Tamworth Staffordshire hotels:

After 70 years making their mark on the football map in the Midlands, Tamworth FC are now out to make their name nationwide with their first ever season amongst the elite of the Non-League game. All of this is a far cry from the humble beginnings of Tamworth Football Club. The demise of Tamworth Castle FC in 1933 left the town with no senior level football club, but a campaign involving a town businessman and the local newspaper duly set the wheels in motion to form another club, and so Tamworth FC was born. The original ground on which the team played was next to the Jolly Sailor pub, but from 1934 onwards The Lamb became the club's new home, where they remain to this day. The club played its early football in the Birmingham Combination, switching to the Birmingham League (now known as the West Midlands League) in the 1950s, but it wasn't until the 1960s that the club achieved notable success. Two League Championships were won in that time, along with numerous victories in the League Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and Staffordshire Senior Cup. The club also reached the First Round of the FA Cup on two occasions, and on the second of those occasions they progressed to the Second Round by virtue of a 2-1 victory over Torquay United at The Lamb.