Review of Calendar Year 2005
Above: The current season began at Stevenage in August.
Total Games (League and Cup) Played in the Calendar Year
2005: Played 54 = 45 league (incl.play-offs and 9 cup games)
2004: Played 54 = 44 league and 10 cup games
2003: Played 50 = 41 league and 9 cup games
2002: Played 59 = 53 league and 6 cup games
2001: Played 55 = 38 league and 17 cup games
League Games
Below, is the comparative League record over the calendar years 2000 to 2005.
| - |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
PTS |
| LEAGUE TOTAL 2000 |
45 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
40 |
26 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
32 |
34 |
12 |
63 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL 2001 |
38 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
37 |
21 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
26 |
28 |
14 |
63 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL 2002 |
53 |
9 |
6 |
12 |
36 |
37 |
10 |
3 |
13 |
34 |
41 |
-8 |
66 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL 2003 |
41 |
7 |
11 |
2 |
35 |
24 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
23 |
28 |
6 |
54 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL 2004 |
44 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
41 |
21 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
29 |
29 |
20 |
72 |
| LEAGUE TOTAL 2005 |
45 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
30 |
24 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
21 |
36 |
-9 |
64* |
* Play-off wins credited with three points above.
Above: Gavin Rathbone captures the joy of Alty defeating Morecambe.
Players used in 2005
In 2005's league games 43 different players were named for matches but four never got on the pitch (goalkeepers Richard Acton and Chris Cloherty, Sean Smith and defender Adam Brindle who sat on the bench six times without being used on the pitch).
In 2005's cup games 33 different players were named for matches and all got onto the pitch at some point.
For comparison:
In 2004's league games 37 different players were named for matches but four never got on the pitch (Chris Downey, Adam Brindle, George Melling, Joey Roberts).
In 2004's cup games 35 different players were named but Sean Smith, Lewis Chalmers, Kurt Edginton and Kelvin Lugsden were named but not not used.
Above: Stuart Coburn, virtually ever present in 2005, seen here by Gavin Rathbone against Tamworth.
The most individual appearances in 2005 were:
51 by Stuart Coburn and Colin Little
48(+1) by Val Owen
45 by Chris Adams
37(+10) by Colin Potts
The most individual appearances in 2004 were:
53 (43 league, 10 cup) by Stuart Coburn
52+1 (39+1 league and 13 cup) by Steve Aspinall
52 (39 plus 13) by Peter Band
40+9 (30+7 league and 10+2 cup) by Marcus Hallows
Eight players have played in the first-team in 2005-06 season but have since left the club
(Chris Butler, Steve Hawes, Kirk Hilton, Lutel James, George Melling, James Olsen, Gary Williams, Kyle Wilson).
Seven players had been named in the first-team in 2004-05 season but had left the club by 1 January 2005.
(Peter Band, Niell Hardy, David Holt, Ged Kielty, Joey Roberts, Barry Shuttleworth and Stuart Wright).
This season (2005/6) only Colin Little has started every league and cup game played. In season 2004/05, Chris Adams, Steve Aspinall, Colin Little and Colin Potts had started all 23 league games up to 31 December 2004. Aspinall and Little had also started all 9 cup games by that date.
Longest Runs in 2005
3 successive league wins
4 successive league defeats
2 successive league draws
7 (5W+2D) league games without defeat
8 successive league games without defeat
3 successive league games without scoring
3 successive league games without conceding a goal
Longest Runs in 2004
8 league games without defeat (the last 4 of 03-04 season league and first four of 04-05)
3 successive clean sheets
1 game without scoring.
Goal Scoring in 2005
Colin Little 27
Rod Thornley 6
Colin Potts, Val Owen 4
Goal Scoring in 2004
Leading scorers:
Marcus Hallows 21
Colin Little 18
Colin Potts 8
Ian Craney 7
Hat-Tricks:
Colin Little v Hinckley Utd, on 28/8/05.
No hat-tricks were scored in 2004. Alty's last hat-trick before then was by Rod Thornley (v Gateshead 26/8/02).
Team Scoring in 2005:
4 goals in a game: 5 times
3 goals in a game: 6 times
Failed to score: 19 times (in 16 league and 3 cup games)
Team Scoring in 2004:
4 goals in a game: 3 times
3 goals in a game: 8 times
Failed to score: 13 times (in 9 league games and 4 cup games)
Defending
Clean Sheets:
2005: 17 (13 in league and 4 in cup games)
2004: 17 (14 in league and 3 in cup games)
2003: 16 (13 in league and 3 in cup games)
2002: 9 (7 in league and 2 in cup games)
2001: 12 (8 in league and 4 in cup games)
Most Goals Conceded in a Match in 2005:
6 goals in a game: 1
5 goals in a game: 2
4 goals in a game: 5
3 goals in a game: 4
Most Goals Conceded in a Match in 2004:
4 goals in a game: 0
3 goals in a game: 4
Discipline
Most Bookings in 2005:
17 yellows: Mark Maddox
9 yellows: Chris Adams
8 yellows: Val Owen, Colin Potts
Most Bookings in 2004:
8 yellows: Steve Aspinall, Eddie Hussin
6 yellows and 1 red: Mark Maddox
5 yellows: Chris Adams
Most Red Cards in 2005:
1: Colin Little, Peter Band, Karl Munroe
Most Red Cards in 2004:
2: Gary Talbot
Right: Colin Little, leading scorer in 2005.
Highest and lowest gates in 2005
Home:
Highest in cups: 1,119 v Barrow (FAT) 5/2/05
Highest in league: 1,447 v Morecambe 29/8/05
Lowest in cups: 1,046 v Grays Athletic 26/2/05
Lowest in league: 508 v Runcorn FC Halton, 22/2/05
Away:
Highest in cups: 810 v Accrington Stanley 17/12/05
Highest in league: 2,839 v Eastbourne Borough at Stoke, 15/5/05
Lowest in cups: 151 v Woodley Sports in CSC 12/9/05
Lowest in league: 344 v Bradford PA, 9/4/05
Highest and lowest gates in 2004
Home:
Highest in cups: 1,758 in FAT Round 5 on 14.2.04 v Shrewsbury Town
Highest in league: 874 on 24.4.04 v Runcorn FC Halton
Lowest in cups: 161 in the Cheshire Senior Cup 1st round on 14/9/04 7.45pm v Cammell Laird
Lowest in league: 447 on 24/2/04 v Ashton United
Away:
Highest in cups: 1,722 in FAT Round 4 at Weymouth
Highest in league: 1,033 on 26.12.04 at Stafford Rangers 1033
Lowest in cups: 177 in Carthium Cup on 4/10/04 at Ashton United
Lowest in league: 334 on 4.12.04 at Moor Green.
Strangest moments whilst supporting Altrincham in 2005
Walking through a field of cows on the designated route-march from the fans' drop-off point for the Abbey Stadium at Cambridge United.
Having plastic water-bottle tops confiscated at the turnstiles at York City.
Floodlight failure at Grays on a Tuesday night and, as a result, getting back home at 3.30am.