Coton Green Football Club is a football club based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at New Mill Lane in Fazeley.
History The club was established in June 1982 as an under-13 team, gradually expanding to run several junior teams. In the early 2000s the club entered an adult team into the Tamworth & District Sunday League.About Us Coton Green F.C. In 2004 they switched to Saturday football, joining Division Three of the Midland Combination. The club won Division Three at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division Two. After finishing second in Division Two in 2006–07 they were promoted to Division One. The club were Division One runners-up the following season, securing promotion to the Premier Division. However, the club spent only one season in the Premier Division, finishing bottom of the table and being relegated back to Division One.
Coton Green remained in Division One until 2014 when the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League, with the club placed in Division Two. In 2021–22 they were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to Division One.First team promotion confirmed Coton Green FC, 13 May 2022 The club finished fifth in Division One in 2024–25, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Heather St John's 2–0 in the semi-finals, they defeated Leicester St Andrews 5–3 on penalties in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division.
At the end of the 2025–26 season Coton Green were transferred to the Premier Division South of the United Counties League.
Ground The club initially played at Whittington Barracks, before moving to Dosthill Park in 1988. In 1993 they moved to New Mill Lane of Fazeley Swifts, later becoming the main tenants of the site after Fazeley Swifts folded due to the changing rooms burning down in 1995. In 2008 the first team moved to Brereton Social's Red Lion Ground in order to meet the Midland Combination Premier Division ground grading requirement to have floodlights. They later returned to New Mill Lane, where floodlights were installed in 2016.
Staff PositionNameChairman Craig RuffVice-Chairman Onkar Sandhu Secretary Aaron CartwrightMatch Day Secretary Rob WealeFirst Team Manager Nic Oakley Assistant Manager (First) Matt Minton Assistant Manager (First) Simon LyonsFirst Team Coach Tom ReeceFirst Team Coach Harry ReecePhysio Indy Bhasra Ladies Manager Chad MaleAssistant Manager (Ladies) Aaron CartwrightGroundsman Neil Cartwright
Managerial history ManagerPeriod Ken Coles 2004–2007 Steve Pike 2007–2011 Jamie Dix 2011–2013 John Downing 2013–2015 Rob Masefield 2015–2020 Adam Wilkes 2020 Russell Dodds 2020–2021 Nic Oakley 2021–2023 Jason Pyott2023 Russell Dodds2023 Nic Oakley2023–present
Honours Midland Combination Division Three champions 2004–05 Fazeley Charity Cup Winners 2010–11, 2011–12, 2023-24, 2024-25
Records Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2025–26 Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2025-26, 2026–27
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