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Birmingham & District League. Here, the club pitted itself against future Football League clubs Crewe Alexandra, Kidderminster Harriers, Shrewsbury Town, Stoke City, Walsall and Wrexham, in addition to the reserve sides of Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Old Uns never finished higher than 12th out of 18th in this league, and left the competition in 1924 following its sixth consecutive application for re-election. The club dropped back down to the Birmingham Combination, but after collecting just a single point from 12 fixtures the Old Athletic withdrew from the competition and disbanded.
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1372:Categories
1313:31 January
1143:References
889:Statistics
419:Opposition
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195:Wednesbury
78:Wednesbury
1253:"History"
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186:, was an
62:Dissolved
38:Full name
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315:Colours
184:W.O.A.C.
74:The Oval
49:Old 'Uns
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320:1877–78
299:Colours
275:Walsall
188:English
54:Founded
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399:Season
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