Local rivals include Burton Albion and Nuneaton Borough, and to a lesser degree Atherstone Town, Bedworth United and Bolehall Swifts.

In 1989 Tamworth, managed by Graham Smith, reached the final of the FA Vase for the first time, one year after gaining promotion back to the Southern League.

The final against Sudbury Town was played at Wembley Stadium and finished in a 1–1 draw with Martin Devaney scoring for Tamworth, meaning that the winner would have to be decided by a replay.

The replay was played at London Road, the home of Peterborough United, and Tamworth won 3–0 with two goals from Mark Stanton and one from Ian Moores to lift the FA Vase for the first time.

The following season, however, Tamworth won the championship of the Southern League to gain promotion, finishing 13 points ahead of second-placed Stafford Rangers.

In the same season Tamworth also reached the final of the FA Trophy where they played Burscough but were denied a double, losing 2–1 at Villa Park.

The club completed perhaps their highest profile signing of all time on 23 February 2006, with the capture of former England international midfielder Paul Merson.

[1] However, the arrangement meant that until the end of the season, the majority of Merson's wages were to be paid by the club he used to manage, Walsall.

They were replaced two days later by the former Tamworth managerial duo of manager Gary Mills[3] and assistant Darron Gee.

[5] On 13 October 2010, manager Gary Mills quit Tamworth to join fellow Conference Premier side York City, names of possible replacements started to circulate and many believed that Ian McParland had expressed interest in the job.

[7] Law was relieved of his managerial duties on 14 January 2013,[8] and Dale Belford was appointed as caretaker manager for the foreseeable future with former Lambs player Scott Lindsey as his assistant.

On 15 September 2014, with Tamworth in the bottom three of the Conference North, Belford left the club by mutual consent and was replaced by former Wrexham manager Andy Morrell.

Tamworth began the 2018–19 season in the newly formed Southern League Premier Central, and announced a new first team management consisting of Mike Fowler, as head coach, Tim Harris as director of football and the return of Paul Green as player-coach.

[11] On the same day Dennis Greene was confirmed as the club's new manager,[12] but he remained in the post for only four months before being dismissed following a string of disappointing results.

[14] Danylyszyn and Smith were jointly named manager of the month for March 2019 following four wins and a draw in their first five games in charge.

[15] Following much improved performances on the pitch, the duo steered the club away from relegation and secured a 12th position in their first season in the Southern League Premier Central.

[20] They then reached the FA Cup third round for only the fourth time in their history after defeating Burton Albion on penalties after securing a 1–1 draw.

Automotive Solutions agreed a one-year short sponsorship, while Admiral Sportswear would be manufacturing the club's players and replica kits.

[29] Tamworth confirmed on 30 June 2014 that their kits would again be made by Jako, and would be sponsored by two local companies, on the front of the shirts would be Bradley Scott Windows and on the back J. Clarke Transport.

The Lamb was considered for the first season but the club committee chose a more suitable ground adjacent to the Jolly Sailor pub and put a lot of work in to bringing it up to standard.

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Jack Ball Archie Baynham Mark Bridgen Josh Butler Joseph Czechowski Stuart Ealing Ryan Freer Morris Griffith Kane Hemmings Dom Hinks Dale Hutchinson Rich Lacey Dan Layton Paul Manton Adam McAneny Keith O’Connor Wayne Smart Josh Thomas Mark Thomas Ryan Thorpe Adrian Winfield Player name in bold represents players still on the playing staff of the club.