Alstonville Football Club are an Australian

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club from

Alstonville, New South Wales Alstonville is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, part of the region known as the Northern Rivers. Alstonville is on the Bruxner Highway between the town of Ballina (13 km to the east) and city of Lismore (19 km to the w ...

, Australia. The club was founded in 1972 as Alstonville Junior Soccer Club. The club plays at Crawford Park in Alstonville and wear Red and Black Striped Shirts and are nicknamed 'Villa.' The club competes in the Football Far North Coast Premier League.

FFNC Premier League

Alstonville FC have been playing in the

Football Far North Coast Football Far North Coast (FFNC) is the governing body controlling Association Football on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The name of the organization was changed in late 2005 from Soccer Far North Coast in line with the na ...

Premier League since 1972. However, have only made the end of year finals series once in the 2014 season where they finished fifth. The club were knocked out in the first week of the finals where they lost to fourth-placed Lismore Thistles 1–0. In 2015, the club finished in a secure seventh place. In the 2016 FFNC Premier League season, Alstonville finished in eighth place. In the COVID-19 shortened 2020 FFNC Premier League season, Alstonville, under the coaching of Dave Gambley came 3rd, their highest ever finish in the FFNC Premier League.

FFA Cup

The club has entered into the FFA Cup on two occasions. The club's first attempt in 2015 was their most successful advancing to the Fifth Round of the Northern New South Wales Qualifying after wins against fellow FFNC member clubs Lennox Head (3–1) and Goonellabah (5–0). The club was knocked out in the fifth round after a heavy 8–4 loss against North Coast Football giants Coffs City United Lions. The club entered the Cup again in 2017 where they picked up a first round win against First Division side Ballina 4–1. They were then knocked out by Bangalow in the next round 2–1.

References

{{reflist New South Wales Premier League teams 1972 establishments in Australia Association football clubs established in 1972