Whitchurch Alport F.C.
{{short description|Association football club in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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| image = WhitchurchAlport.png
| fullname = Whitchurch Alport Football Club
| nickname = Alport
| founded = {{start date and age|1946}}
| dissolved =
| ground = Yockings Park, Whitchurch
| capacity = 1200
| coordinates = {{coord|52.9724|N|2.6725|W|display=it}}
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| chairman = Andy Williams
| manager = Adam Shillcock
| league = {{English football updater|WhitchuA}}
| season = {{English football updater|WhitchuA2}}
| position = {{English football updater|WhitchuA3}}
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| website = https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/whitchurchalportfc
| current = 2019–20 North West Counties Football League#Premier league
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Whitchurch Alport Football Club is an English football club based in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The club participates in the {{English football updater|WhitchuA}}.
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,{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Peter|title=Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance|year=2013|publisher=YouCaxton|page=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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nwcfl.com/news-articles.php?id=4384|title=www.nwcfl.com – News – Whitchurch Alport Join The NWCFL|author=Ian Templeman|work=nwcfl.com|access-date=11 September 2015}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2019/09/24/whitchurch-alport-stun-shrewsbury-town-3-1-to-lift-the-shropshire-senior-cup-for-the-first-time/ |title=Whitchurch Alport stun Shrewsbury Town 3–1 to lift the Shropshire Senior Cup for the first time |author=Lewis Cox|work=Shropshire Star|access-date=25 September 2019}} 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.Whitchurch Alport Club Information Page: [https://nwcfl.com/clubpage.php?id=790 NWCFL | Whitchurch Alport Club Information Page], accessdate: February 2, 2020 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.Whitchurch, Shropshire: [https://whitchurch.info/listing/whitchurch-alport-fc/ Whitchurch Alport FC – Whitchurch, Shropshire], accessdate: February 2, 2020
Records
Honours
- Mid-Cheshire League
- Winners 1969–70{{fchd|id=WHITCHUA|name=Whitchurch Alport}}
- Runners-up 1949–50, 1954–55, 1970–71, 1977–78
- Shrewsbury & District League
- Winners 1947–48
- Welsh Amateur Cup/Welsh Intermediate Cup{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/walamatcuphist.html |title=Wales – List of Welsh Amateur Cup Finals |date=21 January 2016 |website=RSSSF |access-date=4 January 2017}}
- Winners 1973–74
- Runners-up 1958–59, 1976–77
- Shropshire County Cup{{cite web |url=http://fchd.info/cups/shropshiresummary.htm |title=Shropshire County Cups Summary |publisher=Football Club History Database |access-date=4 January 2017}}
- Winners 1969–70,{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/sandbachunited/docs/08_sandbach_united_v_whitchurch_alp |title=Sandbach United v Whitchurch Alport by Sandbach United |publisher=issuu |access-date=4 January 2017 |date=11 October 2016}} 1997–98, 2008–09, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Runners-up 1995–96
- Shropshire County FA Huddersfield Cup
- Winners 2018–19{{cite news |url=https://www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/17618941.whitchurch-alport-beat-market-drayton-to-win-huddersfield-cup/ |work=Whitchurch Herald |title=Whitchurch Alport beat Market Drayton to win Huddersfield Cup |date=4 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019}}
- Shropshire Senior Cup
- Winners 2019
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/whitchurchalportfc}}
{{Midland League}}
Category:Football clubs in England
Category:North West Counties Football League clubs
Category:Whitchurch, Shropshire
Category:Football clubs in Shropshire
Category:Association football clubs established in 1946