About APY

Legacy

Where have our past players gone on to play? A page to celebrate APY alumni and the club’s long history in Alexandra Park.

How APY grew

  • The youth club began in 1995 as an off-shoot of the Palace Soccer School, led by Phil Cain until 2004, when APYFC was constituted in its current form. Source: old APY site, History & Structure
  • Phil Cain set up the Palace Soccer School in the early 1990s and, as well as running the youth club between 1995 and 2004, encouraged and assisted young players to join the semi-professional and professional ranks. He died in 2016. Source: Alexandra Park FC tribute
  • The club’s girls’ section started in 2013 with two teams (U12 and U10) in the Capital Girls League. Source: Capital Girls League club page

Going on to play for Alexandra Park

  • Each year a number of APYFC players, at all ability levels, move from youth to adult football within the Alexandra Park Club. Source: old APY site, Ethos
  • Many former players from the original two girls’ teams have gone on to play, or now play, for Alexandra Park FC women’s side in the Greater London Women’s League (Division 2 North, as stated on that page). Source: Capital Girls League
  • Alexandra Park FC’s chairman, writing in 2016, named a group of then-current club members who were coached by Phil Cain as youngsters, and said virtually all of Old Garchonians’ players were APYFC youth players. Source: Alexandra Park FC, Phil Cain tribute