Alloa Athletic

Alloa Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division.

They are nicknamed ‘The Wasps’ for their kit’s distinctive black and gold stripes. Their home ground is currently Recreation Park, also known as The Recs. The Wasps fans are famed for their chants of “ooh, ah, Alloa”.
Contents

1

History

2

Honours

3

Club Records

4 Current squad
5 External links

History

The club was formed in 1878 and was elected to the Scottish League in 1921. Alloa won the Division Two title in their first season but were immediately relegated from the top flight the following season. Promotion was achieved again in 1938-39 but the onset of the Second World War saw the new season curtailed after just 5 games. When the leagues were re-organised after the war Alloa were placed back in Division Two.

The 1950′s and 60′s were not overly successful for the Wasps although the club did provide the game with John White who went on to play for Scotland and Tottenham. Promotion was finally achieved again from the new Second Division in 1976-77 under the managership of Hugh Wilson. Relegation soon followed but the Wasps went back up 1981-82 under Alex Totten and managed an excellent 6th place finish in the First Division the following season. Unfortunately the team was relegated again a year later and a similar pattern followed after further promotions in 1984-85 and 1988-89.

Following further league reconstruction, Alloa found themselves as founder members of the new Third Division in 1995. Under Tom Hendrie, Alloa won this league in 1997-98, the club’s first championship win since 1921-22. The following season saw the team consolidate in the Second Division and also enjoy a famous 7-0 derby win over local rivals Stirling Albion. Following the departure of Tom Hendrie to St Mirren, Terry Christie took over at Alloa and led the club to the Challenge Cup in 1999 followed by promotion to the First Division a few months later. The team was relegated at the first attempt but bounced back up in 2001-02. Relegation followed once more, this time on goal difference.

Since 2003 Alloa have been playing in the Second Division. The team looked certain to drop into the Third Division when 14 points adrift in February 2006 but under new manager Allan Maitland the team went on a tremendous run which eventually saw them retain their place in the division through the play-offs.

Honours

Division II: Champions 1921/22 Runners-up 1976/77, 1981/82, 1984/85, 1988/89, 1999/00, 2001/02

Third Division: Champions 1997/98

Bell’s Challenge Cup: 1999/2000 Runners-up 2001/02

Club Records

Biggest win: 9-0 v Selkirk, Scottish Cup 1st Round, November 28, 2005

Worst defeat: 0-10 v Dundee, Scottish League B Division, March 8, 1947 (home match); 0-10 v Third Lanark, Scottish League Cup Division 2 Section A, August 8, 1953 (home match); 2-11 v Hibernian, Scottish League Cup Quarter Final 2nd leg, September 22, 1965

Highest home attendance: 15,467 v Celtic, Scottish Cup 5th Round, February 5, 1955

Most capped player: Jock Hepburn (1 for Scotland)

Most league appearances:

Most league goals:

Most league goals in a season: Willie Crilley (49 in 1921-22)

Transfer fee paid: £26,000 for Ross Hamilton from Stenhousemuir, July 2000

Transfer fee received: £100,000 for Martin Cameron from Bristol Rovers, June 2000

Current squad
No.         Position     Player
-     Scotland     GK     Allan Creer
-     Scotland     GK     Blair Hutton
-     Scotland     DF     Stuart Malcolm
-     Scotland     DF     Kieran McAnespie
-     Scotland     DF     Ross Clark
-     Scotland     DF     Michael Bolochoweckyj
-     Scotland     DF     Chris Townsley
-     Scotland     DF     John Ovenstone
-     Scotland     DF     Fraser Forrest
-     Scotland     MF     Steven McKeown

No.         Position     Player
-     Scotland     MF     John Grant
-     Scotland     MF     Robert Sloan
-     Scotland     MF     David McClune
-     Scotland     MF     Brian McColligan
-     South Africa     FW     Graeme Brown
-     England     FW     Michael Hazeldine
-     Scotland     FW     Ross Hamilton
-     Scotland     FW     Neil McCallum (on loan from St. Johnstone)
-     Spain     FW     Javier Payo (on loan from Hamilton Academical)

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