Wolverhampton Casuals F.C.

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| image = Wolverhampton Casuals Logo.png

| fullname = Wolverhampton Casuals Football Club

| nickname = The Cassies

| founded = 1899

| ground = Brinsford Lane, Featherstone

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| chairman = Gareth Deacon

| manager = Chris Hipkin

| league = {{English football updater|WolverhC}}

| season = {{English football updater|WolverhC2}}

| position = {{English football updater|WolverhC3}}

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Wolverhampton Casuals Football Club is a football club based in Featherstone, near Wolverhampton, England. Established in 1899, they are currently members of the {{English football updater|WolverhC}} and play at Brinsford Lane.

History

Wolverhampton Casuals Football Club was established in 1899.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2016/nov/09/wolverhampton-casuals-v-nuneaton-griff-fa-vase-preview-091116|title=Griff boss Farmer hoping his luck changes|publisher=The Football Association|date=6 November 2016}} They joined Division Two of the West Midlands (Regional) League in 1982.{{Fchd|id=WOLVERHC|name=Wolverhampton Casuals}} After a sixth-placed finish in 1983–84 the club were promoted to Division One. They finished as runners-up in Division One for the next three season, but it was only after finishing fourth in 1987–88 that the club were promoted to the Premier Division.

At the end of the 1990–91 season Casuals were demoted to Division One. They won the Division One title in 1994–95 and were promoted back to the Premier Division. The 1997–98 season saw the club win the Staffordshire Vase, beating Hanford Y&A on penalties in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/-/media/cfa/staffordshirefa/files/county-cups/previous-winners/2023/senior-challenge-vase.ashx|title=Senior Challenge Vase roll of honour|website=Staffordshire FA}} In 2000–01 they won the Walsall Senior Cup, beating Sutton Coldfield Town 2–0 in the final. The club were Premier Division runners-up in 2016–17. Based on their performance in the partial 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons, which were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were promoted to the Premier Division of the Midland League.

Ground

The club play at Brinsford Lane in Featherstone. Due to its lack of floodlights, they relocated to the Aldersley Stadium in Wolverhampton for several years, until floodlights were installed in 1998.{{cite book|title=The Non-League Football Grounds of Staffordshire and Shropshire|author=Colin Fleet & Mick Blakeman|year=2003|page=39}} A seated stand was built in the early 1990s. The ground has also been used as a temporary home by Newport Town and Tipton Sports & Social.{{cite book|author=Colin Peel|title=The Non-League Football Grounds of the West Midlands past and present|year=1996|page=52}}