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Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. According to the official club history, they were formed as Clackmannan County in 1878, the football club shortly changing its name to Alloa Association and then to Alloa Athletic in 1883.
Nickname [ edit ] Due to his small stature, some Alloa Athletic fans have compared Cawley to the club's top goalscorer for a single season Willie Crilley , referring to him as 'The Mighty Atom' – a term which Wasps fans of the 1920s also used for Crilley.
Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Athletic in 1881. [1] In 1883 the club was admitted to the Scottish Football Association but had to wait until 1921 before being elected to the Scottish Football League .
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Alloa Athletic have played at Recreation Park since 1895. [5] A wooden main stand was built during the 1920s. [5] Around 1950, a terracing cover was built on the Hilton Road Side. [5] A record attendance of 15,467 was set by a 1954–55 Scottish Cup match against Celtic. [5] Floodlights were installed in 1979. A new main stand was opened in ...
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Dennis Gillespie (1936–2001) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Alloa Athletic, Dundee United, Dallas Tornado and Brechin City. He played for Jerry Kerr at Gillespie's first two clubs. He remains one of the Dundee United's all-time top goalscorers.