 ALLOA ATHLETIC
("The Wasps", "The Hornets") | Year formed | 1878 | | Previous names | Clackmannan County: 1878 - 1879 Alloa AFC: 1879 - 1893 Alloa Athletic: 1883 to date | Ground | Recreation Park, Clackmannan Road, Alloa FK10 1RX (for pictures of the ground click here) | | Pitch measurements | 110 x 75 yards (100 x 68 metres) | | Ground capacity | 3,100 | | Record attendance at present ground | 13,000 v Dunfermline Athletic, Scottish Cup 3rd round replay, 22nd February 1939 (won 3-2) | | League career | Scottish Midland League: 1891 - 1897 Scottish Central League: 1897 - 1898 Scottish Central Combination: 1898 - 1903 Scottish Combination: 1903 - 1906 Scottish Union: 1906 - 1909 Scottish Central League: 1909 - 1921 Scottish Division Two: 1921 - 1922 Scottish Division One: 1922 - 1923 Scottish Division Two / Division 'B' / Division Two: 1923 - 1975 Scottish Division Two: 1975 - 1977 Scottish Division One: 1977 - 1978 Scottish Division Two: 1978 - 1982 Scottish Division One: 1982 - 1984 Scottish Division Two: 1984 - 1985 Scottish Division One: 1985 - 1986 Scottish Division Two: 1986 - 1989 Scottish Division One: 1989 - 1990 Scottish Division Two: 1990 - 1994 Scottish Division Three: 1994 - 1998 Scottish Division Two: 1998 - 2000 Scottish Division One: 2000 - 2001 Scottish Division Two: 2001 - 2002 Scottish Division One: 2002 - 2003 Scottish Division Two: 2003 - 2011 Scottish Division Three: 2011 - 2012 Scottish Division Two: 2012 - 2013 Scottish Championship: 2013 - 2016 Scottish League One: 2016 - 2018 Scottish Championship: 2018 - 2021 Scottish League One: 2021 - . | | First Scottish League game | 20th August 1921 v Stenhousemuir, Scottish Division Two, won 1-0 | | | | | Honours | | | European | None | | Domestic - League | Scottish Division Two champions: 1921-22 Scottish Division Two runners-up: 1938-39 Scottish Division Two runners-up: 1976-77, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1988-89, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2009-10, 2012-13 Scottish Division Three champions: 1997-98, 2011-12 Scottish League One runners-up: 2016-17 Scottish Central League champions: 1912-13 Scottish Central League runners-up: 1909-10, 1911-12 Scottish Union champions: 1906-07 Scottish Midland League runners-up: 1891-92, 1892-93 | | Domestic - Cup | Scottish Challenge Cup winners: 1999-2000 Scottish Challenge Cup runners-up: 2001-02, 2014-15 Scottish Consolation Cup winners: 1907-08 Penman Cup winners: 1920-21, 1925-26 Penman Cup runners-up: 1905-06, 1908-09 Dewar Shield runners-up: 1904-05, 1906-07, 1908-09 Fife Cup winners: 1885-86, 1895-96, 1897-98 Fife Cup runners-up: 1883-84 Stirlingshire Cup winners: 1904-05, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1912-13, 1920-21, 1924-25, 1933-34, 1946-47, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1981-82, 1996-97 Stirlingshire Cup runners-up: 1905-06, 1906-07, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1983-84, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2000-01 | | Best League position | 6th, Scottish Division One, 1982-83 | | Lowest League position | 19th, Scottish Division Two, 1929-30 9th, Scottish Division Three, 1995-96 | | Furthest in Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals, 1938-39, 1960-61, 1988-89 | | Furthest in League Cup | Quarter-finals, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1965-66, 2016-17, 2020-21 | | | | | Most League points | | | 2 for a win | 60, Scottish Division Two, 1921-22 | | 3 for a win | 77, Scottish Division Three, 2011-12 | | Fewest League points | | | 2 for a win | 13, Scottish Division 'B', 1949-50 | | 3 for a win | 21, Scottish Championship, 2015-16 | | Most League goals scored | 92, Scottish Division Two, 1961-62 | | Most League goals conceded | 106, Scottish Division Two, 1937-38 | | Fewest League goals scored | 22, Scottish Championship, 2015-16 | | Fewest League goals conceded | 28, Scottish Division Two, 1975-76 | | Most wins in a League season | 26, Scottish Division Two, 1921-22 | | Fewest wins in a League season | 4, Scottish Championship, 2015-16 | | Most draws in a League season | 17, Scottish Division Two, 1993-94 | | Fewest draws in a League season | 3, Scottish Division 'B', 1948-49, 1949-50 | | Most losses in a League season | 23, Scottish Division Two / Division One / Championship, 1929-30, 1971-72, 2015-16 | | Fewest losses in a League season | 4, Scottish Division Two, 1921-22 | | Record win | 9-0 v Selkirk, Scottish Cup, 28th November 2005 | | Record defeat | 2-11 v Hibernian, Scottish League Cup quarter-final 2nd leg, 26th September 1965 | | | | | Highest number of League goals scored | | | in a season | 49, Willie "Wee" Crilley, 1921-22 | | in total | 91, Willie Irvine, 1996-2001 | | | | | Most League appearances | | Most capped player | 1, Jock Hepburn for Scotland, 1891 | | Highest transfer fee received | £100,000 for Martin Cameron to Bristol Rovers, June 2000 | | Highest transfer fee paid | £26,000 for Ross Hamilton from Stenhousemuir, July 2000 |
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