Whitchurch Alport F.C.

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Whitchurch Alport
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Full nameWhitchurch Alport Football Club
Nickname(s)Alport
Founded1946;78 years ago (1946)
GroundYockings Park, Whitchurch
Capacity1200
Coordinates 52°58′21″N2°40′21″W / 52.9724°N 2.6725°W / 52.9724; -2.6725
ChairmanMichael Edge
ManagerAdam Shillcock
League Midland League Premier Division
2023–24 Midland League Premier Division, 10th of 18
Website https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/whitchurchalportfc
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Whitchurch Alport Football Club is an English football club based in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The club participates in the Midland League Premier Division.

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History

The club were formed in 1946 in the football season that followed World War II, being named after Alport Farm in Alport Road, Whitchurch, which had been the home of Coley Maddocks, a local footballer who had been killed in action in the war. They joined the Shrewsbury and District League, [1] spending two seasons in the league, winning the title in their second season. [2] In 1948 they were briefly elected as members of the Birmingham League, before becoming founder members of the Mid-Cheshire League. [2] [3]

In 1974 they became the last English team to take the Welsh Amateur Cup out of Wales prior to its becoming the Welsh Intermediate Cup, defeating Cardiff College of Education 2–1 at Latham Park, Newtown. [4]

They were admitted to the North West Counties Football League Division One from the Mercian Regional Football League in 2015. [5]

On 24 September 2019, Alport lifted the Shropshire Senior Cup for the first time – defeating reigning champions Shrewsbury Town 3–1 in the final at New Meadow. [6] At the end of the 2020–21 season the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Midland League.

Ground

The club play at Yockings Park. [7] The dressing rooms were constructed from wooden packing crates acquired from the Military Camp at Prees Heath shortly after the end of World War II. [8]

Records

Honours

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton. p. 150. ISBN   978-1-909644-11-3. The author classes it as the only war memorial in Shropshire in the form of a football club.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sandbach United v Whitchurch Alport by Sandbach United". issuu. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitchurch Alport at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 "Wales – List of Welsh Amateur Cup Finals". RSSSF . 21 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Ian Templeman. "www.nwcfl.com – News – Whitchurch Alport Join The NWCFL". nwcfl.com. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 Lewis Cox. "Whitchurch Alport stun Shrewsbury Town 3–1 to lift the Shropshire Senior Cup for the first time". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Whitchurch Alport Club Information Page: NWCFL | Whitchurch Alport Club Information Page, accessdate: February 2, 2020
  8. ↑ Whitchurch, Shropshire: Whitchurch Alport FC – Whitchurch, Shropshire, accessdate: February 2, 2020
  9. ↑ "Shropshire County Cups Summary". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Whitchurch Alport beat Market Drayton to win Huddersfield Cup". Whitchurch Herald. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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