Claim: The Central Warwickshire Youth Football League had an Under 16s representative side who managed to get victories against the Stratford-upon-Avon League and Notts Elizabethen League (operating on a home and away basis); then in 1978, "Gordon Beard era" and the famous Olton Ravens started.
Evidence: The league also had an Under 16s representative side who managed to get victories against the Stratford-upon-Avon League and Notts Elizabethen League whilst drawing 4-4 against the Birmingham Boys League. 1978 saw the start of the "Gordon Beard era" and the famous Olton Ravens, Gordon went on to join the league committee in 1983 as a league secretary.