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Altrincham Football Club is a football club in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, which plays in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. The club is notable for its FA Cup history, having advancing further in the competition than any other semi-professional team. ==History== Playing in the Cheshire County League for most of their early history, Altrincham achieved little success until the 1960s, when Altrincham director Noel White hired Freddie Pye as manager. A key turning point in the history of the club is often cited as the signing of Jackie Swindells in 1965, who in his first full season (1965–66) scored a phenomenal 82 goals in 63 games for the club helping Altrincham to the first of two back-to-back Cheshire League titles. The 1968–69 season saw Altrincham join The Northern Premier League (NPL) as founder members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lusaweb.co.uk/league1946+.htm )〕 After 11 seasons in the NPL, Altrincham joined the Alliance Premier League (now the Football Conference) as founder members at the beginning of the 1979–80 season, going on to win the league in its first two seasons.〔 Despite their success Altrincham failed to gain election to the Football League on both occasions due to the voting system in place at the time. In 1980, Altrincham fell short of election to the Football League by the narrowest of margins.〔()〕 It wasn't until 1987 that automatic promotion was awarded to the league; since then Altrincham have only challenged for promotion in the 1990–91 season, eventually finishing 3rd behind Barnet and Colchester United, despite having promotion in their hands with three games left.〔()〕 Much of Altrincham's success in that season was credited to the goal-scoring prowess of Ken McKenna who scored 22 goals in the league, picking up the player of the season award in the progress.〔()〕 Altrincham never regained their success of the 1970s and 1980s and in 1997 they were relegated from the top flight of non-league football to the Northern Premier League for the first time in their history. They won the NPL title two years later, only to go back down again after just one season in the Conference.〔 It was five years before they gained promotion again, in 2005 as winners of the Conference North/Conference South playoffs beating Eastbourne Borough of Conference South at The Britannia Stadium in the final match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.footballconference.co.uk/history.php )〕 Altrincham were uniquely reprieved from relegation for three successive seasons (2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08) as a result of other clubs' issues. In the 2005–06 season, Altrincham finished 18th in the Conference, outside of the relegation zone. However, they were found to have fielded an ineligible player, James Robinson, for 15 matches, during which he scored six goals and Altrincham won 18 points. This led to an 18-point deduction. An appeal to the FA on 23 May failed, which meant that Altrincham finished in bottom place. However, with Canvey Island resigning from the league and Scarborough losing their entire points total for breach of the league's rules on club ownership, Altrincham remained in the Conference. The 2006–07 season saw Altrincham "relegated" on the final day of the season, after a 0–0 draw with Aldershot Town, although they were later reprieved when Boston United (relegated from Football League Two) were refused permission to play in the Conference National and ordered to play in the Conference North instead, as a result of financial problems. In 2007–08, they finished in the Conference relegation zone for the third successive season but were yet again reprieved from relegation when Halifax Town were forced into liquidation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/revu0708.htm )〕 The 2008–09 season proved to be a much better campaign for Altrincham, with the club spending much of the season in mid-table, and they eventually achieved safety from relegation with two games to spare. Altrincham did even better in 2009–10, challenging for a play-off spot early in the campaign and finishing in a relatively safe 14th place.〔 In 2009, Ricky Ponting, captain of the Australian Cricket team, became a major shareholder of the club after striking up a friendship with club Chairman Geoff Goodwin, whose Eccles-based coach company Go Goodwins have the ECB contract to drive the Australia team coach.〔("pontings pommy soccer secret" )〕 However, the club had a poor start to the 2010–11 season, earning only one point from their first eight games, which resulted in the sacking of long-time manager Graham Heathcoate in September. Ken McKenna replaced Heathcoate and the team's form gradually improved as the season went on, but their awful start cost them in the end and they were relegated in 22nd place on the final day of the season.〔 Ironically, had they finished one place higher they would have earned a fourth reprieve from relegation due to Rushden & Diamonds being expelled from the Conference because of financial problems, but this time it was to be Southport who were reprieved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1016-July-2011/7387-regular-reprieves-from-relegation-in-the-conference )〕 After Altrincham's relegation McKenna left the club. Former Farsley Celtic and Port Vale manager Lee Sinnott became the club's new manager for the Conference North Campaign, with former Hyde manager Neil Tolson as his assistant. In their first season under Sinnott, Altrincham finished 8th〔 and the season after, they narrowly missed out on promotion, losing to Brackley in the play-off semi-finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/resu12.htm )〕 The 2013–14 season in the Conference North saw Altrincham finish in 4th place. In a dramatic finish to their play-off final against Guiseley, Altrincham substitute Greg Wilkinson came on in the last minute of extra-time and scored with his first touch for a 2–1 win. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Altrincham F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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