NEWS

20 March 2024

ALTY'S "ERRATIC" ACADEMY SIDE

Ironically the York side is managed by Tim Ryan, who briefly played for Altrincham.

The hosts took the lead early in the game before Harrison Howells (right) levelled for the Robins.

But three more goals produced a 4-1 win for York.

The NLP adds that "defeat means the Robins stay winless on the road since November and boss Paul Fay rued his side switching off at key moments...

He said, 'Our keeper Louie [Fallon] had two saves to make in 90 minutes. However, spells of lack of concentration in the game gave four goals away.

Results have been erratic for this group. Today there were fourteen first- and second-years and, with a short turnaround before the reverse fixture on Fiday, it leaves limited time to correct basic errors.

'I am confident they will learn and consistency will come'".

Paul will have been pleased to see the boys draw the reverse fixture with York before securing a home win over AFC Fylde.

Since our last update, the Academy side's results in the National League U19 Alliance league and cup competitions have, indeed, been erratic with just six wins, four at home, in 16 matches.

• 18/03/24 k.o. 14:00 Altrincham 3 - 1 AFC Fylde WON
• 15/03/24 13:30 Altrincham 1 - 1 York City DREW
• 13/03/24 13:00 York City 4 - 1 Altrincham LOST
• 06/03/24 13:30 Altrincham 4 - 2 Solihull Moors WON
• 28/02/24 13:00 Chester 1 - 0 Altrincham LOST
• 26/02/24 13:30 Altrincham 2 - 8 Guiseley LOST
• 09/02/24 14:00 Altrincham 2 - 2 FC Halifax Town DREW
• 07/02/24 13:00 Chesterfield 3 - 0 Altrincham LOST
• 31/01/24 13:30 Altrincham 0 - 2 Gateshead LOST
• Cup 24/01/24 13:45 Altrincham 0 - 4 Boston United LOST
• 10/01/24 13:30 Altrincham 1 - 2 Blyth Spartans LOST
• Cup 20/12/23 13:00 Altrincham 4 - 0 Solihull Moors WON
• 06/12/23 13:30 Altrincham 1 - 2 Chester LOST
• 29/11/23 13:00 Solihull Moors 1 - 2 Altrincham WON
• 22/11/23 13:30 Altrincham 4 - 2 Farsley Celtic WON
• 15/11/23 13:30 Boston United 1 - 3 Altrincham WON

Altrincham lie fifth in the thirteen club National League U19 Alliance league but have played more games than all other clubs except one.

5 February 2024

ACADEMY SIDE UPDATE

All matches below were in the league except where stated. Alty lie sixth in the league table.

• 6/11/23 13:00 South Shields 1 - 4 Altrincham
• 15/11/23 13:30 Boston United 1 - 3 Altrincham
• 22/11/23 13:30 Altrincham 4 - 2 Farsley Celtic
• 29/11/23 13:00 Solihull Moors 1 - 2 Altrincham
• 06/12/23 13:30 Altrincham 1 - 2 Chester
• Cup 20/12/23 13:00 Altrincham 4 - 0 Solihull Moors
• 10/01/24 13:30 Altrincham 1 - 2 Blyth Spartans
• Cup 24/01/24 13:45 Altrincham 0 - 4 Boston United
• 31/01/24 13:30 Altrincham 0 - 2 Gateshead

23 October 2023

ACADEMY SIDE KNOCKED OUT

Caden Gibson reports on this clas "between the Academy sides of Altrincham and Morpeth Town...

Alty started the sharper of the two sides... However, they were unable to make their superiority count, and the game remained level...

Morpeth began to grow into the game... The pressure was too much for Alty to withstand, and they soon found themselves 1-0 behind...

Altrincham’s domination of the game proved to be ineffective as Morpeth extended their lead... After the half-time break, Morpeth saw themselves go 3-0 up...

Squad on the day: Tyler Heyes, Will Knowles, Caden Gibson, Ethan Cosgrove, Jacob Hill, Mo Suwareh, Remi Raymond, Kian Gonzalez, Henry Shaw, Ollie Dixon, Vlad Shtyhlian, Ryan Knowles, Nathan Wood, Charley Jarrald".

LEAGUE DEFEAT FOR ACADEMY

"The Altrincham Academy were looking to bounce back from back-to-back defeats against Chester and Fylde...

It was an underwhelming start from the young Robins, as they fell behind very early into the game... It quickly got worse for the hosts, as some poor defending from a corner allowed Boston to double their lead...

With some attacking substitutions, the momentum seemed to be in the young Robins’ favour...

A terrible tackle brought Edson Cata down in the box for an Altrincham penalty... but a great save was made by the Boston goalkeeper...

From this point onwards, Alty’s heads dropped... the youngsters go[ing] four down... In the last few minutes of the game, Boston jumped on an Alty mistake and scored their fifth goal of the game..

Squad on the day: Dane Byron, Sam Bonney Phillips, Joel Bailey, Kaiden Powell, Ian Jose, Harry Douglas, Max Whittle, Alfie Curwen, Kyran Webster, Afernee Denise, Harrison Howells, Alfred Igbinake, Jack Chandler, Edson Cata.

3 March 2023

"ACADEMY"'S CREDITABLE DRAW

On Wednesday Altrincham FC U19 A Red a.k.a. Altrincham FC Academy beat Darlington FC U19s 3-1 to extend their unbeaten run to four games and lift themselves to fifth in the thirteen-strong NLFA North Division.

Before that match they had drawn at home to second-placed Ntotts County academy who trail the league leaders, Blyth Spartans U19 Academy by six points.

Altrincham FC Academy player Tom Jones reported on a 1-1 home draw with Notts County Academy on the Altrincham FC website.

He wrote that "The young Robins... came within five minutes of yielding a notable win...

The back four of McGeady, Igeze, Bailey and Bonney-Phillips battled fiercely in their defensive half, with Byron in the sticks rarely having a save to make. .. and midfield trio of Chambers, German and Njie... dictated the play to such an extent that County barely had a sniff of the ball...

After 65 minutes, Altrincham countered off a well-defended corner, with Williams leading the charge down the right wing. Williams' great run led to a goal, as he placed the ball right in front of Jones for an easy tap in, with the goalkeeper having no chance.

Substitutions were made after 70 minutes, with Dixon coming on for Jones, Adeniyi for Bonney-Phillips and igbanke for Lynch up front. The team showed no sign of resting...

However, a slight lack of concentration around the edge of the box was punished by a thunderous, top corner strike that hauled County level with just five minutes left...

Squad: Dane Byron, Sam Bonney-Philips, Loui Williams, Adam Lynch, Eddie Igeze, Owen German, Sheriff Njie, Joel Bailey, Liam Evans, Ollie Dixon, Yusuf Adeniyi, Ewan McGeady, Jake Mallen, Tom Jones, Sam Chambers, Alfred Igbinake

ACADEMY CATCH-UP

• 22/02/23 13:00 Boston United FC U19 1 - 1 Altrincham FC U19 A Red
• 8/02/23 13:00 Altrincham FC U19 A Red 1 - 0 Gateshead FC U19s North
• 1/02/23 13:30 Chesterfield FC U19 2 - 0 Altrincham FC U19 A Red

MIXED FORTUNES FOR UNDER-19S

Their fixtures are on the FA website.

Their results so far are as follows. All matches are in the league except where shown...

• 25/01/23 13:00 Altrincham FC U19 A Red 5 - 2 Guiseley AFC U19 Academy
• 6/01/23 13:00 Altrincham FC U19 A Red 3 - 2 Boston United FC U19
• CUP 30/11/22 13:00 Altrincham FC U19 A Red 2 - 3 York City U19
• 25/11/22 14:00 FC Halifax Town U19 1 - 1 Altrincham FC U19 A Red
• 23/11/22 13:00 Gateshead FC U19s North 2 - 1 Altrincham FC U19 A Red
• 9/11/22 13:30 Altrincham FC U19 A Red 5 - 2 Chesterfield FC U19
• 2/11/22 13:00 Solihull Moors FC U19 Elite NLA Academy 0 - 3 Altrincham FC U19 A Red
• 12/10/22 13:00 Altrincham FC U19 A Red 2 - 5 Blyth Spartans AFC U19 Academy
• 5/10/22 14:00 AFC Fylde U19 National League North 5 - 4 Altrincham FC U19 A Red
• 21/09/22 13:30 Darlington FC U19s 5 - 2 Altrincham FC U19 A Red

As of today they lie sixth in the thirteen club division in which teams have played varying numbers of fixtures.

8 January 2023

MIXED FORTUNES FOR UNDER-19S

A long trip on 23 November 2022 to play Gateshead FC U19s North ended in a 2-1 defeat to The Heed youngsters in the North Division.

They then drew 1-1 in North Division league match away to FC Halifax Town U19 before a Cup match on 30 November, 2022 saw them lose at home 2-3 to York city's under-19s in a cup tie.

In their first match of the New Year, on 6 January in the North Division, they beat Boston United FC U19 3-2. Having fallen behind by half-time, the Alty team recovered to lead 3-1 before Gateshead netted a second. The goals for Altrincham came from Cata, Njie and a penalty converted by German.

13 November 2022

UNDER-19S

Chesterfield "managed to be the only team to beat Alty twice last year.

The Robins started the game in fast and aggressive fashion... This positive start was rewarded 15 minutes in, as right-back Ewan McGeady played a great pass in between the defensive line for striker Adam Lynch to take around the keeper and calmly slot the ball in the back of the net for the opening goal.

It wasn’t long before Alty doubled their lead, as right winger Loui Williams pressed the Chesterfield goalkeeper and managed to win the ball before cutting it back for attacking midfielder Sheriff Nije, who despatched his shot beyond a line of defenders on the line to make it 2-0...

Chesterfield's efforts were finally rewarded with the last kick of the first half...[as] the number nine, who had an easy finish...

Alty built on their defensive resilience with a third goal 10 minutes into the second half...Williams.. drove forward and squared it for Lynch to finish... 10 minutes later... left winger Ryan Morton went on a great run and rounded it off with a cool finish under the goalkeeper.

A brief loss of concentration resulted in a second for Chesterfield...

Williams was eventually brought down in the opposition box, winning a penalty for the Robins. Up stepped Alty number six German to send the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot...

1. Dane Byron, 2. Ewan McGeady, 3. Joel Bailey, 4. Liam Evans, 5. Edward Igeze, 6. Owen German, 7. Ryan Morton, 8. Sam Chambers, 9. Adam Lynch, 10. Sheriff Nije, 11. Loui Williams. Subs: Edson Cata, Alfred Igbinake, Yusuf Adayemi, Sekouba Camera, Sammy Bonny Phillips">

CUP REVERSE FOR UNDER-19S

TOUGH START TO SEASON

After losing their opening fixture 2-0, the results have been:

• 28/09/22 away to Chorley FC U19 BTEC, lost 4-0 .

  Team: Ali Abdullah, Ethan Cosgrove, Oliver Dixon, Oliwier Fiedor, Alvin Gratzer, Kareem Majzoub, Jake Mallen, Josh Mannie, Abdulelah Nassief, Charles Okpe, Ian Vasconcelos Jose. Subs: Modou Ceesay, David Costa, Byron Haughton

• 12/10/22 away to Stockport County FC U19 lost 4-0.

  Team: Modou Ceesay, Oliver Dixon, Oliwier Fiedor, Alvin Gratzer, Byron Haughton, Kareem Majzoub, Jake Mallen, Josh Mannie, Ajani Oshodin, Noah Tyson, Ian Vasconcelos Jose. Subs: Ali Abdullah, Ethan Cosgrove, David Costa, Daniel Nodding, Alex Egbon.

• 19/10/22 home to Marine FC U19 Marine Football Academy, lost 1-4

  Substitute Byron Haughton scored the Altrincham goal.

  Team: Ali Abdullah, Peter Arogun, Modou Ceesay, David Costa, Oliver Dixon, Kareem Majzoub, Josh Mannie, Charles Okpe, Ajani Oshodin, Noah Tyson, Ian Vasconcelos Jose. Subs: Ethan Cosgrove, Alvin Gratzer, Byron Haughton, Daniel Nodding, Alex Egbon

3 July 2022

AMAAR GRADUATES TO ALTY FIRST-TEAM SQUAD

Amaar was the leading scorer as the Academy team won the National League U19 Alliance Division H title in the team's first competitive season. He has also played for Altrincham Reserves.

Right: Amaar (on the right) and Academy captain Joe Cooney parade the league championship trophy at the J. Davidson Stadium.

Brian's interview with Amaar can be seen and heard on Alty TV.

ACADEMY PLAYERS HONOURED

In addition Joe Cooney (right) collected the H Division shield".

The Academy team won the National League U19 Alliance Division H title in its first competitive season.

Whilst Morton made a substitute appearance for the first team in the penultimate match of the 2021-22 season at Bromley, goalkeeper Forde did not actually make any first-team appearances. However, he was apparently issued with squad number 31.

ALTY'S ACADEMY LEAGUE WINNERS SQUAD SALUTED

Last Sunday during the interval of the final National League fixture of the season, Altrincham FC's academy team undertook a lap of honour to mark its success in winning the National League U19 Alliance Division H.

The squad is pictured above as it posed for a photograph in front of the main stand at the J. Davidson Stadium.

Right: The league table is seen as it currently (20 May 2022) appears on the National Alliance League website.

Results in 2021-22

• Cup 04/05/22 k.o. 14:00 Chesterfield Blue 2-1 Altrincham
• Div H 20/04/22 12:00 Eccleshill United 1-2 Altrincham
• Div H 04/04/22 13:00 FC Halifax Town B 0-8 Altrincham
• Div H 30/03/22 13:00 Altrincham 6-2 Bradford (Park Avenue)
• Div H 16/03/22 14:00 Wrexham 1-1 Altrincham
• Div H 11/03/22 12:00 Altrincham 7-0 FC Halifax Town B
• Div H 09/03/22 13:30 Altrincham 2-1 FC United Of Manchester
• Div H 02/03/22 14:00 Buxton 1-6 Altrincham
• Div H 23/02/22 13:30 Altrincham 3-3 AFC Fylde
• Cup 16/02/22 13:30 Altrincham 1-2 Chesterfield Blue
• Div H 09/02/22 13:30 City of Liverpool 2-2 Altrincham
• Div H 02/02/22 13:30 Marine 1-5 Altrincham
• Div H 26/01/22 14:00 Altrincham 3-1 Stockport County H Div
• Div H 19/01/22 14:00 Chorley 1-4 Altrincham
• Cup 12/01/22 19:00 Chorley 2-3 Altrincham
• Div H 05/01/22 13:30 Altrincham 8-1 Chorley
• Div H 15/12/21 13:00 AFC Fylde 4-6 Altrincham
• Div H 08/12/21 13:00 Altrincham 7-0 Eccleshill United
• Div H 01/12/21 14:00 Stockport County 2-0 Altrincham
• Cup 24/11/21 14:00 Hartlepool United 1-2 Altrincham
• Div H 17/11/21 14:00 Altrincham 3-1 Wrexham
• Div H 09/11/21 13:30 Altrincham 4-0 Marine
• Cup 20/10/21 14:00 FC Halifax Town B 1-5 Altrincham
• Div H 13/10/21 14:00 Bradford (Park Avenue) 2-5 Altrincham
• Div H 06/10/21 13:30 Altrincham 4-2 Buxton
• Div H 22/09/21 13:30 Altrincham 2-1 City of Liverpool
• Div H 15/09/21 13:30 FC United Of Manchester 2-1 Altrincham
• Div H 08/09/21 14:00 Rochdale EDC 1-3 Altrincham

Above: The squad passes the Golf Road End during its lap of honour.

ALTRINCHAM FC ACADEMY KICKS OFF

The Academy competes in the National League U19 Alliance and the result of the first fixture was Altrincham FC U19 Academy 1 Rochdale Elite Development Centres U18 1.

Harland Rodgers-Morris scored the Academy's goal.

"The U19 Academy's second fixture is against Buxton U19 Academy on Wednesday, September 30th at 2pm. The venue for this National League U19 fixture is Buxton FC's Tarmac Silverlands Stadium".

ACADEMY TRAINING

ACADEMY APPOINTMENTS

For Neil, this is in addition to his role as first team assistant-manager to Phil Parkinson. Consequently, Neil has become a full-time employee of the club, a major step in the evolution of Altrincham FC".

Paul is manager of the Altrincham FC Youth team.

The Club added that "The Altrincham FC Academy is building on the foundations laid down by the late George Heslop, the driving force behind the youth team for many years. We dedicate our first season in the National League Youth Alliance to his memory, and we will build a legacy he would be proud of".