2007/08 Final League Position: 8th West Midlands (Regional) League - Premier Division
Premier Divison League Cup Winners
Ground Address: Hillcrest Avenue, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3QJ
Telephone: 01384 826420
Ground Directions: The ground is situated in Brerley Hill, just off the A461. Approaching from Stourbridge take the Amblecote Road off the ring road. Then turn right at the third set of traffic lights.
Dudley Employees Sports & Social Club was founded in June 1979 from the demise of The Marsh & Baxter’s Company. Over 20 years on people still refer to Dudley Sports as “The Old Marsh’s Club”.
The football section of the club boasts 3 teams. The senior side play in the West Midlands (Regional) League - Premier Division.Dudley Sports also compete in the local Suinday League playing in the Kidderminster and District Premier League and their youth team play in the Midland Floodlit League.
Before entering the Midland Combination the club played in the Birmingham Works League as Marsh & Baxter’s for many years. In the final year they were league champions and winners of the Bass Cup, Prudential Cup and the Paddy Mason Shield. The club started life in the Midland Combination in Division Two, moving to Division One 3 years later. They have twice won the Presidents Cup, in 1989/90 and 2002/3, and also won the Worcester Junior Cup 1998.
The club stayed in the Midland Combination until moving over to the West Midlands (Regional) League in 2005/2006 finishing a creditable 10th in the league in therir first season and reaching the Midweek Floodlight semi final before loosing out to Coventry Sphinx 1-2.
In recent years the need to upgrade their ground became necessary and the club have recently spent £38,000 on new floodlights.
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