Alsager Town F.C.

Alsager Town Football Club is a football club, based in Alsager, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of North West Counties League Division One South and play at Wood Park Stadium. Affiliated to the Cheshire County Football Association, they also operate a reserve team in the Staffordshire County Senior League and a youth team in the North West Youth Alliance.

Alsager Town
Full nameAlsager Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bullets
Founded1968
GroundWood Park Stadium, Alsager
Capacity3,500 (250 seated)[1]
ChairmanTerry Greer
ManagerStewart Tulloch
LeagueNorth West Counties League Division One South
2019–20North West Counties League Division One South (season abandoned)

History

Established in 1968,[2] the club joined the Mid-Cheshire League in the 1971–72 season.[3] In 1973 they were renamed Alsager Town,[4] a name they retained until 1985 when they became Alsager United.[5] In 1988 the club reverted to its original name.[5] They finished as runners-up in the Mid-Cheshire League in 1987–88, but left the league at the end of the season as they disbanded.[6]

The club reformed in 1989 and joined the Premier Division of the Crewe League.[6] Two years later they moved up to the Mid-Cheshire League in 1991 and were placed in Division Two. After playing in the league for seven seasons, they switched to the Midland Football League in 1998. They finished as runners-up in their first season, earning promotion to Division Two of the North West Counties League.[3]

In 2001 the club were renamed for a fifth time, becoming Alsager Town again.[4] They finished second in Division Two in North West Counties League, earning promotion to Division One.[4] They won the Leek Cup in the same season.[2]

The 2005–06 season saw the club finish third in Division One, resulting in promotion to Division One of the Northern Premier League (NPL).[4] At the end of their first season in the NPL the league added an extra division, resulting in Alsager Town being placed in Division One South.[4] Although they finished fourteenth in the eighteen-club division in 2007–08, the club were relegated back into the renamed Premier Division of the North West Counties League after failing ground grading criteria.[7]

The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2015–16 season when they were relegated to Division One.[4]

League history

Season Division Position FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Significant events
1968–69Crewe League
1969–70Crewe League
1970–71Crewe League
1971–72Mid-Cheshire League12
1972–73Mid-Cheshire League12Renamed Alsager Town.
1973–74Mid-Cheshire League12
1974–75Mid-Cheshire League10League expanded, placed in Division One
1975–76Mid-Cheshire League Division One16
1976–77Mid-Cheshire League Division One10
1977–78Mid-Cheshire League Division One4
1978–79Mid-Cheshire League Division One3
1979–80Mid-Cheshire League Division One9
1980–81Mid-Cheshire League Division One6
1981–82Mid-Cheshire League Division One15
1982–83Mid-Cheshire League Division One13Divisions abolished
1983–84Mid-Cheshire League3
1984–85Mid-Cheshire League7
1985–86Mid-Cheshire League6Renamed Alsager United
1986–87Mid-Cheshire League5League expanded, placed in Division One
1987–88Mid-Cheshire League Division One2Renamed Alsager
1988–89Did not compete
1989–90Crewe League Premier Division
1990–91Crewe League Premier Division
1991–92Mid-Cheshire League Division Two5
1992–93Mid-Cheshire League Division Two9
1993–94Mid-Cheshire League Division Two15
1994–95Mid-Cheshire League Division Two8
1995–96Mid-Cheshire League Division Two3
1996–97Mid-Cheshire League Division Two5
1997–98Mid-Cheshire League Division Two8
1998–99Midland League2Promoted
1999–00North West Counties League Division Two12
2000–01North West Counties League Division Two7Renamed Alsager Town
2001–02North West Counties League Division Two2Promoted
2002–03North West Counties League Division One11Q2
2003–04North West Counties League Division One9PR2
2004–05North West Counties League Division One7Q1Q2
2005–06North West Counties League Division One3EPQ2Promoted
2006–07Northern Premier League Division One14Q1Q2League expanded, placed in Division One South
2007–08Northern Premier League Division One South14PPRelegated
2008–09North West Counties League Premier Division7EPR2
2009–10North West Counties League Premier Division18EPR2
2010–11North West Counties League Premier Division20EPQ2
2011–12North West Counties League Premier Division13EPQ1
2012–13North West Counties League Premier Division15EPQ2
2013–14North West Counties League Premier Division18EPQ2
2014–15North West Counties League Premier Division17EPQ1
2015–16North West Counties League Premier Division20Q1R3Relegated
2016–17North West Counties League Division One7PQ2
2017–18North West Counties League Division One8EPR2
2018–19North West Counties League Division One South17Q1
Source: Football Club History Database

Ground

Alsager have played at Wood Park Stadium, originally known as the Town Ground, since 1968. The clubhouse suffered considerable damage by fire in July 2011,[8] resulting in them largely playing away from home until November that year.[6] It currently has a capacity of 3,000, of which 250 is seated and 1,000 covered.[1]

Records

Honours

  • Leek Cup
    • Winners 2001–02

See also

  • Alsager Town F.C. players

References

  1. Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p714 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
  2. Alsager Town North West Counties League
  3. Alsager at the Football Club History Database
  4. Alsager Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. Alsager United at the Football Club History Database
  6. Club History Alsager Town F.C.
  7. Peter back in charge at Alsager Town Craven Herald & Pioneer, 25 June 2008
  8. Alsager Town Football Club hit by fire BBC News, 12 July 2011

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