Wakefield Based Community Club, Established in 1894, 2024/25 is our 130th season, First Team in Division 1 & Reserves in Alliance Division 1 of The
@WYAFL1
⚽️ PROMOTION ⚽️
Our Firsts are back in the
@WYAFL1
Div 1 after a 4-year absence after securing promotion after
@CentraliansAFC
edged out
@THERAILFC
Reserves 2-3 today
It’s still 1 of 4 battling out to finish top with games still to play, but the all important promotion is there
Today we heard the news, we lost a real Altofts Fc Legend. Home and away for years on end. One of the constants over so so many years. Our 4 0 victory on Saturday was all for you and we know that would of made you smile from ear to ear 🙌🏻❤️
🏆WINNERS🏆
@AltoftsAFC
3 - 1
@AfcAmbience
Fantastic performance by our Firsts this evening, returning home victorious with the Cup after a hard fought but well earned victory over a very good
@AfcAmbience
side
⚽️⚽️
@jimmybazza
⚽️ Charlie Taylor
🏆 Dillon Connelly
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
He’s on of our own 🙌🏻 Hat trick in international football, who can say they’ve done that over the years. The club is beyond proud and what an absolute worldie to finish 💪🏻
4 1 win for the 1sts against higher league opposition, as we move into the 1/4 finals of the county cup, where let’s be honest, absolutely anything can happen against some big hitters 😂
⚽️⚽️⚽️ Dec
⚽️Baz
🏆Dec
Brad Kilner doing Brad Kilner things, pea size brain in that swede🙌🏻
Our brand new kits have arrived today for the new 22/23 Season
Massive thanks once more to
@paulwombwell1
of
@PrintAnorak
for his long & continued support of the Club
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
As the dust settles.A heartbreaking 2 1 loss tonight in the final. We gave it our all, and fell just short. Back to back finals for our boys. And we couldn’t be more prouder.Dust ourselves down and we go again. From 5 years ago, we were in a bad place. To now.Huge improvements 🙌🏻
Well. That was fun. 3 0 to us chalking up the 3 points. 5 wins on the bounce. We rode the wave at times against a tough side.
⚽️Charlie Taylor
⚽️Tom Barrington
⚽️Louis Holt
🥇Harry Hardy
Brick by brick. We keep building. 🧱
Our players
@AdamSwift9
@ellcarter00
Chris Blankley &
@tobylumb01
are 8 x 5km runs into a 10 in 10-day challenge in aid of
@macmillancancer
, & in memory of Toby’s Dad Dave who sadly passed away in August. Please feel free to donate to a very worthy cause
⚽️GAME DAY⚽️
It’s a massive game for our Firsts this evening in the Cyril Craven Cup Final
The team have done tremendously well to get thus far, a huge task lies ahead though vs a quality
@AfcAmbience
side, but let’s get behind the lads and hopefully see them bring the cup back
We’re pleased to announce that on the back of a successful 20-21 campaign in
@WYAFL1
Alliance Division 2, our Reserve Side have been promoted up to Division 1
A massive shout out goes to Manager
@AndrewN44387170
& his squad for a fantastic effort over the season
#UTT
🔴⚽️⚫️
We’re delighted to announce
@james_robo_jrs
as Manager of our new U21 side
James will lead an exciting crop of youngsters that have progressed from the
@AltoftsJFC
set up in the
@WestRidingFA
U21 development league
James goes into the role with our unreserved support ⚽️
Reserves on fire 🔥 at home to
@WetherbyAthFC
. 6 2 the final score.
Rob Rice ⚽️⚽️
Matty WS ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Cameron WS ⚽️
🏆Rob Rice
Johnathan Stanton and Thomas Sibson with solid performances stepping up to senior football 🙌🏻
A solid win for the 1sts today, 4-0 at home to Leeds Athletic. Young Bobby was laying driveways all over the pitch, Danny wright gave it his all with his bookmark shinpads and Jim Baz was magical 🧙♂️ Brad Kilner rolling about on the floor was the highlight
A massive result from the lads dedicated by managers
@james_robo_jrs
@AndrewN44387170
to the club man Rich Deeley who adored the football club. Faultless effort from the boys, and a result that’s been coming for a while
Happy New Year to every player, supporter, committee member, sponsor, volunteer and manager/coaches. We simply as a club wouldn’t be able to function without all your hard work. Here’s to a successful 2024. We return on the 6th January with two big fixtures
Such sad news 💔
We pass our heartfelt condolences to Wife Joan, Daughter Judith & Family, and everyone connected with
@AltoftsCC
and the wider Cricket Community Clive so proudly represented
RIP Clive
A fantastic away win
@BSAafc
4 2. A good performance, with two wins a draw and a loss in our first 4 games. A solid start . Now for 10 days rest 💪🏻
⚽️Joe Penn
⚽️
@DanielWright6
⚽️ Jay Smyth
⚽️Dec Dawson
🏆
@JamesPlayford1
Under soil Heating on. Cleared cricket pitch behind. Next job football field. Not all heroes wear capes. They just get the rig art (if you believe this then you sniff glue) 🙌🏻
Football sometimes takes the back seat. All from Altofts AFC wishing the lad a speedy recovery, and any help we can give
@Official_BAFC
don’t hesitate to send us over a message 💪🏻 Speedy recovery
A 6 1 away win sends us through to the quarter finals of the district cup.Absolutely shite in first half, but turned it on in the second to ease to victory.
⚽️⚽️
@jimmybazza
⚽️Dec
⚽️⚽️
@robbloomavfc
⚽️Bald prince Danny wright
Man of match.The sexy man with his 20 min cameo.
Our Reserves made a good start to pre season with a 4-1 win vs a young
@DewsburyRangers
side tonight
Goals from Josh Dennison, Trent Van Sittert & 2 from
@TomLavin11
secured the spoils, Callum Cowcill was MOTM for a top notch performance
#upthetofts
🔴⚽️⚫️
Our third pre season game ends in a 5 0 win over Fryston.
⚽️⚽️⚽️
@Carter1Jordan
⚽️⚽️
@LouisHolt123456
Great to see young Thomas Sibson make his first team debut at 16 year old providing an assist and looking comfortable on the ball 🙌🏻
Two big fixtures this weekend, both teams looking to start the New Year on a positive note. 2pm kick offs. All support welcome as we head into the last 16 of the county cup. Bar open, served by the chairman and his lovely smile
@JeffTilford2
🧐🍺
Good start yesterday, 2 2 in the final moments of the game.
@EastEndParkFC
a tough side and all the best for the rest of the season. Goals from
@jakeyirvine
who also got the MOM and, 16 year old debutant Bobby Farnhill proving again he’s the better brother.
About last night. We progress into our second final in two years. Gritty and solid performance against a very solid
@f_collieries
side. 1-16 last night, to a man deserve this.
🚀⚽️ Joe Iles
🏆 Our xxl number 16 Bradley Kilner
9 0 winners yesterday for the firsts at home
@HunsletClub
. Credit where credit is due the visitors didn’t give in and fought to the very end 🙌🏻
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️Jimmy Eyles
⚽️⚽️⚽️
@jimmybazza
⚽️Connor Howley
🏅James Fellows. Don’t know what happened he was like Pirlo.
⚽️ RESULT ⚽️
@AltoftsAFC
3 - 1
@CarletonFc
(Fryston FC)
A controlled performance over a gritty Fryston opponents sees the boys through to the final
⚽️
@jimmybazza
⚽️⚽️ & 🏆 MOTM Dillon Connelly
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
⚽️ FIXTURE ⚽️
Our Firsts are in Cup Semi Final action tomorrow evening when we take on
@CarletonFc
(Fryston FC) in the
@WDFASL
Cyril Craven Challenge Cup
🆚
@CarletonFc
🗓 Wed 23rd Feb
🕑 19:30 KO
📍WF4 1LB (
@NostellMWFC
)
🏆
@WDFASL
CCCC
All support welcome
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
About last night…
Another trophy in the bag. After a resilient performance winning on penalties. An absolute joy to be a part of this club at the moment. Seeing the lads come together and fight for each other no matter what. Was fantastic to see 🏆
Our biggest game in years as we head into the quarter final of the county cup against a very good side in Leeds UFCA. Who doesn’t love an underdog. We couldn’t could we 👀 reserves away to Otley
Good performance yesterday from the firsts with a 3 0 win away from home at Hunslet.
⚽️ Nash
⚽️Jakesy
⚽️Bloomy
Bloomy’s finishing is class, like Kilner finishing his dinners the big pudding. He was MOM though with one of the best tackles I’ve ever seen in amateur football 💪🏻
⚽️RESULT⚽️
@TAFC_OpenAge
0-4
@AltoftsAFC
Well, it’s going down to the wire!
We’ve our final league game on Wednesday when we host
@OverthorpeFC
4 of the current top 5 can finish top, any can finish in top 3 🤯
@ArronLunn
MOTM today for a class performance
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
⚽️GAME DAY⚽️
Massive game for our Firsts this afternoon at
@TAFC_OpenAge
, in the penultimate league fixture of the campaign
🆚
@TAFC_OpenAge
🗓 Sat 2nd April
🕑 2:30PM KO
📍WF3 2EG
🏆
@WYAFL1
Huge thanks to this week’s match sponsor - The Container Clinic
#UTT
🔴⚽️⚫️
A massive 3 points for the reserves at home to
@OxenhopeRecFC
. Fantastic to get the season kick started. Noteable performance from the old boys gilly, Bise and Stickney. Cal Cowcill class. The thickest man in Altofts Louis Holt bagging himself a brace 🙌🏻
⚽️FIXTURE⚽️
Our Reserves are back in league action tomorrow with a tough trip to Wharfedale to take on
@otleytownfc
Reserves
🆚
@otleytownfc
🗓 Sat 9th April
🕑 2:30PM KO
📍Old Showground, Pool Rd, LS21 1DY
🏆
@WYAFL1
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
A fantastic start to the season with a 2 1 win against a well drilled
@Official_BAFC
side. We had loads missing, the big stiff idiots all over world at minute, but a massive performance from the boys.
⚽️Charlie Taylor
⚽️James Colvin
🏆Adam Moses
⚽️
@robbloomavfc
⚽️
@jakeyirvine
⚽️Adam Moses
A fantastic 3 2 win away from home against
@Horbury_TownFC
avenging our absolute dicking in league. Tasty game. Just what you want from a local derby. Bloomy showing age is only a number 👴🏻
🏆
@jimmybazza
Solid performance and a good 2-0 win to start the season against solid opposition
@CentraliansAFC
who moved the ball round well without ever really threatening us!
Goalscorers Josh Hetherington and Tom Dews.
#upthetofts
Our new U21s got their first win last night at
@GomersalFc
Goals came from Sam Mercer &
@TomLavin11
(3),
@ellcarter00
was MOTM in a 4-3 win
A good 1st half performance, but an edgy 2H allowed a spirited
@GomersalFc
back into it, making it a nervy ending
🔴⚽️⚫️
#upthetofts
Was great to see
@tomwhitehouse92
back playing after his hiatus during the summer where he ventured into an acting career namely in the impersonation sector
A massive shout out to Chris Taylor from Tracked Spider Solutions (01977 554477), who provided us with one of his machines last Saturday to enable access for Phase 1 of our Floodlight Maintenance Works - thanks for the amazing gesture Chris 🙌
Our Ressies game away at
@Official_BAFC
tomorrow has been called off due to a referee shortage
We’re not the only game to fall this weekend & we’ll reiterate what a lot of other clubs have already said, don’t take the ref’s for granted as we’re knackered without them 🔴⚽️⚫️❤️
Our juniors put in a sterling performance over the weekend to get to a national tournament semi final. Plenty of other teams from the area got to the quarters, semis and one even final. Until the old altofts curse prevails. This is our club ❤️🖤
Good performance from the lads today, coming from a goal down to win 4-1
⚽️ Rhy Whittam
⚽️ Cal Cowcill
⚽️
@SamMercerLUFC
⚽️
@joeiles
🏆 Birthday Boy Harry Dicko MOTM
🔴⚽️⚫️
#upthetofts
⚽️ FIXTURE ⚽️
Our Reserves continue their pre season tomorrow with a short trip across Town to play
@HallGreen_Utd
Reserves
🆚
@HallGreen_Utd
Reserves
🗓 Sat 12th Sept
🕑 11am KO
📍Painthorpe Ln, WF4 3LA
🏆 Pre Season Friendly
🔴⚽️⚫️
#upthetofts
@AltoftsAFC
U21s 3 - 0
@wortleyfc
Boys U21s
Our league campaign got off to a winning start with a hard fought victory over a strong Wortley Boys side
⚽️ Charles Alparito
⚽️⚽️ Ben Watts
🏆 MOTM Ben Watts
Top effort & attitude from all the lads throughout
🔴⚽️⚫️
#upthetofts
⚽️ FIXTURE ⚽️
Our new U21s get their league campaign underway tomorrow
🆚
@wortleyfc
U21s
🗓 Mon 5th October
🕑 7:10pm KO
📍Castleford Academy 4G
WF10 4JQ
🏆
@WestRidingFA
Development League East Division - Castleford
🔴⚽️⚫️
#upthetofts
Bigggg game tomorrow 🙌🏻Reserves postponed unfortunately. It’s been great in recent weeks to see how well we’ve been supported. It makes a huge difference. Against higher league opposition, who doesn’t love an underdog…
Bar open from 12. Let’s go 🙌🏻🍺
16 year olds Callum O Malley and Harry Coleman coming off the bench making a big impact. Fantastic to see 🙌🏻what a job the altofts guardiola
@AndrewN44387170
does. The man is a legend
Our First Team continued their decent pre season form at
@WrenthorpeRgrFC
last night
James Colvin,
@AdamSwift9
, Robbie Earle & Charlie Taylor with the goals in a hard fought but fair to say well deserved 4-2 win
#upthetofts
🔴⚽️⚫️
We’ve been working hard on our pitch over the close season & the improvements are already there to see
More of the same & we should have a fantastic playing surface once we’re back underway
#upthetofts
Pre season training starts tomorrow - Sat 4th July
We’ve had fantastic uptake from the players (current, returning, new, plus an exiting crop progressing from our Junior section), with numbers booked on that we’ve not seen for many a year
‘Can’t wait to get started
#upthetofts
⚽️ FIXTURE ⚽️
Our Reserves are back in action tomorrow with an away fixture at
@WetherbyAthFC
🆚
@WetherbyAthFC
🗓 Sat 8th May
🕑 14:30 KO
📍Lodge Lane LS22 5FN
🏆
@WYAFL1
Big thanks to our match sponsor, Kai Hancock (Handy Hancock Handyman Services) - 07706 502005
🔴⚽️⚫️
Not a particularly polished performance from the firsts today. But the 3 points in the bag. At times we had to dig in deep. And that we did. A late penalty securing the win. 3-2
⚽️
@jakeyirvine
⚽️ Jimmy Eyles
⚽️
@robbloomavfc
🏆Adam Moses
#fossilback
Good 5 1 win today from the firsts defending our Cyril Craven cup. Tough on a difficult pitch, but the job got done. James fellows turned up steaming . Brad Kilner MOM.
⚽️
@ArronLunn
⚽️Ben Beaumont
⚽️
@robbloomavfc
⚽️Charlie Taylor
⚽️
@AdamSwift9
🎯and assist king
Congratulations to the main man of the actual club
@JordanCarter10
yesterday on his wedding day. Some hairstyles in that time, some resemble a bar of soap after Kilner’s had a wesh the hairy bastard. All the best from all at the club 🙌🏻
⚽️RESULT⚽️
@OxenhopeRecFC
0-2
@AltoftsAFC
A Vital 3-points towards safety with a hard fought win vs a good young
@OxenhopeRecFC
side
⚽️ Carl Stickney
⚽️ Ash Lewis
🏆 MOTM
@ahill0929
with some top saves at 0-1 to keep us in it before Ash grabbed the late winner
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
⚽️FIXTURE⚽️
Our Reserves are back in league action tomorrow with a trip to the Worth Valley to take on
@OxenhopeRecFC
Reserves
🆚
@OxenhopeRecFC
🗓 Sat 23rd April
🕑 2:30PM KO
📍BD22 9LP
🏆
@WYAFL1
Massive thanks to this week’s match sponsors, The Card Factory
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
Steady results for both teams this aft
@JamesPlayford1
with the goal in the Firsts 1-1 draw with
@MorleyTownAFC
, Oli Durkin MOTM
Reserves beating
@cowfcofficial
, Ben Watts, Cowcill, Dickinson, Gurmin, Ry Whittam & MOTM Trent Van Sittert amongst the goals
#upthetofts
🔴⚽️⚫️
A great second half performance from the reserves tonight away at Howden Clough and the first three points of the season.
Howden Clough 0 Altofts res 2
⚽️ FIXTURE ⚽️
It’s game day tomorrow and our Reserves are looking to build on their good start to the season
🆚
@Wyke_Wanderers
🗓 Sat 12th Dec
🕑 2PM KO
📍Lock Lane, Altofts WF6 2QJ
🏆
@WYAFLOfficial
Huge thanks to this week’s club match sponsor Wakefield Wildcats Netball
A massive result away for our reserves at Kirk Deighton Saturday. A fantastic performance from all. Matty West Samuel with a tireless performance, two clinical finishes from Fraser Walker and Cameron West Samuel to secure the 3 points ✅
Altofts 2 1
@OxenhopeRecFC
After a nervy first 20 with defending that could only replicate Harry Maguire, the lads settled down and came out with the 3 points. Goals agains from
@jakeyirvine
and Ben Beaumont. MOM, Homer Simpson himself
@bobby_farnhill_
brother 😍
A fantastic win for the reserves at the weekend 3 0 at home to pool. The youngsters tore them to pieces at times, and the old timers provided the experience to see us home.
⚽️Rob Rice
⚽️Matty West Samuel
⚽️Tom Simpson
🏆Rob Rice. Hold up and link up play outstanding
First team progress to the last 16 of the league cup, after a 2 1 victory over
@otleytownfc
Another solid performance from the lads as we go 6 in 6 ✅
⚽️⚽️
@jimmybazza
. One worldie in that n all.
🏆
@DanielWright6
the bald prince
⚽️ FIXTURE ⚽️
Our Firsts are back in action tomorrow
🆚
@RiponCityAFC
🗓 Sat 26th Sept
🕑 2:30 KO
📍Lock Lane, WF6 2QJ
🏆
@WYAFLOfficial
Big thanks to our match day sponsor, The Vaping Bar, High St, Normanton - Open 9am-4:30pm Mon - Sat, & online at
A solid professional performance from the firsts at home against
@ilkleytown
with us bagging the 3 points with a 3 1 win.
⚽️
@jakeyirvine
⚽️Jay Smyth
⚽️
@Carter1Jordan
🏆
@joshcorbett
playing through the pain barrier. Swiftys hero 🙌🏻
What an advert of football for our league that game was yesterday
@Littletown1st
. Both sides going at it hard and tough with both sides probably feeling they could have won the game, and also lost it. 3 3. We take a point away from a very solid side
1sts with a great 3-2 last minute win against top of the league Campion. Somehow this means
@jakeyirvine
is now top scorer this season with 5 goals
#onewasdefinitelyanOG
A massive congratulations to our part time player/disgrace/inverted full back/lumpy neck/ brace face/ ponytail head/johnathon Ross/
@JamesPlayford1
on the completion of his wedding.
No lads invited. Also. Who’d marry that 👰
⚽️FIXTURE⚽️
Massive game for our Firsts tomorrow evening when we welcome
@OverthorpeFC
to Lock Lane in what could be a promotion sealing game
🆚
@OverthorpeFC
🗓 Wed 6th April
🕑 7:30PM KO
📍WF6 2QJ
🏆
@WYAFL1
Huge thanks to this week’s match sponsor - The Container Clinic
⚽️FIXTURE⚽️
Our Reserves are back in league action tomorrow with a tough away trip to table toppers
@Official_BAFC
🆚
@Official_BAFC
🗓 Sat 12th Feb
🕑 2:30PM KO
📍YO51 9EB
🏆
@WYAFL1
Massive thanks to match sponsor, Westgate Rolls Sandwich Shop 🥪🥙 - 01924 365046 🔴⚽️⚫️
⚽️ GAME DAY ⚽️
Huge league game up at
@CentraliansAFC
for our Firsts this afternoon
🆚
@CentraliansAFC
🗓 Sat 19th March
🕑 2:30PM KO
📍LS16 5AY
🏆
@WYAFL1
Massive thanks to this week’s match sponsor - Toolstation Castleford
🔴⚽️⚫️
#UTT
A 3 2 win today for the Firsts.A gritty performance saw us lead 2 0 at half time, with goals from
@jimmybazza
scrambling home a wicked cross from pickled onion neck
@JamesPlayford1
and Ben Beaumont finishing well after great work from bazzy. 2nd half however was different…
A fantastic win away from home for our reserves against wetherby. We had a sloppy 15 minutes, but our last 15 was clinical and saw the hosts off.
⚽️⚽️Cameron West Samuel
⚽️Matty West Samuel
⚽️John Stanton
⚽️Louie Carter
🏆Dobby Cobby
@joshcorbett
Reserves also in the goals with a 4 0 win over Rothwell. Cameron West Samuel with a fantastic hat trick, and Luke Stanley getting on the scoresheet, MOM, the bagsman himself, Cameron. Rangnick a very happy man Saturday night 💪🏻
Our winning streak comes to an abrupt end as we lose 1 0 on the road to
@KDRFC
. We had a couple of chances early on, which could have shaped the game different. Fair play to the hosts, who were the best team we have come up against this season. Some very good football on show 🙌🏻
A great performance yesterday from the 1s. A few chances missed with the worst from
@DanielWright6
who scooped it from behind the line for a throw in. Sickening. Best we’ve been this season. Same old for the goyls
⚽️
@jimmybazza
⚽️
@robbloomavfc
🏆 The fossil himself, Bloomy
3 0 win for the reserves today and a fantastic team performance against tough opposition in Hunslet. Josh Denison, Tom Simpson, and empty head himself Louis Holt with the goals. MOM for Louis, head like a block of concrete. 3 points ✅
Our first team also got their pre season off to a good start today with a 4-1 win vs
@SandalWanderers
A brace of goals apiece from Robbie Earle & Reece Whittam secured the spoils,
@ReeceFarnhill
was MOTM for a top notch performance
#upthetofts
🔴⚽️⚫️
Our final pre season fixture tonight at home to Collegians, 7pm kickoff. Bar open 🍺 and you get to see Swifty and Dillon arguing like fuck. Two special and troubled blokes 🙌🏻