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Cadbury Athletic Football Club is an amateur football club based in Birmingham, England. Affiliated with the Cadbury confectionery company and playing in the company colours of purple and white, they are currently members of the Midland League Division One and play at the Triplex Sports Ground.

History
The club was established in 1994,[1] and were admitted to Division Three of the Midland Combination. Despite finishing ninth in their first season, they were promoted to Division Two.[2] In 2000–01 a fourth-place finish was enough to secure promotion to Division One, with the club also winning the league's Challenge Vase.[3] They were Division One runners-up in 2004–05, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[2]

Despite finishing twelfth in the Premier Division in 2011–12, Cadbury Athletic resigned from the division and dropped into Division One. They were Division One champions in 2013–14, the last season before the league merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League, with Cadbury Athletic placed in Division One.[2]

Former players of Athletic include Demari Gray and Daniel Sturridge

Lichfield City Football Club is a football club based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. They are members of the Midland League Division One and play at the City Ground.

History
The original Lichfield City joined the Birmingham Combination in 1923, but left after two seasons.[2] The modern club was established in 1970 as Lichfield Football Club and joined Division One B of the West Midlands (Regional) League in 1976.[3] They were placed in Division One the following season when the league was reorganised and remained in the division until being relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1985–86 season. The club were Division Two runners-up in 1989–90, earning promotion back to Division One.[3] In 1994 they were renamed Lichfield City.[3] Their first season under the new name saw the club finish as runners-up in Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[3]

Despite finishing in mid-table in their first season in the Premier Division, Lichfield resigned from the league and became a Sunday league team.[4] They returned to Saturday football when the club joined Division Three of the Midland Combination in 2008. Despite only finishing fifth in the division in 2008–09, they were promoted to Division Two. In 2010–11 the club won the league's Challenge Vase with a 2–1 win over Continental Star Reserves in the final.[5] They also finished fourth in the division, earning promotion to Division One. Another fourth-place finish the following season led to them being promoted to the Premier Division.[4]

In 2014 the Midland Combination merged with the Midland Alliance to form the Midland League, with Lichfield placed in Division One.[4]


In form this should go with the now home side, both teams are in the same divison of the Midland combiination, City are top and Athletic are 15th with 13 points the gap, Athletic having lost their last match 6-1

Question is will City melt the Choclate lads on Saturdayt