Highgate United F.C.
Full name | Highgate United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Gate | ||
Founded | 1948 | ||
Ground | The Coppice, Shirley | ||
Chairman | Malcolm Ward | ||
Manager | Terry Anderson | ||
League | Midland League Premier Division | ||
2022–23 | Midland League Premier Division, 3rd of 20 | ||
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Highgate United Football Club is a football club based in the Shirley district of Solihull, having relocated from their original location of Highgate in Birmingham. They are currently members of the Midland League Premier Division and play at the Coppice.
History
The club was established in 1948 by a group of former residents of the
In 1966–67 they reached the quarter-finals of the FA Amateur Cup; during the game against Enfield, several players collapsed after a lightning strike, and Highgate's Tony Allden died the next day. The game was abandoned and replayed at Villa Park, where a crowd of over 31,000 saw Enfield win 6–0.[1][3]
The 1970s was the most successful era in Highgate United's history; in 1972–73 the club were champions of the renamed Midland Combination, also winning the League Cup and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 4–0 in a replay to Walton & Hersham at Selhurst Park after the first match at Highfield Road had ended 0–0.[1][3] They retained the league title and the League Cup the following season, also winning the Birmingham Senior Cup with a 3–2 win over Darlaston. The club won a third consecutive Midland Combination title in 1974–75 and went on to win the League Cup in 1975–76 and 1976–77.[1]
Highgate were Division One runners-up in
In 2014 the Midland Combination and Midland League merged to form the
Ground
The club originally played at Billesley Common.[1] By the 1960s they had moved to their current ground on Tythe Barn Lane, five minutes walk from Whitlocks End railway station. A covered stand, partially seated and partially standing, was built on one side of the pitch in July 1996 and was later named the Patrick & Philomena Meade Stand.[4] Floodlights were installed the following year.[1]
Honours
- Midland League
- Division One champions 2014–15
- Midland Combination
- Division One champions 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75
- League Cup winners 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1984–85
- Birmingham Senior Cup
- Winners 1973–74
- Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup
- Winners 2006–07
- Tony Allden Memorial Cup
- Winners 1973–74, 1974–75
Records
- Best FA Cup performance: Fourth qualifying round, 1973–74[3]
- Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Semi-finals, 1972–73[3]
- Best FA Trophy performance: Third round, 1974–75[3]
- Best FA Vase performance: Third round, 2023–24[3]