{"id":20467,"date":"2022-01-25T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/?p=20467"},"modified":"2022-01-25T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T16:23:21","slug":"alloa-athletic-the-pride-of-clackmannanshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/alloa-athletic-the-pride-of-clackmannanshire\/team-pages\/scottish-football-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Alloa Athletic The Pride of Clackmannanshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alloa Athletic FC is currently the only Scottish League side playing in Clackmannanshire, and they can trace their origins all the way back to 1878 beginning life as Clackmannan County. They traditionally play in a strip with black hoops with either orange or gold stripe hence their nickname &#8220;The Wasps&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>They have been comparatively successful given Alloa is a relatively small town and they have played at the highest level and have reached the quarter-final stages on the main cup competitions on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>They joined the Scottish League in 1921 and took it by storm &#8211; winning the Second Division title by 13 points. However, their stay in the top flight was short-lived and they finished bottom of Division One the following season. They once again tasted the heady heights of Division One when they were promoted in 1938-39. Sadly Germany&#8217;s European tour also known as WWII put an end to the 1930-40 season after 5 games. Their 17th place that season remains their highest league finish.<\/p>\n<p>When football resumed in 1946-47 they were placed in Division B where they finished a credible 5th. Since then Alloa has been a bit of a YoYo team bouncing between the lower divisions but has never looked like regaining top tier status.<\/p>\n<p>They have had plenty of minor cup wins including 14 Stirlingshire Cups and they lifted the Scottish Challenge Cup in 1999 beating Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5-4 on penalties in one of the best finals in the competition (4-4 after extra time).<\/p>\n<p>Their most recent Cup success was reaching the final in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/01\/2015-Cup-Final-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Scottish Challenge Cup Final\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/01\/2015-Cup-Final-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/01\/2015-Cup-Final-88x128.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/01\/2015-Cup-Final-22x32.jpg 22w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/01\/2015-Cup-Final.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you fancy taking in a game get down to the Recreation Ground (Indodrill Stadium) and providing its not a big cup game you should be able to pay at the gate.<\/p>\n<h3>A Little Bit of Wasps Trivia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Alloa&#8217;s only Capped Player is \u00a0<a title=\"Jock Hepburn\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jock_Hepburn\">Jock Hepburn<\/a> who won one cap for Scotland in 1891.<\/li>\n<li>Alloa made it third time lucky when winning the Central Football League in 1912\u201313 having finished runners up the two previous seasons.<\/li>\n<li>William Crilley (Wee Willie Crilley) remains the clubs leading scorer with 49 goals in their title-winning season of 1921-22. He was 5feet &#8211; 3&#8243; tall hence the nickname.<\/li>\n<li>Their first-ever Scottish Lague game was against Stenhousemuir on 20th August 1921 a 1-0 win.<\/li>\n<li>Their two biggest defeats to date are both 10-0 and both times at home!<\/li>\n<li>Alloa played in every Stirlingshire Cup Final between 1904-5 and 1912-13<\/li>\n<li>In 2014-15 Alloa beat Glasgow rangers 3-2 in the Scottish Challenge Cup Semi-Final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Brief Alloa Athletic Chronology<\/h2>\n<p>1878 Founded then Clackmannan County<\/p>\n<p>1879 Changed name to Alloa FC<\/p>\n<p>1883 Became Alloa Athletic<\/p>\n<p>1883-4 Entered Scottish Cup For The First Time (lost 5-0 to Falkirk<\/p>\n<p>1885-6 Won their first trophy &#8211; The Fife Cup<\/p>\n<p>1906-07\u00a0 the Scottish Football Union Champions<\/p>\n<p>1912-13 Central Football League Winners<\/p>\n<p>1921 Elected into the Scottish League Division Two<\/p>\n<p>1921-22 Scottish League Division Two Champions 1923 Relegated to Division One<\/p>\n<p>1938-39 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted to Division One<\/p>\n<p>1939-40 Season ended after 5 games due to WWII &#8211; 17th at the time in Division One.<\/p>\n<h3>Post-WWII<\/h3>\n<p>1946-47 Dropped to Division B for first post-World War II season<\/p>\n<p>1947-48 Two points deducted for fielding unregistered players<\/p>\n<p>1976-77 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted to Division One<\/p>\n<p>1977-78 Relegated to Division Two<\/p>\n<p>1981-82 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted<\/p>\n<p>1982-83 Finished 6th In Division One<\/p>\n<p>1983-84 Relegated to Division Two<\/p>\n<p>1984-85 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted to Division One<\/p>\n<p>1985-86 Relegated to Division Two<\/p>\n<p>1988-89 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted to Division One<\/p>\n<p>1989-90 Relegated to Division Two<\/p>\n<p>1994-95 Placed in Division Three on league re-organisation<\/p>\n<p>1997-98 Scottish League Division Three Champions<\/p>\n<p>1999-00 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted to Division One<\/p>\n<h2>21st Century<\/h2>\n<p>2001 Relegated to Division Two<\/p>\n<p>2001-02 Promoted to Division One<\/p>\n<p>2003 Relegated to Division Two<\/p>\n<p>2005-06 Escaped relegation after play-offs<\/p>\n<p>2009-10 Scottish League Division Two runner-up (lost in promotion playoff)<\/p>\n<p>2010-11 Relegated to Division Three<\/p>\n<p>2011-12 Scottish League Division Three Champions<\/p>\n<p>2012-13 Scottish League Division Two runner-up Promoted after play-offs<\/p>\n<p>2015-16 Relegated to Scottish League One<\/p>\n<p>2016-17 Scottish League One runner-up (lost in playoffs)<\/p>\n<p>2017-18 Promoted to Championship after play-offs<\/p>\n<p>2019-20 Season ended early due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>2020-21 Relegated to League Two<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Honours\" class=\"mw-headline\">Alloa Honours<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span id=\"League\" class=\"mw-headline\">League Title Wins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Scottish Division Two<\/b> \u00a0<strong>1921\u201322<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Scottish Third Division<\/b>\u00a0 <strong>1997\u201398,\u00a02011\u201312<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Central Football League:<\/b><strong>\u00a01912\u201313<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Scottish Football Union: <\/b><strong>1906\u201307<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Cup\" class=\"mw-headline\">Cup Wins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Scottish Challenge Cup <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Winners<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>1999<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2001,\u00a02015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Stirlingshire Cup <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Winners<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>1904\u201305, 1907\u201308, 1908\u201309, 1912\u201313, 1920\u201321, 1924\u201325, 1933\u201334, 1946\u201347, 1955\u201356, 1957\u201358, 1959\u201360, 1965\u201366, 1981\u201382, 1996\u201397<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Finalists<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>1905\u201306, 1906\u201307, 1909\u201310, 1910\u201311, 1911\u201312, 1921\u201322, 1923\u201324, 1935\u201336, 1936\u201337, 1947\u201348, 1949\u201350, 1954\u201355, 1956\u201357, 1960\u201361, 1968\u201369, 1983\u201384, 1993\u201394, 1997\u201398, 1999\u20132000, 2000\u201301<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Fife Cup <\/b><b>Winners <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>1885\u201386, 1895\u201396, 1897\u201398<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1883\u201384<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Records\" class=\"mw-headline\">Records<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Biggest win:<\/b>\u00a09\u20130 v\u00a0Selkirk,\u00a0Scottish Cup\u00a01st round, 28 November 2005<\/p>\n<p><b>Record Crowd:<\/b> 15,467 v Celtic, Scottish Cup 5 February 1955<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Home attendance <\/strong>13,000 v Dunfermline Athletic 26 February 1939<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highest League Finish:<\/strong> 4th Division one 1939-40<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Scottish Cup Run:<\/strong> Quarter-Finals 1938-39, 1960-61, 1988-89. Most recently lost 1-0 to Hibernian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scottish League Cup Run:<\/strong> Quarter-Finals 1948-49, 1950-51, 1965-66, 2016-17, 2020-21. Most recently lost to Hibs again this time 2-1!<\/p>\n<h2>Club Details<\/h2>\n<p>The information below will come in useful if you are planning to take in a game or just want to keep abreast of their performances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Alloa Athletic FC<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Indodrill Stadium<br \/>\nClackmannan Road,<br \/>\nAlloa<br \/>\nClackmannanshire<br \/>\nFK10 1RY<\/p>\n<p>Tel:- 01259 219596<br \/>\nE-Mail:-fcadmin@alloaathletic.co.uk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alloaathletic.co.uk\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Alloa On Social Media<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlloaAthleticFC\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alloaathleticfootballclub\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloaAthleticFC\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/alloaathleticfctv\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/alloaathleticfc\">Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So there you have it our quick guide to the club. If you want to see who else plays in the area check out our other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/football\/Guides\/team-pages\/scottish-football-teams\/\">Scottish Club Team Pages<\/a>. Or for more information on the city itself, why not have a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/travel\/alloa-the-five-minutes-spare-guide\/\">Alloa visitor guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alloa Athletic FC is currently the only Scottish League side playing in Clackmannanshire, and they can trace their origins all the way back to 1878 beginning life as Clackmannan County. They traditionally play in a strip with black hoops with either orange or gold stripe hence their nickname &#8220;The Wasps&#8221;. 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