Exhibit 99.1



Press Release                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                            Contact:    Dennis D. Cirucci, CEO
                                                        Peter J. Meier, CFO
                                            Telephone:  610-353-2900


        ALLIANCE BANK AND ALLIANCE BANCORP, INC. OF PENNSYLVANIA
                  ANNOUNCE CLOSING OF STOCK OFFERING


     Broomall, Pennsylvania - (January 26, 2007) Alliance Bank (the "Bank")
(Nasdaq/Capital Market: ALLB) today announced that the community offering and
syndicated community offering of shares of common stock of its proposed
mid-tier holding company, Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania (the
"Company") concluded on Thursday, January 25, 2007.  The Company will sell
1,807,339 shares, the minimum of the offering range, at a purchase price of
$10.00 per share.  In addition, the Company will issue 5,417,661 shares of
common stock in exchange for former outstanding shares of Alliance Bank.  Each
share of the Bank's common stock will be converted into 2.09945 shares of the
Company.  The closing of the transaction and the sale of shares will occur on
Tuesday, January 30, 2007.

     Shares of the Company are expected to trade on or about Wednesday, January
31, 2007, on the Nasdaq Global Market.  For the initial 20 trading days they
will trade under the symbol "ALLBD" and thereafter, the symbol "ALLB".   The
offering was managed by Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. and Elias, Matz,
Tiernan & Herrick L.L.P. acted as special counsel to Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of
Pennsylvania and Alliance Bank.

     The Bank is a Pennsylvania-chartered stock savings bank headquartered in
Broomall, Pennsylvania and conducts business through nine full service offices
in Delaware and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania.

     This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. Forward-
looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate
strictly to historical or current facts.  They often include the words
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or words of
similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would,"
"should," "could" or "may."

     Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and
uncertainties.  A number of factors - many of which are beyond the Bank's
control - could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ
significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements.  The
Bank's reports filed from time-to-time with the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, including the Bank's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31,
2005 and the Company's Prospectus, dated November 13, 2006, describe some of
these factors, including general economic conditions, changes in interest
rates, deposit flows, the cost of funds, changes in credit quality and
interest rate risks associated with the Company's business and operations.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Bank
does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances
or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.



     This release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer
to buy common stock, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws or
laws of any such state or jurisdiction.  The offer will be made only by the
prospectus and the prospectus supplement. The shares of common stock are not
savings accounts or savings deposits, may lose value and are not insured by
the federal deposit insurance corporation or any other government agency.

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