Altrincham
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3. Altrincham


Total Matches Played 170 Won 68 Drawn 31 Lost 71 Goals 298-292

League Matches Played 114 - (Home) Won 31 Drawn 9 Lost 17 Goals 120-81 - (Away) Won 13 Drawn 9 Lost 35 Goals 91-133

Pictured is Andy Bondswell in action from August 31st 1992, when he scored the equaliser on his Albion debut, in the 1-1 draw.

First Home Encounter: November 5th 1904 Manchester League 0-1 att. n/k

First Away Encounter: December 24th 1904 Manchester League 0-1 att. n/k

Last Home Encounter: August 28th 2017 NPL Premier Division 0-2 att. 754

Last Away Encounter: January 1st 2018 NPL Premier Division 4-3 att. 1,013

Biggest Home Wins: September 25th 1928 Cheshire League Cup Rd. 2 7-1 att. n/k
April 24th 1939 Cheshire County League 7-1 att. n/k

Biggest Away Win: September 18th 1948 F.A. Cup Preliminary Round 4-0 att. 5,250

Heaviest Home Defeat: March 5th 1966 Cheshire County League 0-5 att. 2,170

Heaviest Away Defeat: January 21st 1922 Cheshire County League 2-7 att. n/k

Highest Home Attendance*: November 1st 1947 F.A. Cup 3rd Qual. Round 4-2 att. 7,023

Highest Away Attendance*: April 24th 1967 Cheshire Senior Cup Final -2 1-3 att. 7,290

Lowest Home Attendance*: October 23rd 2001 NPL League Cup Group Stage 3-0 att. 234

Lowest Away Attendance*: January 20th 2009 Cheshire Senior Cup S/F 0-4 att. 226
* nb. No regular record of attendances pre 1948

Some details from 116 matches played since 1929:

Goal Scorers (214): 9: FRANK FIDLER & HARRY McCANN. 8: Reg Dorsett.
6: Billy Challenger. 5: Eric Hyde & Jack Christopher. 4: Ernie Brain, Joe Dixon, Joe Dale & Bill Tynan.
3: Fred Eastwood, Billy Rudd, Ralph Gregory, Colin Barnes, Trevor Ogden & Mike Lutkevitch.
2: Harold Howard, Harry Tew, George Dagnall, Steven Morris, Tommy Douglas, Joe Jones, Billy Foulkes, Norman Gallimore, Des Lacey, Gordon Smith, Peter Tilley, Jack Wilkinson, Bernard Hackett, Tony Bailey, Terry Dunn, Doug Gallimore, Fred Taberner, Gerry Tyson, Paddy Daly, John White, Peter Henderson, Mark Hughes, Carl Alford, Colin Rose, Steve Senior, Tony McDonald, Carl Rendell, Peter Heler & Tom Owens.
1: Henry Collin, James Lowe, Bill Worthington, Henry O’Grady, Walter Lees, Fred Flavell, Tom Meakin, James O’Rourke, G. Wood, W. Hill, Robert Tong, Jack Whitfield, Burke, Jackie Cheetham, Norman Wright, William Smith, Charles Latham, Ralph Piercy, Wilf Berry, Jack Bowden, Henry Williams, Albert Johnson, Harry Fowler, Jim Pennington, Jeff Williams, Roly Lewis, Bill Davies, Eric Barber, Eddie Morris, Jimmy Wallwork, Brian Hallett, Archie Elsby, Gerry Duffy, Tony Lee, Bernard McGuire, Jim McLean, Jack Dobson, Ian Greenhalgh, Alan Rogers, Mike Ashton, Colin Gwinneth, Bob Harrison, Les Sutton, Ray Gryba, Lenny Dickinson, Malcolm Wagstaffe, Bobby Cunliffe, Jim McDonald, Ken Barnes, Barrie Wheatley, Brian Rimmer, Dave Carrick, Paul Fairclough, Alan Haspell, Keith Jones, John Yates, Dave Griffiths, Alan Heathcote, Brian Griffin, Phil Spencer, Paul Cross, Stewart Anderson, Gary Stewart, Andy Grimshaw, Jim McCluskie, Andy Bondswell, Steve McNeilis, Lee Coathup, Karl Thomas, Cec Edey, Brendan Burke, Paul Higginbotham, Dean Pritchard, Liam Watson, Melford Knight, Brian Pritchard, Alex Titchiner, Mark Buchan, Jay Foley & Will Jones. + Les Morton & Ricky Harris (own goals).

Individual Goal Scoring Feats: 4 Goal Hauls: JOE DIXON (22/3/1947 in 6-1 win) & FRANK FIDLER (18/9/48 in 4-0 win)
Hat-Tricks: Fred Eastwood (11/3/1933 in 4-1 home Cheshire League win) & Ernie Brain (24/4/1939 in 7-1 win).

Goalkeeping Clean Sheets (24): 4: MARK RADCLIFFE 3: Les Newton, Johnny Southern, Peter Mellor,
1: Jim Bell, George Heppell, Joe Dale, Vic Booth, Bob Park, Ged Johnson, John Bell, Brian Fitzgerald, Keith Mason, Kevin Whitehead & Matt Cooper.