Alvechurch
The club
Alvechurch Football Club, nicknamed the Church, are a non-league club from Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England. The club is not to be confused with any other club of similar name. The club was established in 1929 as Alvechurch Juniors and played in the Redditch League until the Second World War. It folded in 1993, was re-established in 1994 as Alvechurch Villa and reverted to Alvechurch in 1996.
They play at Lye Meadow, opened in 1957, with a listed capacity of 3,000 of which 250 are seats. The record attendance is 13,500, against Enfield in 1964-65. The club's playing colours were not established from the sources read here, as the kits are shown only as images.
Richard Thorndike is chairman and Kyle Storer is manager, according to Wikipedia.
Recent seasons
Alvechurch won the Midland League Premier Division in 2016-17 and were promoted, then were Northern Premier League Division One South runners-up in 2017-18, earning promotion to the Southern League. They finished fourth in 2018-19 and lost the promotion play-off final 3-0 to King's Lynn Town. The 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons were expunged because of COVID-19. In 2025-26 they finished 14th of 22 in the Southern League Premier Division Central.
Honours and landmarks
Southern League Midland Division and Premier Division champions in 1980-81; Midland Combination champions in 1962-63, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1971-72 and 2002-03; West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division champions from 1973-74 to 1976-77; Midland League Premier Division champions in 2016-17; Worcestershire Senior Cup winners in 1972-73, 1973-74, 1976-77 and 2018-19. Their best FA Amateur Cup run was the semi-finals in 1965-66, losing 1-0 to Wealdstone. Their best FA Trophy run was the fourth round in 2025-26 and best FA Vase run the fourth round in 2015-16. Their best FA Cup run reached the third round in 1973-74.
Notable scorelines
In 1971-72 the fourth qualifying round tie against Oxford City went to a record five replays before Alvechurch won 1-0 at Villa Park, six matches in all, which remains a record for an FA Cup tie. In 1973-74 they beat Exeter City 1-0 and King's Lynn 6-1, then lost 4-2 at Bradford City in the third round. In 2022-23 they beat League One Cheltenham Town 2-1, then lost 2-1 to Forest Green Rovers in the second round. The club's record win and record defeat were not established from the sources read here.
European record
None. Wikipedia has no European record section for Alvechurch, and none is known from the sources read here.
Quotes
No directly quoted material was confirmed from the sources read here.
Right now (2026-27 season)
Alvechurch are listed among the Southern League Premier Division Central clubs, the seventh tier (Step 3), for 2026-27. Their league position and results this season were not established from the sources read here.
A fan-site draw list shows them drawn away at Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup first round proper, due across the weekend of Saturday 7 November 2026; kick-off time and television selection were listed as not yet confirmed. That list is a single fan-site source and was not independently checked. How they reached the first round was not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvechurch_F.C. https://fanbanter.co.uk/fa-cup-first-round-proper-fixtures-full-draw-and-verified-round-information/
Researched and written for not4quarters. Where a fact could not be established from the sources read, this page says so rather than guessing.