Whitchurch Alport F.C. Explained

Clubname:Whitchurch Alport
Fullname:Whitchurch Alport Football Club
Nickname:Alport
Ground:Yockings Park, Whitchurch
Capacity:1200
Coordinates:52.9724°N -2.6725°W
Chairman:Michael Edge
Manager:Adam Shillcock
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Website:https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/whitchurchalportfc
Current:2019–20 North West Counties Football League#Premier league

Whitchurch Alport Football Club is an English football club based in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The club participates in the .

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. In 1948 they were briefly elected as members of the Birmingham League, before becoming founder members of the Mid-Cheshire League.

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.

They were admitted to the North West Counties Football League Division One from the Mercian Regional Football League in 2015.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Honours

See also

Notes and References

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