 1Q A Castle Vale JKS  5 2