West Men Preview | AFC Wolverhampton City (H)
West Men vs AFC Wolverhampton City
- Saturday 24th October 2026
- 3pm kick-off
- Midland Football League Premier Division, Matchday 16
- Brookburn Road, M21 8DP for parking - note there is no parking at Brookburn Road or the nearby Chorltonville Estate, see our Matchday page for further detail.
- Admission
- £8 Adults
- £6 Concessions (16-17, over 60s)
- £2 Under 16s (ages 5 to 15), accompanied by an adult
- Free for Under 5s, accompanied by an adult
West are back at Brookburn Road on Saturday, with AFC Wolverhampton City the visitors in the Midland Football League Premier Division.
We come into it off the back of a 3-1 defeat at Stockport Georgians on Tuesday night. After going into the break behind, Gee Baltazar slid home from a Latiq Roberts cross to draw us level early in the second half. A Georgians free-kick, and a late effort from close range, was enough for the home team to take all three points and rise to 11th in the table.
Two places behind them are this Saturday's opponents, AFC Wolverhampton City. The name is new, but the club is from from that, having started life as Old Wulfrunians in 1922. Under that moniker, they spent more than 80 years in the Birmingham Amateur Football Alliance, collecting many accolades along the way including three league and cup doubles in a row from 2002/03 to 2004/05.
In 2005 the club set up AFC Wulfrunians to step into senior football, starting in Division Two of the West Midlands (Regional) League. They won it at the first attempt and were promoted again a year later. The Premier Division title followed in 2008/09, but their ground didn't meet the grading and promotion was refused. They had to win the league again in 2012/13 to move up to the Midland Alliance, and have been in the Midland Football League Premier Division since it was formed in 2014.
Their home since 2009 has been Castlecroft Stadium, built by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1950s as a training ground and later owned by the RFU, before the club took on the lease. Wolverhampton Wanderers Women have also played their home games there in the past.
They won the Midland League Cup in 2024/25, beating Stapenhill 3-1 in the final, and became AFC Wolverhampton City that summer, with the club saying it wanted a stronger identity of its own. The first season under the new name brought a fifth-place finish on 62 points. This one has been patchier. They sit 13th, and Tuesday's 2 - 2 draw with Sporting Khalsa at Castlecroft followed three straight home league defeats.
Saturday's Midland Football League Premier Division fixtures
| Saturday 24 October | ||
| Darlaston Town | 15:00 | Brocton |
| Lye Town | 15:00 | Wythenshawe Town |
| Romulus | 15:00 | Cheadle Town |
| Sporting Khalsa | 15:00 | Abbey Hulton United |
| Stockport Georgians | 15:00 | Dudley Town |
| Sutton United | 15:00 | Runcorn Town |
| Uttoxeter Town | 15:00 | Northwich Victoria |
| West Didsbury & Chorlton | 15:00 | AFC Wolverhampton City |
| Whitchurch Alport | 15:00 | Tividale |
| Winsford United | 15:00 | Stone Old Alleynians |
Travelling to Brookburn Road
We strongly recommend that, where possible, visitors walk, cycle or use public transport when travelling to our stadium.
Car parking at the stadium itself is strictly restricted to players and officials. If you're a supporter and you require a parking space for accessibility reasons, please contact ollie@wdcfc.co.uk.
If you are driving to the match, please use our car park at Hardy Farm M21 8DP or alternatively the car park opposite the Bowling Green pub M21 9ES.
Please note that there is NO PARKING allowed in the Chorltonville area adjacent to the ground, which is private.
For further details of how to get to Brookburn Road, please head to the MATCHDAY page.
Midland Football League Premier Division table, after the game on Wednesday 21 October
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winsford United | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Abbey Hulton United | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Runcorn Town | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 24 | 31 |
| 4 | Northwich Victoria | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 29 |
| 5 | Brocton | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 28 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 28 |
| 7 | Cheadle Town | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | West Didsbury & Chorlton | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 33 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | Dudley Town | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 20 |
| 10 | Sporting Khalsa | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 20 |
| 11 | Stockport Georgians | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 17 |
| 12 | Romulus | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | AFC Wolverhampton City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Wythenshawe Town | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Whitchurch Alport | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Lye Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 13 |
| 17 | Uttoxeter Town | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Darlaston Town | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -16 | 9 |
| 19 | Stone Old Alleynians | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 38 | -19 | 8 |
| 20 | Tividale | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 54 | -38 | 3 |
Midweek Midland Football League Premier Division results
| Tuesday 20 October | ||
| AFC Wolverhampton City | 2 - 2 | Sporting Khalsa |
| Cheadle Town | 3 - 0 | Wythenshawe Town |
| Dudley Town | 1 - 2 | Abbey Hulton United |
| Lye Town | 0 - 5 | Brocton |
| Northwich Victoria | 3 - 0 | Winsford United |
| Romulus | 1 - 1 | Uttoxeter Town |
| Runcorn Town | 1 - 2 | Whitchurch Alport |
| Stockport Georgians | 3 - 1 | West Didsbury & Chorlton |
| Tividale | 4 - 5 | Stone Old Alleynians |
| Wednesday 21 October | ||
| Darlaston Town | 3 - 3 | Sutton United |