This 1's for Fatboy!! The club is based in Alton, Hampshire, England. In the 1972-73 season, we reached the first round proper of the FA Cup. We play our home matches at the Bass Sports Ground which has a covered main stand, a seating capacity of 120, a small media box and a small directors box.
Originally known as Courage & Co this works football club based in Alton, Hampshire enjoyed a long and distinguished history before joining forces with neighbours Alton Town in 1991.
'The Brewers' originally joined the Hampshire League in 1928 and were division two champions in the 1929/1930 season. Courages remained a steady top flight side until being relegated in the 1937/1938 season as the bottom side.
Once normal football had resumed after World War II, Courages played in the Aldershot League apart from the 1954/1955 season when they rejoined the Hampshire League to play in the short lived North Hants Division.
After a successful period Courages returned to the Hampshire League in 1972 when they were placed in division four. Promotion was achieved in the 1974/1975 season but two years later the team were back in the basement division.
In 1979 the club was renamed Bass (Alton) and after some tough seasons were moved back up to division three a year later when the league was reduced to three divisions. This seemed to ignite the club's fortunes as they won two successive promotions to reach division one for the 1983/1984 campaign. Bass (Alton) did well to survive in what was at the time a very tough division before the 1986 formation of the Wessex League, which many of the league's top clubs left to join.
Bass (Alton) stayed in the Hampshire League and remained a solid mid table side but by the early nineties were finding the going tough. After relegation in the 1990/1991 season the club decided to merge with local league rivals Alton Town and became known as Alton Town Bass with the town still having two county league sides as the reserves were given a place in the newly reformed division three (later being placed in the Combination Division).
In 1992 the club became known as Bass Alton Town and continued playing at the Bass Sports Ground where they made further steady progress.
In 1998 the club became known simply as Alton Town and after twice winning the Hampshire League title we took our place in the Wessex League in 2002 where we have remained since.
