A number of the committee of 1939, still with Fred Taylor as Secretary, supported by Tommy Reynolds, Dick Wadey, Len Wale, Jack Brookhouse, Frank Millward, Henry Lister and Jack Jarvis got together in 1945 in an attempt to revive the club, following the war years.

This is what faced them.  The playing area at Coles Lane was ruined, having been virtually a children's playground.  The grass was over two feet high and the surface was scarred by big holes dug by children.

The stand, capable of holding 300 people, was damaged and the fencing around the ground was smashed.  Pigs were being kept in the stand and at one period the ground had been rented out by the Council to a man who kept horses and ponies and used it for giving children rides on Saturday afternoon, All the club's equipment had been lost.

At a public meeting people said it was impossible to get the ground right without the use of professional labour. " It is too big a job for a handful of clubmen " was the cry.

That was a challenge to Sutton Town.  With financial help from their president Mr. John Collins, players, committeemen, friends and supporters led by Tommy Reynolds, who did much of the ground organisation, spent their spare time making the ground fit for football once again.

It took them four months to turn a wild field in to a football ground and during that time Sutton Coldfield Council, who owned the ground, repaired the stand.

In their first revival season of 1947-48 Sutton reached the final of the Walsall Challenge Cup and finished fourth in the Walsall Senior League, going through the season without losing a match at home.  They were semi-finalists in the Walsall Senior Cup and reached the finals of the Walsall Challenge Express and Star Cup.

Team Manager through this successful period was Billy Smart and the players who took part in the championship were goalkeeper, John Alderwick, full-backs Tommy Farmer and Jimmy Wood, half-backs Sam Tolley, Dick Rigby (captain), George Pye, Ron Spiers, Harry Butler and forwards Arthur Corbett, Fred Malone, Alf Hedge, Jimmy Phillips, Roy Crombie and Jimmy Murray.  They played 40 league games, won 32, lost 2, scored 73 goals and conceded 32.

It was in this period that Sutton Town enjoyed good support, with the local derby against Sutton Athletic attracting 1,200 fans.

At the end of 1948-49 season Billy Smart was forced to step down as manager owing to ill health and player-coach Sam Sylvester took charge for the following season.  Unfortunately, some players moved to more senior clubs, including Arthur Corbett to Walsall, but Sutton's successes continued with the Reserves winning the Sutton and District League and the Lewis Cup.

During this campaign the car park at the Coles Lane entrance to the ground was completed and a crowd barrier was erected round the pitch - the latter being a gift from the supporters club.

With improved facilities Sutton looked to a bright new era in the 1950's, but their elevation back into the Birmingham Combination and then the Birmingham League led to a financial crisis and the death of the long serving secretary Fred Taylor was a sad blow.

Billy Smart came back as manager for the start of the 1951-52 season and George Austin a former manager of Atherstone was appointed coach.  Playing fortunes tumbled, with Sutton being outplayed by teams like Stourbridge, Kidderminster and Bromsgrove.

Even so, they still remained optimistic and there were great efforts from individuals like President Alf Lewis, and secretary Arthur Hobson, who led their few supporters in a mammoth exercise to level the ground.

In one corner there was a seven foot drop, but weeks of work produced a complete transformation.  The pitch was completely returfed and for the first time the ground was level.

On September 18, 1953 the new pitch was officially declared open by the then Mayor of Sutton Coldfield, but there was no opening cheer for the Town as they crashed 7-0 to Tamworth.

There was a glimmer of hope at the start of the 1955-56 season, when with Sam Sylvester back as manager, the Town enjoyed a run of 11 cup and league games without defeat, but on Saturday October 15 there came a new crisis when fire completely burned down the club's 80-foot long wooden grandstand.

The fire, which started at about 1.30p.m. roared through the building, which was destroyed within half an hour.  No fixture had been arranged at Coles Lane that afternoon.  The first team were at Atherstone, the seconds at Sheffield.  Officials were on a coach waiting to leave when they heard of the fire and hurried to the ground.

Two appliances from Sutton Coldfield Fire Station attended the blaze, but according to one spectator the building was a "ball of fire" within a few minutes and firemen were unable to check the flames.

The club immediately launched a £4,000 appeal for a new brick and concrete building.

Meanwhile the team failed to maintain its bright start and Sam Sylvester resigned as manager on December 31 and at the end of the season Sutton were bottom of the League.

Finance was a major problem and in 1956 drastic decisions were made at the annual meeting.  The second team was withdrawn from the Staffordshire League and it was decided that an all-amateur team, under the guidance of long serving player Harry Evans, would be fielded in the Birmingham League.

Work on the new stand, which was purchased from Manchester City, began in October 1956 and Arthur Hobson became the new chairman.  Again Sutton's playing results were poor and on November 16 former Aston Villa star Fred Haycock was given the job as player-manager.

The new boss made an immediate impact while Sutton's amateur policy was destroyed experienced player like Ken Roberts from Aston Villa; Gordon Medd from Walsall and Graham Toussaint also from Walsall helped give Sutton a satisfactory 1957-58 season, when they finished 5th and reached the semi-finals of the Birmingham Senior Cup.

Sutton still suffered from poor support and while Fred Haycock continued as manager and grounds man new officials for the 1958-59 season were chairman Jack Yates and secretary Fred Newey.

Several players, including Ken Roberts left the club and in October Fred Haycock departed to join Stourbridge.

Graham Toussaint was appointed player-manager and despite having to virtually rebuild the team Sutton maintained a respectable half-way position in the Birmingham League.  But a further bombshell came when Mr. Lewis resigned as president and at a general meeting vice-president Mr. E. Riddle urged members to consider if it would be practical for the club to continue.

The few did continue and the early 1960's brought Fred Haycock back to Coles Lane as manager, but major problems continued on the admin side and it became the turn of new secretary Bill Bowen to virtually carry the burden on his own shoulders until he appealed for help from committee members of Sutton British Legion F.C.