ALLOA ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB - HISTORY OF CLUB
Founded: 1878
Joined FA: 1883
Admitted to League: 1921
First Club League Match 20th August 1921
Opponents: Stenhousemuir (H) 1 - 0 Victory
Played: Recreation Park, Alloa
Alloa Team: 1. Caldwell, 2. Orrock, 3. McGregor, 4. McLean, 5. Garrney, 6. Dawson, 7. Stirling, 8. Dunn, 9. Crilly, 10. Whittle,
11. Young.
Second League Game at Recreation Park, Alloa 3 September 1921
Opponents: Bathgate (H) 3-2 Victory
By end of first season in League Division 2, Alloa ended season as champions with a 13 point advantage – Played 38, Won 26, Drew 8, Lost 4, GF 81, GA 32 – Points 60.
In the Scottish Cup that same season 1921/22 Alloa was to reach the last 16, only to be narrowly beaten 1-0 by Motherwell at Fir Park, Motherwell in the next round. The quarter-finals were to lose 1-2 to Morton, the eventual cup winners, defeating Rangers 1-0 in the final. Alloa’s top goal-scorer that season was Willie Crilley with 49 goals, still a club record to date.
Previous Grounds: West End Public Park 1878-1883, Gaberston Park 1883-1890, Bellevue Park 1890-1895, Recreation Park 1895 to date.
Previous Colours: Black and orange hooped jersey and stockings, white shorts 1878-1890, black and gold striped jersey and black shorts 1895-1897, navy blue and white striped jersey and black shorts 1897-1898, black and gold hooped jersey and black shorts 1898-1974, gold shirts and black shorts 1974 to date.
Club Shirt Sponsor: First sponsored 1984/85 MacLays, Alloa, 1984/85-1986/87, Sterling 1987/88-1989/90, Sinclair Haulage 1990/91-1991/92, Campbell Homes 1992/93-1994/95, Alloa Advertiser 1995/96 – 2003/04, Machine Tool Engineers (EK)Ltd 2004/2005 – Present.
Previous Names: Clackmannan County 1878-79, Alloa Association Football Club 1897-83, Alloa Athletic FC 1883 to date.
Present Ground: Recreation Park, Alloa FK10 1RX.
Pitch Dimensions: 110 yards x 75 yards.
Telephone/Fax No: Tel: 01259 722695 Fax: 01259 210886
Website:www.alloaathletic.co.uk
Pitch Bookings: 01259 219596
Ground Capacity: 3,100 inclusive of 400 seated capacity.
Record Attendance: 13,000 v Dunfermline 22 February 1939 Scottish Cup Third round replay.
Record Attendance 5,050 v Cowdenbeath Division 2 - 2 May 1992.
In Recent Times:
Record Victory: 9-0 v Selkirk, Scottish Cup – 28 November, 2005
Record Defeat:
0-10 v Dundee, Division 2 – 8 March 1947
0-10 v Third Lanark, League Cup – 12 August 1953
2-11 v Hibernian, League Cup Second leg, quarter final – 26 September 1965.
Record Goal-Scorer: Willie (Wee) Crilley – 49 goals, 1921-22 (In one season)
Willie Irvine – 91 Goals ( 31.5.96 – 1.11.2001) Alloa career
Top Goal-Scorer
In Recent Times :
2010/2011 - Kevin McDonald 10
2009/2010 - Stuart Noble 12
2008/2009 - Andy Scott 9
2007/2008 - G.Brown / B.Ferguson 10
2006/2007 - Graeme Brown 9
2005/2006 - Jamie Stevenson 13
2004/2005 - Andy Brown 11
2003/2004 – Ross Hamilton 15
2002/2003 - Robert Sloan 8
2001/2002 – Gareth Hutchison 19
2000/2001 – Willie Irvine 12
1999/2000 – Martin Cameron 26
1998/1999 – Martin Cameron 20
1997/1998 – Willie Irvine 24
1996/1997 – Willie Irvine 19
1995/1996 - Barrie Moffat 9
1994/1995 - Barrie Moffat 14
1993/1994 - Stevie McCormick 8
1993/1994 – Willie Newbigging 8
1993/1993 - Barrie Moffat 21
1991/1992 - Mike Hendry 13
1990/1991 - John Irvine 14
1989/1990 - Peter Lamont 9
1988/1989 - Charlie Lytwyn 26
1987-1988 - Paul Rutherford 14
Best in Scottish Cup: Quarter Finals 1938/39, 1960/61, 1988/89.
Best in League Cup: Quarter Finals 1948/49, 1950/51, 1965/66.
Mosted Capped Jock Hepburn, 1 Cap (Scotland v Wales 1891).
Player:
Honours: Second Division Champions 1921/2
Second Division Runner-up 1938/39, 1976/77, 1981/82, 1984/85, 1988/89,1999/2000, 2001/2002.
Third Division Champions – 1997/1998
Central League Champions: 1912/13.
Central League
Runner-up: 1909/10, 1911/12.
Penman Cup
Champions : 1920/21, 1925/26
Finalists: 1905/06, 1908/09.
Dewar Shild
Finalists: 1904/05, 1906/07, 1908/09
Scottish Union
League Champions: 1906/07.
Fife Cup Winners: 1885/86, 1895/96, 1897/98.
Fife Cup Finalists: 1883/84.
Stirlingshire Cup 1904/05, 1907/08, 1908/09, 1912/13, 1920/21,1924/25 1933/34,
Cup Winners: 1946/47, 1955/56, 1957/58, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1981/82, 1996/97.
Stirlingshire Cup 1905/06,1906/07,1909/10, 1910/11, 1921/22, 1922/23,
Finalists: 1923/24, 1983/84, 1993/94, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/2001.
B&Q League Fair
Play Trophy Winners: 1989/90
Chivas Regal Trophy
Winners: 1989/90
Peterlee Tournament
Friendship Trophy
Winners: 1995/96
Keyline Cup Tournament
Winners: 2007/08, 2009/10, 2011/12
Bell's Scottish Football League
Challenge Cup
Winners: 1999/2000
Runners-up 2001/2002
Consolation Cup: Winners 1907/08
Edinburgh Shield Winners: 1887/88
Edinburgh Shield Finalists: 1886/87
Sauchie Badge Competition
Finalists: 1886/87
Midland League Runners Up 1892/93
Clackmannanshire Charity Cup
Winners: 1887/88, 1888/89, 1889/90, 1894/95
Finalists: 1890/91, 1892/93, 1893/94
Stirlingshire Combination League
Winners: 1897/98
Finalists: 1901/02
Dumbarton & District League
Champions: 1902/03
Central Scotland Combination League
Champions: 1902/03
Second XI Junior Charity Cup
Winners: 1894/95
Scottish Qualifying Cup
Semi-Finalists: 1903/04, 1909/10
Post War Managers
1945 – 1946 Jimmy Crapnell
1946 – Nov 1947 Tommy Lipton
Nov 1947 – May 1948 Jimmy Simpson
May 1948 – May 1949 Bobby Hogg
May 1949 – Feb 1951 Tommy Lipton
July 1951 – Aug 1952 Davie McCulloch
Sept 1952 – April 1955 Webber Lees
June 1955 – Aug 1959 Jerry Kerr
Aug 1959 – Dec 1969 Archie “Curly” McPherson
May 1969 – April 1971 Duncan McCallum
April 1971 – March 1972 Ian Crawford
May 1972 – Oct 1974 Dan McLinden
Nov 1974 – April 1980 Hugh Wilson
April 1980 – Nov 1982 Alex Totten
Dec 1982 – Jan 1984 Willie Garner
Feb 1984 – April 1986 Jim Thomson
April 1986 – Nov 1987 Dom Sullivan
Nov 1987 – Jan 1990 Gregor Abel
Feb 1990 – May 1990 Billy Little
May 1990 – May 1993 Hugh McCann
May 1993 – April 1995 Billy Lamont
April 1995 – Feb 1996 Pat McAuley
Feb 1996 – Dec 1998 Tom Hendrie
Jan 1999 – Nov 2003 Terry Christie
Nov 2003 – 3 Jan 2006 Tom Hendrie
8 Jan 2006 – 7 May 2011 Allan Maitland
18 May 2011 - Present Paul Hartley
Club Information
Address: - Recreation Park, Clackmannan Road, Alloa, FK10 1RY
Telephone:- 01259 722695
Corporate Events/Pitch Bookings : 01259 219596
Fax:- 01259 210886
Club Correspondence: Mr Ewen G.Cameron, Secretary, Alloa Athletic FC
28 Church Street, Alloa, FK10 1DH
Club Officials :-
Honorary President : George Ormiston
Directors : Mike Mulraney (Chairman)
Martin Ross (Vice Chairman)
Ewen Cameron
Pat Lawlor
David R.Murray
Robert Hopkins
Steven Lynch
Secretary: Ewen Cameron – Home : 01259 722696, Mobile:07768 006075
Management : Paul Hartley (Manager), Paddy Connolly (Assistant Manager), Gordon Marshall (Goalkeeping Coach)
Hugh McCann (Head of Youth Development )
Niam Mohammed (Physiotherapist)
Dr Clarke Mullen (Club Doctor)
Ground Staff: John Robertson (Groundsman) Lachie McKinnon (Kit Manager)
Safety Officer and Chief Steward : Robert Wilson
Administration: Robert Wilson (Youth Administrator), Carol Edgar (Pitch Bookings & Corporate Events)
PA Announcer : Gerry Watson
Wasps 2000 Club Manager : Malcolm Gordon
Club Shop : Vacant
Programme Editor & Website Administrator: John Glencross
Contributors to Programme : Jonathan Markwell, Andrew Cockburn, Brian Roach, Grant Todd
Photographers: Jim Hensby & David Glencross
Alloafc1878Supporters Club Contact :Brian Roach 07768 006075