North Street, home of Alfreton Town F.C. since the club's formation in 1959

Alfreton Town Football Club is an English semi-professional association football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. As of the 2023–24 season they compete in the Conference North, the sixth tier of English football.[1] The present club was formed in 1959 through the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfreton United,[2] though a previous incarnation of the team played for two seasons in the Midland Football League and entered the FA Cup five times between 1924 and 1929.[3][4]

After the clubs re-formation they spent two seasons in Division One North of the Central Alliance before being readmitted to the Midland League.[2] In 21 seasons Alfreton won the title three times and finished as runners-up on a further three occasions. The league merged with the Yorkshire Football League to form the Northern Counties East Football League in 1982 and it was after five seasons that Alfreton won their first ever promotion, having finished as champions in 1986–87.[3][5]

In 1996 the side won promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division but struggled, lasting only two seasons before suffering back-to-back relegations. After three seasons back in the Northern Counties East League they achieved consecutive promotions, returning to the Northern Premier League Premier Division where they finished fourth, then the club's highest ever league finish. Founding members of the Conference North in 2004, several years of consolidation were followed by consecutive third place finishes and then the league title in 2010–11.[2] Promotion to the Conference Premier saw the team competing in a national league competition for the first time.

Alfreton first entered the FA Cup in the 1924–25 season and have progressed to the second round proper on two occasions, in 2008–09 and 2012–13. They played in the inaugural edition of the FA Trophy and have appeared in every competition since, barring three seasons in the FA Vase after dropping to Step 5 of the National League System. Since the club's re-formation Alfreton have also taken part in the every staging of the Derbyshire Senior Cup, winning ten times and finishing as runners-up on a further eight occasions.[6]

Key

Seasons

Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[7]
attendance 		FA Cup[8] FA Trophy Derbyshire
Cup[9]
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec
1921–22 Central Alliance 34 13 2 19 68 78 -10 28 13th of 18 — — — — — —
1922–23 32 21 4 7 96 40 +56 46 2nd of 17 — — — — — —
1923–24 26 18 5 3 95 31 +64 41 1st of 14 — — — — — —
1924–25 20 11 4 5 53 26 +27 26 4th of 11 — — — QR6 — — —
1925–26 Midland League 40 17 7 16 99 102 -3 41 9th of 21 — — — QR1 — — —
1926–27 38 8 5 25 59 143 -84 21 18th of 20 — — — QR3 — — —
1927–28 — QR1 — — —
1928–29 — PR — — —
The club was re-formed through the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfreton United in 1959.
1959–60 Central Alliance
One North 		34 24 3 7 118 52 +66 51 4th of 18 — — — — — SF
1960–61 34 18 3 13 94 60 +34 39 10th of 18 — — — QR2 1-0-1 — W[a] Jim Bullions
Club was admitted into the newly re-formed Midland Football League.[2]
1961–62 Midland Football League 34 6 4 24 48 100 -52 16 18th of 18 — — — QR2 1-0-1 — R3 Jim Bullions
1962–63 38 18 14 6 83 50 +33 50 5th of 20 — — — QR2 1-0-1 — F[b]
1963–64 42 22 10 10 88 56 +32 54 4th of 22 — — — QR1 0-0-1 — SF
1964–65 42 21 8 13 91 67 +24 50 7th of 22 — — — QR1 0-1-1 — F[c]
1965–66 42 19 7 16 100 87 +13 45 10th of 22 — — — QR1 0-0-1 — R3
1966–67 42 20 7 15 77 74 +3 47 8th of 22 — — — QR1 0-0-1 — R3
1967–68 40 18 6 16 84 71 +13 42 10th of 21 — — — QR1 0-0-1 — SF
1968–69 34 13 13 8 62 46 +16 39 7th of 18 — — — QR1 0-0-1 — R3
1969–70 34 30 3 1 119 19 +100 63 1st of 18 — — — R1 4-4-1 QR1 0-1-1 W[d]
1970–71 34 18 6 10 83 39 +44 42 5th of 18 — — — QR2 1-0-1 QR3 2-0-1 SF
1971–72 34 22 5 7 85 39 +46 49 2nd of 18 — — — QR3 2-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 SF
1972–73 34 17 10 7 80 44 +36 44 4th of 18 — — — QR4 3-1-1 QR3 2-0-1 W[e]
1973–74 32 22 5 5 77 37 +40 49 1st of 18 — — — R1 4-2-1 QR3 2-0-0 W[f]
1974–75 34 22 6 6 80 40 +40 50 3rd of 18 — — — QR1 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 R2
1975–76 Midland Football League
Premier Division 		34 19 6 9 76 41 +35 44 4th of 18 — — — QR3 2-2-1 QR2 2-3-1 R2
1976–77 34 24 5 5 79 33 +46 53 1st of 18 — — — QR2 1-0-1 PR 0-0-1 SF
1977–78 32 20 2 10 52 37 +15 42 4th of 17 — — — QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 F[g]
1978–79 36 6 13 17 39 61 -22 25 17th of 19 — — — PR 0-0-1 PR 0-0-1 R1
1979–80 34 11 13 10 45 46 -1 35 10th of 18 — — — QR3 3-1-1 QR1 1-1-1 F[h]
1980–81 34 16 10 8 73 40 +33 42 2nd of 18 — — — QR3 2-0-1 QR1 1-1-1 SF
1981–82 34 20 7 7 64 24 +40 47 2nd of 18 — — — QR2 2-0-1 QR2 2-1-1 W[i]
Midland League megred with Yorkshire Football League and formed new Northern Counties East Football League, club qualified to join the top division.
1982–83 Northern Counties East League
Premier Division 		8 38 16 3 19 47 55 -8 35 13th of 20 — — — QR1 0-0-1 PR 0-0-1 SF
1983–84 34 18 6 10 56 32 +24 42 4th of 18 — — — PR 0-0-1 QR3 3-1-1 SF
1984–85 36 20 6 10 69 39 +30 66 4th of 19 — — — QR3 3-2-1 QR3 1-3-2 F[j]
1985–86 38 21 2 15 66 47 +19 65 6th of 20 — — — QR3 2-0-1 QR3 2-1-1 R2
1986–87 36 25 6 5 74 29 +45 81 1st of 19
Promoted 		— — — QR1 0-1-1 R1 3-0-1 SF
1987–88 Northern Premier League
Division One 		7 36 13 8 15 53 54 -1 47 11th of 19 — — — QR3 3-1-1 QR3 2-1-1 F[k]
1988–89 42 8 11 23 44 92 -48 35 20th of 22 — — — PR 0-0-1 QR1 0-1-1 R3
1989–90 42 13 8 21 59 85 -26 47 18th of 22 — — — QR2 2-0-1 QR3 2-1-1 R1
1990–91 42 7 12 23 41 84 -43 33 22nd of 22 — — — PR 0-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 R1
1991–92 42 12 2 28 63 98 -35 38 20th of 22 — — — QR2 2-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 R3
1992–93 40 15 9 16 80 80 0 54 9th of 21 — — — QR1 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 F[l]
1993–94 40 18 10 12 83 70 +13 64 6th of 21 — — — QR1 1-0-1 R1 2-0-1 SF
1994–95 42 25 7 10 94 49 +45 82 4th of 22 — — — QR1 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 W[m]
1995–96 40 23 9 8 79 47 +32 78 2nd of 21
Promoted 		— — — PR 0-0-1 QR2 1-1-1 R4
1996–97 Northern Premier League
Premier Division 		6 44 8 13 23 45 83 -38 37 21st of 23 — — — QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-1-1 R3
1997–98 42 3 13 26 32 86 -54 22 22nd of 22
Relegated 		— — — QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 R4
1998–99 Northern Premier League
Division One 		7 42 9 8 25 53 86 -33 35 22nd of 22
Relegated 		— — — QR1 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1 R4
1999–2000 Northern Counties East League
Premier Division 		8 38 17 11 10 73 49 +24 62 5th of 20 — — — PR 0-0-1 FA Vase[n]
R5		 0-0-1 SF
2000–01 38 23 4 11 71 44 +27 73 3rd of 20 Caine Cheetham 24[10] — QR2 2-1-1
R2		 0-0-1 SF
2001–02 38 27 5 6 94 36 +58 86 1st of 20
Promoted 		Mick Godber 20[11] — QR2 1-0-1
R2		 0-0-1 W[o] Chris Wilder
2002–03 Northern Premier League
Division One 		7 42 26 9 7 106 59 +47 87 1st of 22
Promoted 		Mick Godber 24[12] 388 QR1 1-0-1 R4 4-1-1 W[p] David Lloyd
2003–04 Northern Premier League
Premier Division 		6 44 23 9 12 73 43 +30 78 4th of 23 Mick Godber 18[13] 402 QR2 0-0-1 R3 2-2-1 R5
Conference North, a new sixth tier league created, club qualified to join it.
2004–05 Conference North 6 42 15 8 19 53 55 -2 53 14th of 22 Peter Duffield 21[14] 398 R1 3-2-1 R4 3-1-1 SF David Lloyd
2005–06 42 10 15 17 46 58 -12 45 17th of 22 Jon Stevenson 11[15] 334 QR4 2-2-0 R1 1-1-1 SF Gary Mills
2006–07 42 14 12 16 44 50 -6 54 14th of 22 — — 295 QR2 0-1-1 QR3 0-0-1 R3 Gary Mills
Marcus Ebdon
2007–08 42 12 11 19 49 54 -5 47 16th of 22 Brian Cusworth 9[16] 363 QR2 0-1-1 R2 2-1-1 F[q] Nicky Law
2008–09 42 20 17 5 81 48 +33 77 3rd of 22 Liam Hearn 21[17] 439 R2 4-1-1 R1 1-0-1 R4
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2009–10 40 21 11 8 77 45 +32 74 3rd of 21 Paul Clayton
Liam Hearn		 16[18] 493 QR3 1-1-1 QR3 0-1-1 R3
Lost in the play-off final.
2010–11 40 29 5 6 97 33 +64 92 1st of 21
Promoted 		Liam Hearn 29[19] 760 QR2 0-1-1 R3 3-2-1 R4
2011–12 Conference Premier 5 46 15 9 22 62 86 -24 54 15th of 24 Nathan Jarman 12[20] 1,063 R1 1-1-1 R3 2-0-1 R3
2012–13 46 16 12 18 69 74 -5 60 13th of 24 Paul Clayton 17[21] 747 R2 2-0-1 R1 0-0-1 SF
2013–14 46 21 7 18 69 74 -5 67[r] 11th of 24 John Akinde 17[23] 805 R1 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R3
2014–15 46 12 9 25 49 90 -41 45 21st of 24
Relegated 		Karl Hawley 10 804 QR4 0-1-1 R2 1-0-1 QF
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16 National League North 6 42 15 13 14 58 54 +4 58 10th of 22 Sam Jones 13 583 QR4 2-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 W Nicky Law
2016–17 42 11 9 22 62 95 -33 42 18th of 22 Craig Westcarr 13 547 R1 3-2-1 R2 2-1-1 SF
2017–18 42 14 7 21 67 71 -4 49 17th of 22 Brendon Daniels 13 577 QR3 1-1-1 QR3 0-0-1 F John McDermott
Chris Moyses
2018–19 42 13 12 17 53 67 -14 51 15th of 22 Reece Styche 11 535 R1 3-1-1 QR3 0-1-1 W Billy Heath
2019–20 32 12 4 16 48 55 -7 40 13th of 22 Amari Morgan-Smith 15 497 QR2 0-1-1 QR3 0-1-1 QF
The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game
2020–21 15 2 6 7 15 27 -15 12 21st of 22 Elliott Reeves 5 – [s] QR3 1-0-0 R3 0-0-1 not held
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 42 17 10 15 58 59 -1 61 9th of 22 Matt Rhead 12 536 QR2 2-1-0 R4 2-0-1 not held
2022–23 46 17 18 11 54 44 +10 69 5th of 24 Matt Rhead 13 521 QR2 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1
Lost in the play-off quarter-final.

Notes

  1. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 2–1 win over Matlock Town.
  2. ^ Lost 2–1 in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Ilkeston Town.
  3. ^ Lost 1–0 in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final by Long Eaton United.
  4. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 4–2 aggregate win over Gresley Rovers.
  5. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 4–1 aggregate win over Buxton.
  6. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 1–0 aggregate win over Matlock Town.
  7. ^ Lost 2–1 on aggregate in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Matlock Town.
  8. ^ Lost 2–1 on aggregate in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Belper Town.
  9. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 3–0 aggregate win over Matlock Town.
  10. ^ Lost 3–1 on aggregate in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Matlock Town.
  11. ^ Lost on penalties in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Matlock Town. The tie had initially finished 1–1 after two legs.
  12. ^ Lost 6–5 on penalties in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Ilkeston Town. The tie had initially finished 1–1 after two legs.
  13. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with an 8–1 aggregate victory over Ilkeston Town.
  14. ^ With Alfreton's relegation to the Northern Counties East League they dropped to Level 9 of the English football league system thus becoming ineligible to take part in the FA Trophy. They instead competed in the FA Vase, for clubs between Levels 9–11
  15. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 5–4 aggregate victory over Gresley Rovers.
  16. ^ Won the Derbyshire Senior Cup with a 7–1 aggregate victory over Mickleover Sports.
  17. ^ Lost 4–3 on aggregate in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final to Belper Town.
  18. ^ Alfreton were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Kidderminster Harriers in December.[22]
  19. ^ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

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  5. ^ "England – Northern Counties (East) League". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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  7. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  8. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. ^ "All time – playing records". Alfreton Town F.C. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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  21. ^ "2012–13 final appearances and goalscorers". Alfreton Town F.C. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  22. ^ "Alfreton found guilty of fielding ineligible player". The Football Conference. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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