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the club were champions of the renamed Midland Combination, also winning the League Cup and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 4–0 in a replay to
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The club originally played at Billesley Common. By the 1960s they had moved to their current ground on Tythe Barn Lane, five minutes walk from
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they finished fifth in the Premier Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they lost 3–1 to
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in 1964. After finishing fourth in their first season in Division Two, the club were promoted to Division One.
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The 1970s was the most successful era in Highgate United's history; in
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The club was established in 1948 by a group of former residents of the
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In 2014 the Midland Combination and Midland League merged to form the
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had ended 0–0. They retained the league title and the League Cup the
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League Cup winners 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1984–85
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Cup win 2006–07, and were Premier Division runners-up the
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Shirley
Midland League
2023–24
Midland League
Home colours
Away colours
football
Shirley
Solihull
Highgate
Midland League
St Vincent's Home for Working Boys
Father Hudson's Society
Worcestershire Combination
FA Amateur Cup
Enfield
Villa Park
1972–73
Walton & Hersham
Selhurst Park
Highfield Road
following season
Birmingham Senior Cup
Darlaston
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1981–82
1984–85

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