Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	3-1	17/09/19 v Abbey Hulton United (The Buildbase FA Vase)
Biggest Away Win	3-2	24/09/19 v Cammell Laird 1907 (First Division South)
Biggest Home Defeat	2-5	05/10/19 v Cheadle Town (The PlayerMatch.com Cup)
Biggest Away Defeat	1-8	14/12/19 v Eccleshall (First Division South)
Highest Drawn Game	2-2 AET	14/09/19 v Abbey Hulton United (A) (The Buildbase FA Vase)
	2-2	10/09/19 v Ellesmere Rangers (H) (First Division South)
		02/11/19 v St Martins (A) (First Division South)
		14/09/19 v Abbey Hulton United (A) (The Buildbase FA Vase)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	9	14/12/19 1-8 v Eccleshall (A) (First Division South)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	17		16		33
Won	4	23.53%	4	25.00%	8	24.24%
Drawn	2	11.76%	6	37.50%	8	24.24%
Lost	11	64.71%	6	37.50%	17	51.52%
Scored	20	1.18	22	1.38	42	1.27
Conceded	36	2.12	40	2.50	76	2.30

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Buildbase FA Vase	1st Round	1-2	Lutterworth Town	(H)
The Macron Cup	2nd Round	1-6	West Didsbury & Chorlton	(A)
The PlayerMatch.com Cup	2nd Round	2-5	Cheadle Town	(H)
Cheshire Senior Cup	1st Round	1-2	Winsford United	(A)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	165	06/08/19 v Sandbach United (First Division South)
Lowest Attendance	42	10/09/19 v Ellesmere Rangers (First Division South)
		07/12/19 v FC Oswestry Town (First Division South)
Average Attendance	17 games	76

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	3 games
Last Defeat	0 games
Goalless Draw	29 games
Score Draw	1 game
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	8 games
Clean Sheet	3 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	6	18.18%	3	9.09%
One	15	45.45%	8	24.24%
Two	9	27.27%	12	36.36%
Three	3	9.09%	4	12.12%
Four	0	0.00%	2	6.06%
Five or more	0	0.00%	4	12.12%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	7.14%	6	7.89%	9	7.63%
16-30	9	21.43%	14	18.42%	23	19.49%
31-45	8	19.05%	12	15.79%	20	16.95%
46-60	6	14.29%	10	13.16%	16	13.56%
61-75	5	11.90%	14	18.42%	19	16.10%
76-90	10	23.81%	19	25.00%	29	24.58%
90-105	0	0.00%	1	1.32%	1	0.85%
105-120	1	2.38%	0	0.00%	1	0.85%

 

History

The merger of Alsager Institute and Alsager United formed ALSAGER AFC in 1965. The merger came about due to lack of pitches in the village. They acquired Wood Park in 1967 that was then seeded ready for the following season and it was first played on in 1968/69.

Alsager AFC were playing in the Crewe League at this stage. In the early 70�s the club decided they would like to try for the Mid-Cheshire League which they were successful in doing by bringing the ground up to a higher standard. They remained in this league and in 1985/86 they were Runners Up.

The club folded due to the lack of funds and support. They then re-formed with just a youth team playing in the Crewe Premier League for two seasons. In 1991/92 they managed to regain entry in to the Mid Cheshire League Division Two where they remained until 1998/99 when the committee decided to try for the Springbank Vending League, where most of the Potteries teams were based.

Steve Booth built a strong squad which was able to challenge for the title in their first season, but unfortunately Alsager were pipped at the post by Norton FC.

The team were doing well enough and the committee decided to apply for the North West Counties Football League and after a lot of hard work by the committee Alsager AFC successfully passed the criteria necessary to gain entry, and a second place finish in the Staffs County Senior League was enough to gain promotion.

Bad form after Christmas 1999 and the decision by Steve Booth to leave the club saw a new management team step in to the fold. Greg Clowes and his assistant Dorian Garner
were welcomed to the club. They were in charge for the remaining 10 games of the season and managed to finish in a creditable 12th position. Their first full season in charge saw them achieve 7th place in the league and along with Warrington Town they kept the most clean sheets.

Floodlighting was erected in August 2001 and then the addition of a new stand by the end of the season saw Alsager in prime position to challenge for promotion. During the summer of 2001 it was decided to change the name of the club back to Alsager Town and to run a side in the Springbank Vending League under the name of Alsager AFC

A runners up spot in the 2001/02 season was enough to see Alager Town FC promoted to the NWCFL Division 1. During the close season resurfacing of the pitch, decoration of the club house and changing rooms and a new toilet block and tea bar gave Alsager Town an air of aristocracy as they aimed for success in the NWCFL. They remained in N.W.C.F.L. until the end of the 2005/06 season when they finished in third place. Due to THE changes being made by the FA to the non-league pyramid system Alsager were invited to step up to the Northern Premier League Division One which they did, they finished their first season in a creditable 14th place. Further changes were to be made by. With further changes to the Northern Premier League, Alsager Town were placed in to the Unibond League Division One South. Another 14th place finish was the outcome but the club fell foul to the ground grading regulations and with required work not completed in the required time given by the League they were relegated back to the North West Counties League Premier Division.
Due this set back the management walked out. Former chairman Peter Clegg stepped in to take control of the club . Former Witton Albion reserves coach Neil Gill was appointed as manager and for two seasons Neil Gill kept Alsager Town in the N.W.C.F.L Premier Division and then in early 2011 with finances tight the players expenses budget was cut and then later stopped completely. This was followed by the news that there were to be major changes at the club at the end of the season. Neil Gill, his assistant, the players and the committee walked away.

Acting Chairman Mike Cross acted very quickly and the remaining committee members voted for change. Terry Greer the former Chairman of Biddulph Victoria was elected to become the new Chairman of Alsager Town F.C. Terry�s first job was to appoint a new management team.Damian Grocott and Andy O�Connor stepped into the position, they signed a new squad of players and began the job of securing Alsager Town�s place in the N.W.C.F.L. Premier Division. They worked hard to keep the status of the club securing it with three games in hand.

For the 2011/12 season the club looked to move forward run by a new committee which was installed at the AGM in the May their aim being to improve the club in all aspects both on and off the pitch. The changing rooms and showers were upgraded, some of the club house had been re-decorated and the ground in general had been given a face lift when on the night of the Monday 11th July a catastrophic fire destroyed the office and part of the dressing rooms and club house. The whole building had to be demolished due its asbestos construction and the electricity was cut off due to the damage caused to the switch boxes etc.

Following the disaster the committee worked very hard to get things in to place so that football could return to The Town ground. The committee of the N.W.C.F.L. helped where they could they switching fixtures for The Bullets and 99% of their games were played away from home until the November. A rebuilding programme immediately got underway and things went well, both on and off the pitch. Massive help from BAE Systems and their contractors followed and they had helped to rebuild the changing rooms so that football could return. A new manager in former coach John Brown was installed as manager

At the end of the season John Brown, resigned as did the manager of the reserves. Chairman Terry Greer soon had replacements with former Tottenham Hotspur player Andy Turner taking over the reigns of the first team and Andy Ratcliffe Congleton Town�s former Reserves Manager taking over the Bullets reserves who had just been promoted by invitation to the Staffs County Senior League Premier Division.

Terry�s gang (The workers) set about completing work around the new changing room complex, planning permission was sort to build a new club house and virtually 12 months to the day that permission was granted. In October 2012 the club received the news that they had been granted a massive �85,860 from the Football Foundation. Work was commenced on building a new car park and clubhouse. The modular building was delivered just 9 days before Christmas 2012, the contractors and Alsagers committee worked, tirelessly to get the club open for the Boxing Day game of 2012.

The season went quite well for the new management, the team finishing in 15th place with 50 points. Their first season with the club gave them the necessary experience of the league which they got and everyone at the club was looking to the new season. There were many new signings with some of last years squad having decided to stay. Things didn't go well for the first X1 and they spent most of their time in the lower reaches of the league and then unexpectedly Andy Turner resigned in the new year. Phil Parkinson stepped into the breach bringing in his own team. They managed to evade relegation by winning the last three games of the season.

Just before the pre-season training Phil tendered his resignation after getting a promotion at work. He was succeeded by the his two assistants Craig Dove and Danny Griggs. They were given the task to continue with the improvements started by Phil Parkinson.