Tipton Town Football Club is a football club based in Tipton, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Tipton Sports Academy.
The club was established in 1948 as Ocker Hill United. They joined the Wolverhampton and District Amateur League, before also entering the Handsworth League and the Wednesbury League. The club were Wednesbury League champions in 1949âÂÂ50 and on three other occasions, as well as winning the Premier Division of the Wolverhampton and District Amateur League several times. In 1967 they adopted their current name and moved up to Division One of the West Midlands (Regional) League.
Tipton were Division One champions and Division One Cup winners in 1983âÂÂ84, earning promotion to the Premier Division, However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1990âÂÂ91, the club were relegated back to Division One. League reorganisation in 1996 saw the club moved into Division One South. In 1997âÂÂ98 they were Division One South runners-up and were promoted back to the Premier Division. The club were Premier Division Cup winners in 1999âÂÂ2000, and won the Birmingham Midweek Floodlit Cup in 2002âÂÂ03. After finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 2003âÂÂ04, they were league champions and Premier Division Cup winners the following season, resulting in promotion to the Midland Alliance.
In 2010âÂÂ11 Tipton reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time; starting in the extra-prelimarinary round, the club played eight qualifying matches (including two replays) to earn a first round tie away to League One club Carlisle United. The final qualifying match, a fourth qualifying round replay against Sheffield, saw the club set a new record attendance of 1,429. They went on to lose 6âÂÂ0 to Carlisle.
Tipton were Midland Alliance runners-up in 2010âÂÂ11. When the league merged with the Midland Combination to form the Midland League in 2014, the club were placed in the league's Premier Division. However, they finished second-from-bottom of the division in the league's inaugural season and were relegated to the Premier Division of the West Midlands (Regional) League. The following season saw them finish bottom of the Premier Division, resulting in relegation to Division One. In 2018âÂÂ19 the club won the Birmingham County Saturday Vase, beating Enville Athletic 3âÂÂ0 in the final.
The club moved to the Tipton Sports Academy in 1971. Prior to the current record attendance set during the 2010âÂÂ11 season, the previous record attendance of 1,100 was set for a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 1 August 1988, The club temporarily relocated to Oldbury United in the early 2000s when the Sports Academy was redeveloped.