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Chairman
  
Andy Hough

Founded
  
1946

Ground
  
Whitchurch

Whitchurch Alport F.C. Whitchurch Alport FC Whitchurch Shropshire

Full name
  
Whitchurch Alport Football Club

Manager
  
Luke Goddard & Carl Everall

League
  
North West Counties League Division One

2015–16
  
North West Counties League Division One, 18th

Whitchurch Alport is an English football club based in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.

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History

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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 a local footballer called Coley Maddocks who had been killed in action in the same war. That season it joined the Shrewsbury and District League, spending two seasons in the league, winning the league 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.

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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 League Division One from the Mercian Regional Football League in 2015.

Honours

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  • Mid-Cheshire League
  • Winners 1969–70
  • Runners-up 1949–50, 1954–55, 1970–71, 1977–78
  • Shrewsbury & District League
  • Winners 1947-48
  • Welsh Amateur Cup/Welsh Intermediate Cup
  • Winners 1973–74
  • Runners-up 1958–59, 1976–77
  • Shropshire County Cup
  • Winners 1969-70, 1997–98
  • Runners-up 1995–96

    • Notable players

  • Willie Mailey, professional goalkeeper with Crewe Alexandra and Everton, joint manager here 1985-87.
  • Stuart Mason began youth playing career here (left 1964); later player with Wrexham and Crewe Alexandra and manager Bangor City.
  • Jimmy Quinn, later professional player and manager, began his club career with Whitchurch Alport playing in the season 1977-78.

    • References

    Whitchurch Alport F.C. Wikipedia
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