Alsager Town F.C.

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Alsager Town
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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)
League North West Counties League Division One South
2023–24 North West Counties League Division One South, 12th of 18
Website Club website

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.

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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

SeasonDivisionPositionFA CupFA TrophyFA VaseSignificant 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 One16/17–––
1976–77 Mid-Cheshire League Division One10/16–––
1977–78 Mid-Cheshire League Division One4/16–––
1978–79 Mid-Cheshire League Division One3/16–––
1979–80 Mid-Cheshire League Division One9/16–––
1980–81 Mid-Cheshire League Division One6/16–––
1981–82 Mid-Cheshire League Division One15/16–––
1982–83 Mid-Cheshire League Division One13/15–––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 One2/16–––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 Two5/17–––
1992–93 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two9/18–––
1993–94 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two15/17–––
1994–95 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two8/18–––
1995–96 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two3/16–––
1996–97 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two5/16–––
1997–98 Mid-Cheshire League Division Two8/15–––
1998–99 Midland League 2/20–––Promoted
1999–00 North West Counties League Division Two12/18–––
2000–01 North West Counties League Division Two7/20–––Renamed Alsager Town
2001–02 North West Counties League Division Two2/21–––Promoted
2002–03 North West Counties League Division One11/22––Q2
2003–04 North West Counties League Division One9/22P–R2
2004–05 North West Counties League Division One7/22Q1–Q2
2005–06 North West Counties League Division One3/22EP–Q2Promoted
2006–07 Northern Premier League Division One14/24Q1Q2–League expanded, placed in Division One South
2007–08 Northern Premier League Division One South14/18PP–Relegated
2008–09 North West Counties League Premier Division7/22EP–R2
2009–10 North West Counties League Premier Division18/22EP–R2
2010–11 North West Counties League Premier Division20/22EP–Q2
2011–12 North West Counties League Premier Division13/22EP–Q1
2012–13 North West Counties League Premier Division15/22EP–Q2
2013–14 North West Counties League Premier Division18/22EP–Q2
2014–15 North West Counties League Premier Division17/21EP–Q1
2015–16 North West Counties League Premier Division20/22Q1–R3Relegated
2016–17 North West Counties League Division One7/22P–Q2
2017–18 North West Counties League Division One8/22EP–R2
2018–19 North West Counties League Division One South17/20––Q1
2019–20 North West Counties League Division One South–––R1Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 North West Counties League Division One South–––Q1Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Football Club History Database

Ground

Wood Park in 2023 Wood Park, Alsager Town FC, Sep 2023 04.jpg
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p714 ISBN   978-1-869833-77-0
  2. 1 2 3 Alsager Town North West Counties League
  3. 1 2 Alsager at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alsager Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. 1 2 Alsager United at the Football Club History Database
  6. 1 2 3 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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