Alresford Town Football Club is a football club based in

New Alresford New Alresford or simply Alresford ( or ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. It is northeast of Winchester and southwest of the town of Alton, Hampshire, Alt ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, England. Affiliated to the

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, they are currently members of the and play at Alrebury Park.

History

The original Alresford Town was established in 1898 and were members of the Winchester & District League. The modern club was established in 1989 and joined the North Hants League.Your Opposition Focus
Romsey Town programme, 25 February 2012 After finishing as runners-up in their first season, they moved up to Division Two of the

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. The club were Division Two runners-up in 1990–91, securing a second successive promotion to Division One. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of Division One in 1994–95, they were relegated back to Division Two. At the end of the following season the club left to rejoin the North Hants League. Alresford were North Hants League champions in 1999–2000 and returned to Division Two of the Hampshire League. After finishing second in Division Two in 2001–02 they were promoted to Division One. In 2004 the Hampshire League merged into the

Wessex League The Wessex Football League is an English association football league formed in 1986, with its premier division currently at the fifth step of the National League System, or the ninth tier of the overall English football league system. The part ...

, with the club becoming members of the new Division Two. The division was renamed Division One in 2006 and Alresford were runners-up in 2006–07, earning promotion to the Premier Division. After five seasons in the lower-mid table, the club were Premier Division runners-up in

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, a season that saw them win the

(beating AFC Bournemouth in the final), the Wessex League Cup and the North Hants Senior Cup.Alresford Town
Wessex League They were Premier Division runners-up again the following season, also retaining the League Cup and the North Hants Senior Cup, as well as winning the Aldershot Senior Cup. In 2018–19 Alresford won the Southampton Senior Cup, beating AFC Stoneham 3–0 in the final. The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the

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with Alresford top of the Premier Division.

Season-by-season record

Honours

*Wessex League **League Cup winners 2012–13, 2013–14 *North Hants League **Champions 1999–2000 *Hampshire Senior Cup ** Winners 2012–13 *North Hants Senior Cup **Winners 2012–13, 2013–14 *Aldershot Senior Cup **Winners 2013–14 *Southampton Senior Cup **Winners 2018–19

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

performance: Second qualifying round, 2016–17 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: Fourth round, 2013–14 *Record attendance: 194 vs Blackfield & Langley, Wessex League Premier Division, 2 May 2013Alresford Town 2 Blackfield & Langley 4
Daily Echo, 2 May 2013

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