Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win		No home victories at present
Biggest Away Win		No away victories at present
Biggest Home Defeat		No home defeats at present
Biggest Away Defeat		No away defeats at present
Highest Drawn Game		No draws at present
Highest Aggregate Scoreline		No games played at present

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	0		0		0
Won	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Drawn	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Lost	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Scored	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conceded	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
No cup fixtures known at present

 

Home Attendance Summary
No home matches played at present

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	3 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	14 games
Score Draw	0 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	2 games
Clean Sheet	3 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	0	0%	0	0%
One	0	0%	0	0%
Two	0	0%	0	0%
Three	0	0%	0	0%
Four	0	0%	0	0%
Five or more	0	0%	0	0%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	0	%	0	%	0	%
16-30	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
31-45	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
46-60	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
61-75	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
76-90	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
90-105	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
105-120	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%

 

History

Formed in 1946, WAFC took its name from the nearby Alport Farm which was the home of local footballer, Coley Maddox, who lost his life during WWII.

Alport started out in the Shrewsbury& District League, winning the title two years after their formation. The club spent a year in the Birmingham League before becoming one of the founder members of the Mid Cheshire League in 1948.

Alport went on to enjoy some success in the 50’s and 60’s, reaching numerous Cup finals – one of which saw the club contest the Welsh Amateur Cup Final against Chirk AAA in front of 5,000 spectators at Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground.

Arguably their finest hour though, came in the 1969-70 campaign when Whitchurch became the first side to take the League Championship outside of Cheshire. They also won the Shropshire County Cup but in pursuit of the treble, Kidsgrove Athletic denied them of unrivalled success with Whitchurch beaten 4-2 in the League Cup Final.

Still, it didn’t stop the town’s Council from honouring the club with a Civic reception acknowledging the team’s outstanding achievements.

Whitchurch Alport has always had strong links with Crewe Alexandra with a number of players having worn the red jerseys of both clubs. Peter Gowans, Billy McGinley, Willy Mailey, Richard Wainwright, Kevin Rafferty and Nick Longley are all fine examples of the association between Alport and the Alex.

Local lad Stuart Mason played professionally for Wrexham, Liverpool, Crewe and Chester, while former Northern Ireland striker Jimmy Quinn began his playing career at Yockings Park.

The Reds have always been blessed with a hard working committee but perhaps the most revered of them all was Bernard Painter who served Alport well in several different guises, before he passed away in the mid 90’s.

Bernard was instrumental in the club’s formation so it’s only right that he’s still remembered with fondness up Black Park Road. Season 1973/74 saw the club achieve its highest honour to date by defeating Cardiff College 2-1 to become the first English side ever to win the Welsh Amateur Cup under the stewardship of the late Eddie Morris.

But a decade later and Alport were in decline. A disastrous decision to field only local players resulted in back-to-back bottom place finishes with barely a handful of wins across two successive campaigns. The committee approached Pete Wainwright – then manager of Kidsgrove Athletic – to try and persuade him to come to Yockings, and he set about abolishing the local-player-only policy.

With his assistant Willy Mailey (ex-Everton and Crewe Alex goalkeeper), they set about transforming the club’s fortunes and Pete is still a regular visitor to the ground where he has served as player, manager, groundsman, secretary and Chairman, before having the title of Club President bestowed upon him.

In 2009, Alport won the Shropshire County Cup at Shrewsbury Town’s stadium with a 1-0 win over Wellington Amateurs. But just four years later, the Reds resigned from the Cheshire League just a few short weeks before the campaign began, and there was a question mark against the club’s future.

They survived – just - and took the decision to play in the Mercian Premier Division, but it was far from plain sailing from there.

After a couple of seasons in the Mercian, there was an even bigger decision to be made: Alport had seen an opportunity to apply for North West Counties League status.

Originally, their application to join NWCFL was declined but an appeal was successfully heard at Wembley Stadium - with the FA’s appeals committee overturning the original decision. There was much hard work ahead to make the dreams become reality though.

The ground had to be brought up to NWCFL regulations, not to mention being able to field a team to be able to compete at Step 6. But in August 2015, Whitchurch finally stepped onto the field to compete at the highest level in their history, earning a 1-1 home draw with Rochdale Town in front of a crowd of 83, with Luke Woollam becoming the first player to score for the club as a NWCFL outfit.

Initially, the Reds began brightly, losing only five of their first 15 league games. But a harsh winter saw interest wane and many of the better players decided they’d had enough. Alport limped over the line simply to complete their league fixtures, but a miserly 16 points from 34 league matches told its own story.

The club appointed an ambitious young manager, Luke Goddard in May 2016. He set about assembling a brand new youthful and energetic team & WAFC were beaten semi-finalists in the play-offs earning the right to compete in the FA Cup. Over 100 fans followed the club to Walsall where they lost 3-1.

Alport were promoted to the Premier Division after a thrilling end to their 2017-18 season. A play off final victory over Cammell Laird in front of a record 733 crowd at Yockings Park sent Alport to the top-flight after just three seasons as an NWCFL club. The Ethelston Cup was won for the first time in 9 years in 2018 and retained last season.

Alport finished their inaugural season in the Premier in a respectable 14th place and secured a second trophy by landing the Huddersfield Cup, with a penalty shoot-out victory over Market Drayton.