7 Years Ago: December 2015
09 Dec 22
December 2015 Alton Town left the Bass Ground and moved across the road to Anstey Park to join with Alton United and form Alton FC - the club we know and love today.
The results of both games ended in four nil victories to Alton Town, against East Cowes at the Bass ground and against AFC Stoneham as Anstey Park.
With the move to The Anstey Park Enclosure seven years ago, here are some stats from that time:
Biggest Win – 7 – 0 v New Milton Town, Sat 3rd Dec 2016
Biggest Loss – 0 - 9 [twice] v Laverstock & Ford, Sat 27th August 2016 and v Baffin Milton Rovers Tues 18th October 2016
Scored six or more goals on 8 occasions
33 Clean sheets have been kept in those 146 games [22%]
US Portsmouth have visited The Enclosure the most with 8 visits
183 Different players have represented us at The Enclosure
16789 spectators have attended the games – with the average attendance being 117 – this does not include the three games played behind closed doors during season 2020-21
Highest Attendance 538 v Sholing Sports – FA Cup First Qual Round – Sat 4th Sept 2021
We have played matches in ten different competitions
Alton's last home game of 2022 is this Saturday (10th) when Cobham will be the visitors to The Exclusive Networks Enclosure. Kick off 3pm.
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