Supporters
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Most record books list Alloa's record attendance as 13,000 for a match against Dunfermline Athletic on 22 February 1939 in a Scottish Cup third round replay. However the recent book The Roar of the Crowd by David Ross shows the record attendance to actually be 15,467 for a Scottish Cup 5th round match against Celtic on 5 February 1955. Celtic won the game 4–2. In recent times, the record figure is a more modest 5,050 for a Second Division match against Cowdenbeath in May 1992. With the current capacity just over 3,000, the figure looks unlikely to be beaten.
Some of the Alloa fans have now adopted the nickname 'The Hornets' (as opposed to The Wasps) for the team, after the club adopted a redesigned badge. The badge depicts a 'muscle bound' cartoon hornet on a shield with the words Alloa Athletic fc below. Some fans stated in 'The Duffle' and 'Pie and Bovril' forums that they would not purchase replica Alloa tops due to the cartoon like nature of the badge.
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