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Alsager Town
Full nameAlsager Town Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bullets
Founded1968
GroundWood Park Stadium, Alsager
Capacity3,500 (250 seated)[1]
ChairmanTerry Greer
ManagerDean Jones & Dom Johnson (joint)
LeagueNorth West Counties League Division One South
2023–24North West Counties League Division One South, 12th of 18
Websitehttps://www.alsagertownfc.co.uk/

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.

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 Alsager 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]

Alsager remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 2015–16 season when they were relegated to Division One.[4] When the division was split in 2018, they were placed in Division One South

League history

Season Division Position FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Significant events
1968–69 Crewe League
1969–70 Crewe League
1970–71 Crewe League
1971–72 Mid-Cheshire League 12/18
1972–73 Mid-Cheshire League 12/18 Renamed Alsager Town.
1973–74 Mid-Cheshire League 12/19
1974–75 Mid-Cheshire League 10/20 League expanded, placed in Division One
1975–76 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 16/17
1976–77 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 10/16
1977–78 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 4/16
1978–79 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 3/16
1979–80 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 9/16
1980–81 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 6/16
1981–82 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 15/16
1982–83 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 13/15 Divisions abolished
1983–84 Mid-Cheshire League 3/18
1984–85 Mid-Cheshire League 7/17
1985–86 Mid-Cheshire League 6/18 Renamed Alsager United
1986–87 Mid-Cheshire League 5/17 League expanded, placed in Division One
1987–88 Mid-Cheshire League Division One 2/16 Renamed Alsager
1988–89 Did not compete
1989–90 Crewe League Premier Division
1990–91 Crewe League Premier Division
1991–92 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 5/17
1992–93 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 9/18
1993–94 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 15/17
1994–95 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 8/18
1995–96 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 3/16
1996–97 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 5/16
1997–98 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two 8/15
1998–99 Midland League 2/20 Promoted
1999–00 North West Counties League Division Two 12/18
2000–01 North West Counties League Division Two 7/20 Renamed Alsager Town
2001–02 North West Counties League Division Two 2/21 Promoted
2002–03 North West Counties League Division One 11/22 Q2
2003–04 North West Counties League Division One 9/22 P R2
2004–05 North West Counties League Division One 7/22 Q1 Q2
2005–06 North West Counties League Division One 3/22 EP Q2 Promoted
2006–07 Northern Premier League Division One 14/24 Q1 Q2 League expanded, placed in Division One South
2007–08 Northern Premier League Division One South 14/18 P P Relegated
2008–09 North West Counties League Premier Division 7/22 EP R2
2009–10 North West Counties League Premier Division 18/22 EP R2
2010–11 North West Counties League Premier Division 20/22 EP Q2
2011–12 North West Counties League Premier Division 13/22 EP Q1
2012–13 North West Counties League Premier Division 15/22 EP Q2
2013–14 North West Counties League Premier Division 18/22 EP Q2
2014–15 North West Counties League Premier Division 17/21 EP Q1
2015–16 North West Counties League Premier Division 20/22 Q1 R3 Relegated
2016–17 North West Counties League Division One 7/22 P Q2
2017–18 North West Counties League Division One 8/22 EP R2
2018–19 North West Counties League Division One South 17/20 Q1
2019–20 North West Counties League Division One South R1 Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 North West Counties League Division One South Q1 Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Football Club History Database

Ground

Wood Park in 2023

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] The stadium currently has a capacity of 3,000, of which 250 is seated and 1,000 covered.[1]

Honours

  • Leek Cup
    • Winners 2001–02

Records

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p714 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
  2. ^ a b c Alsager Town North West Counties League
  3. ^ a b Alsager at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ a b c d e f Alsager Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ a b Alsager United at the Football Club History Database
  6. ^ a b c 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
  9. ^ A record breaking win for the bullets Alsager Town, 3 December 2021

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