Rushall Olympic Football Club is an English football club based in Rushall, a former mining village that forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. The team competes in the , the sixth tier of the English football league system.
Early history Although football had been played in the village for at least 20 years previously, the earliest known reference to Rushall Olympic Football Club is in local newspaper reports on matches from the 1893–94 season. The club joined the Cannock & District League in 1895, finishing as runners-up in their first season and later joined the Junior (where they were champions in 1903–04), Amateur, Parks and Senior sections of the Walsall & District League. During the inter-war years, the team won a number of local honours. At this time, the team comprised mainly local colliery workers and played on a field behind the Miners Arms pub in Rushall and changed in the pub itself. However, some time prior to the Second World War, the club disbanded. In 1951, a group of local young men decided to re-form the club. They approached the proprietor of a local fish and chip shop for permission to use his premises as their headquarters and secured the use of Rowley Place as a home ground. The club joined the Walsall & District Amateur League, where the team won the Second Division championship in 1952–53, and later the First Division championship in 1955–56, after which they gained promotion to the Staffordshire County League (South), where they won the Second Division title at the first attempt. Following promotion to the First Division, the club won four championship titles between 1960 and 1965. In 1975, in a bid to gain a higher league status, the club decided to move three miles away to the Aston University Sports Ground, just off the main A34 Walsall to Birmingham road. Meanwhile, the club obtained the lease on some land in Daw End, Rushall, and the new Dales Lane ground was officially opened on 14 August 1977.
Key
Key to league record Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners
Seasons Year League Cup competitions Manager Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Averageattendance FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec Joined the West Midlands (Regional) League from the Staffordshire League 1978–79West Midlands (Regional) League Division One 3421677037 +33484th of 18——— 1979–80 3628537917 +62611st of 19 1980–81West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division421513145052-24312th of 22PR0-0-1 1981–8242161887254+18506th of 22PR0-1-1PR0-0-1 1982–8338128185966-73214th of 20PR1-1-1R22-1-1 1983–84381111165559 -43313th of 20QR10-1-1R11-0-1 1984–85381210165758-13413th of 20QR10-0-1R44-1-1 1985–8638149156365 -23711th of 20PR1-1-1PR0-0-1 1986–8738138176063 -334 12th of 20PR0-0-1R22-1-1 1987–8834137144344-1339th of 18PR1-1-1R22-1-1 1988–8940221177339+34775th of 21QR22-0-1PR0-0-1 1989–9040155206556 +95014th of 21QR11-1-1PR0-0-1 1990–91421712136751 +166312th of 22QR11-1-1R33-0-1 1991–9236169116138+23578th of 19PR0-0-1— 1992–9336177126153+8587th of 19QR33-3-1PR0-0-1 1993–9438107215376 -233417th of 20PR0-0-1R11-1-1Midland Football Alliance created. Club transferred to the newly created league. 1994–95Midland Football Alliance 838910196085 -253718th of 20PR0-0-1—PR0-0-1 1995–9636155165665 -94612th of 19PR0-0-1R34-0-1 1996–97 38 10 10 18 40 59 -19 40 16th of 20 PR0-0-1QR20-0-1 1997–98 38 12 8 18 51 57 -6 44 16th of 20 PR0-0-1R11-0-1 1998–99361610125744 +13587th of 20PR0-0-1R22-0-1 1999–200042209137565 +10697th of 22 PR0-1-1QR20-0-1 2000–014228959828 +70932nd of 22 PR0-0-1R55-1-1 2001–02 42 22 11 9 81 50 +31 77 5th of 22QR11-1-1R42-0-1John AllenKevin Hadley 2002–03 42 31 6 5 94 37 +57 96 2nd of 20PR0-0-1R31-0-1Kevin Hadley 2003–04 46 15 16 15 58 55 +3 61 14th of 24PR0-0-1R10-0-1John AllenLevel of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.2004–05 94227788844 +44881st of 22 QR22-0-1QR20-0-1 2005–06 Southern Football LeagueWestern Division 8421711147357+166210th of 22 116PR0-0-1QR21-0-1— 2006–07 Southern Football LeagueDivision One Midlands 42 15 9 18 56 55 +1 54 15th of 22 120PR0-0-1QR22-1-1 2007–08 40 23 7 10 68 23 +45 76 5th of 21 152QR44-0-1QR32-1-1Paul HolleranLost in the play-off semifinal 2008–09 Northern Football LeagueDivision One South38208106342+21685th of 20 127PR0-0-1QR11-1-1Lost in the play-off semifinal 2009–10421611156861+75912th of 22 133QR11-0-1QR10-0-1Neil Kitching 2010–11 42 26 3 13 78 45 +33 81 3rd of 22 131PR0-1-1QR22-1-1Promoted after winning the play-off 2011–12 Northern Premier LeaguePremier Division 7 42 17 10 15 52 51 +1 61 8th of 22 300QR43-0-1QR10-0-1 2012–13 42 20 10 12 69 55 +14 706th of 22 254QR10-0-1R13-0-12013–14 46 21 12 13 79 65 +14 757th of 24 193QR42-0-2QR21-0-1 2014–15 46 21 9 16 76 64 +12 72 9th of 24 245QR21-0-1QR32-1-1Richard Sneekes 2015–16 46 19 12 15 74 61 +13 69 10th of 24 259QR32-2-1QR21-1-1 2016–17 46 18 10 18 60 60 0 6412th of 24 261QR21-1-1QR10-0-1Trevor BurroughsJohn Allen 2017–18 46 19 9 18 73 79 -6 66 8th of 24 245QR21-1-1QR21-0-1Wayne ThomasLiam McDonald 2018–19 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division Central421711145649+7628th of 22 247QR10-1-1QR10-0-1Liam McDonald 2019–2033158105843+15535th of 22 270QR32-0-1QR10-0-1The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2020–2183411412+2134th of 22 – COVID-19 prevented fans from attending gamesQR10-1-0R11-0-1The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2021–22 40 20 9 11 80 54 +26 69 4th of 21 371QR2 1–1–1R1 1–0–1Lost in the play-off semifinal 2022–23 42 22 7 13 71 52 +19 73 5th of 22 335QR1 0–0–1QR3 0–0–1Promoted after winning the play-off 2023–24 National League North 6 46 15 9 22 61 73 -12 54 19th of 24 Danny Waldron 16 522QR3 1–0–1R2 0–0–1 2024–25 46 9 8 29 42 98 -56 35 22nd of 24 Luke BenbowKian Ryley 4 482R1 3–1–1R3 1–0–1 Adam StevensRichard Sneekes
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