Alcester Town Football Club is a football club based in

Alcester Alcester () is a market town and civil parish of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England, approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Redditc ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

, England. They are currently members of the and play at Stratford Road.

History

The club was established after

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under the name Alcester Old Boys, as a team for former pupils of

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Alcester Town In 1927 they joined Division One of the Stratford League and were renamed Alcester Juniors. In the 1950s the club adopted their current name. They joined the Eastern Division of the

Warwickshire Combination Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon and ...

in 1962, where they played for three seasons before transferring to Division Two of the

Worcestershire Combination The Midland Football Combination was an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprised five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions. The league was one of three official feeder le ...

in 1965. The league renamed the Midland Combination three years later. In 1971–72 the club were Division Two runners-up, but were not promoted to Division One. Division Two was renamed Division One in 1983. Alcester were relegated to Division Two at the end of the 1988–89 season. They were promoted back to Division One after finishing as runners-up in Division Two the following season, and went on to win the Division One title in 1990–91, earning promotion to the Premier Division. However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in

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, the club folded as they were unable to bring their ground up to the requirements of the league. The club was re-established in 2007, joining the Stratford Alliance. They were Division Three champions in 2008–09 and were promoted to the Premier Division by 2011. After winning the Premier Division title in 2011–12,Stratford Alliance
Football Club History Database the club rejoined the Midland Combination, entering Division Two. When the league merged with the

Midland Alliance The Midland Football Alliance was an English association football league for semi-professional teams. It covered Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and also southern parts of Derbyshire and ...

to form the

Midland League The Midland Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the former Midland Alliance and Midland Combination. The league has four divisions that sit at levels 9–12 of the football pyramid. History ...

in 2014, they were placed in Division Three. The club were Division Three champions in 2018–19, earning promotion to Division Two.

Ground

The club originally played on a pitch next to Spittle Brook, before moving to one on Bleachfield Street in an area that was known as the 'Soccer Beds'. By the 1950s they had relocated to Stratford Road.

Honours

*Midland League **Division Three champions 2018–19 *Midland Combination **Division One champions 1990–91 *Stratford Alliance **Premier Division champions 2011–12 **Division Three champions 2008–09 *Stratford League **Division One champions 1927–28

Records

*Best

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performance: First round, 1975–76

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