Altrincham F.C.
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Altrincham F.C. are a football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They will play in the Conference National for the 2006-07 season, following the demotion of Scarborough to the Conference North.
Club History
They were founder members of the Alliance Premier League (Conference) at the beginning of the 1979-80 season and were champions of the league in its first two seasons, but each time failed to gain election to the Football League.
Altrincham never made another serious push for the title and were finally relegated to the Northern Premier League in 1997. They won that division title two years later, only to go back down again after just one season. It was five years before they gained promotion, in 2005 as winners of the Conference North / Conference South playoffs beating Eastbourne Borough of Conference South in the final match.
In the 2005-06 season Altrincham finished 18th in the Conference, outside of the relegation zone. However, they were found to have fielded an ineligable player for 15 matches, during which he scored 6 goals. This led to an 18 point deduction which saw them finish in bottom place. An appeal to the FA on May 23 failed, which meant that Altrincham finished in bottom place. However, with Canvey Island resigning from the league and Scarborough suffering a total points deduction for an as yet undeclared breach of the league's rules, Altrincham remained in the Conference. [link]
Club Records
Altrincham's most expensively signed player was Keith Russell, who joined them from Blackpool in the summer of 1998 for £15,000. Their most expensively sold player was Kevin Ellison, who joined Leicester City for £50,000 in February 2001.
Altrincham's record attendance was 10,275 for a friendly against Sunderland on 28th February 1925.
Honours
Altrincham F.C's honours list includes the first two Alliance Premier League (now Conference) championships (1980 and 1981), the Bob Lord Trophy (1981), Cheshire Amateur Cup (1904), Cheshire League Championship (1966 and 1967), Cheshire League Cup Winners 1933, 1951 and 1964, Cheshire Senior Cup Winners 1905, 1934, 1967, 1982, 1999 and 2005.
They have qualified for the F.A Cup 29 times, in 1986 they progressed to the Fourth Round.
Altrincham were FA Trophy Winners in 1978 and again 1986, as well as being on the losing side in 1982.
Altrincham were also Manchester League Winners in 1905 and 1907.
Altrincham lifted the Northern Premier League Cup in 1970.
Altrincham were Northern Premier League Challenge Shield winners in 1980.
As members of the Northern League, Altrincham won the Unibond League Challenge Cup in 1998. The competition was so named because Unibond were sponsors of the Northern League at this time. They were promoted back to the Conference as Unibond Premier Division Champions in 1999.
Altrincham won the Nationwide (Conference) North Play-Offs in 2004-05
League History
Source: [Altrincham] at the Football Club History Database
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