|
|
|
Alan Ball |
Blackpool FC, Everton
FC, Arsenal FC
72 appearances, 8 goals, one own goal, 1 penalty
P 72 W 44 D 19 L 9 F
124:
A 48
(actual pitch goals F 122: A 48)
74% successful
1964-75
disciplined:
 1
captain: six
minutes played: 6310 |
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|
Timeline |
| |
Alan James Ball
MBE |
|
Birth |
Saturday, 12 May 1945 at 2 Brookhouse Avenue, Farnworth, Lancashire.
To James Alan & Violet (née Duckworth). |
|
|
registered in
Farnworth April-June 1945 |
|
Education |
St. Peter's Church of
England School, Farnworth; Oswestry Boys High School and then Farnworth Grammar School. |
|
Marriage |
to Janet Lesley Newton, on Sunday, 21 May 1967
at St. Stephen's Church, Kearsley, Lancashire |
|
|
registered in
Farnworth April-June 1967 |
"Alan Ball
United In The Match Of The Day.
"Famous
throughout the football world for his elusiveness, Everton's World Cup
star
),%20Alan.jpg) Alan Ball dodged about 500 fans and well-wishers yesterday by turning
up for his wedding three-quarters of an hour early. Alan slipped into St.
Stephen's Parish Church at Kearsley, near Bolton, almost unnoticed by the
football fans of the town, who waited over an hour to see their local hero
emerge with his bride, 20-years-old hairdresser Lesley Newton. While
increasing crowds waited for him to arrive, Alan stood just inside the
porch of the church, welcoming guests who included the former England
captain Jimmy Armfield, and Everton team-mates Alex Young, Jimmy Gabriel
and Ray Wilson.
"Standing beside him was his uncle, Mr. Trevor Ball,
who stood in as best man for Nobby Stiles who is currently touring North
America with Manchester United. As the couple left the church after a
short service, they were greeted by a battery of photographers and about
500 waving fans who completely blocked the narrow lane where a line-up of
Rolls-Royces waited to take the guests to the reception. Despite the
presence of four Everton players, most of the youngsters waiting outside
the church wore the colours of Manchester United. Instead of enjoying a
honeymoon, Alan was to-day making his way to London to join Sir Alf
Ramsey's England training squad in readiness for Wednesday's international
against Spain—and it will be three weeks before the couple are reunited
after England's tour of Canada."
-
The Liverpool Echo,
Monday, 22 May
1967. |
|
Children |
Alan and Lesley have three children together, Mandy
(b.1968), Keeley
(b.17 December 1971) and James Alan
(b.4 September 1975). |
|
|
His father, Alan Ball
snr., died in a car accident in Nicosia, Cyprus, 2 January 1982. |
|
|
Lesley Ball died of ovarian cancer, 16 May
2004. |
|
Death |
Tuesday night, 24
April 2007, at his home in Warsash, Hampshire of a heart-attack, after trying to extinguish a garden fire.
He was found in the early minutes of the following day.. |
|
aged 61 years 347 days |
registered in
Southampton April-June 2007 |
|
Obituary |
"World Cup team mates pay tribute to Alan Ball.
"THE
football world is in mourning after the death of World Cup-winning hero
Alan Ball. Mr Ball, who was in the 1966 side that famously beat West
Germany, suffered a heart attack as he tackled a fire in the garden of
his Warsash home in Hampshire. He was 61. Just hours before his death, he
watched Manchester United beat AC Milan 3-2 on the television and talked
with his son enthusiastically about the game. He was found in his garden
at 12.15am yesterday morning and police said there were no suspicious
circumstances. Mr Ball's son Jimmy (31), and daughters Mandy Byrne (39),
and Keely Allan (35), said the world of football had lost a great person
and they hoped he was at peace. Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince
William, who is president of the Football Association, said they were
saddened by the news. Leading tributes from the football community was
World Cup winning goalscorer Sir Geoff Hurst, who said the other members
of the 1966 team were 'totally devastated'. His son Jimmy said his father
missed his wife Lesley terribly after she died from cancer three years ago
and added: 'I hope they are together.' The couple were married for over 36
years. Mr Ball said: 'We are extremely proud of him and hope he is
peaceful and with our mother, wherever they may be. From what we can
gather, our father was at his compost heap which caught alight. Whilst
trying to fight the fire, he suffered a fatal heart attack,' he explained.
'I would like him to be known as a nice man with a passion for football.
He had a big heart and was very generous,' he added. Sir Geoff Hurst said
yesterday: 'He was the youngest member of the team and man of the match in
the 1966 World Cup final.' He said he had spoken to other players from the
team to pass on the sad news. 'We are totally devastated,' he added. Sir
Bobby Charlton said he was 'shocked and saddened by the death of his team
mate."
-
The Belfast Telegraph,
Thursday, 26 April
2007. |
|
Funeral |
Thursday, 3 May 2007, at Winchester Cathedral. Buried in Ramalley Cemetery, Eastleigh
A memorial service was held
at Bolton Parish Church in June 2007. |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Alan Ball's
Playing Extra Time [2004] & |
|
Biographies |
Ball Of Fire - Alan Ball
(Pelham, London 1967)*
It's All About a Ball: An Autobiogriaphy
- Alan Ball (W.H. Allen, London 1978)#
Alan Ball: Playing Extra Time - Alan Ball and James Messop
(Pan
Macmillan Ltd, 2004) |
| |
*Autobiography titles come as
easily as playing for one of England's greatest midfielders. This first
volume covers his playing career at Blackpool and early days at Everton
from 1966, the year in which he helped inspire England to World Cup
triumph.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
#Ball's story is
updated to include his League Championship days with Everton in 1969/70,
six years with Arsenal and two with Southampton.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
|
Playing Career |
Club(s)
,%20Alan.jpg) |
Played junior football for Oswestry Swifts FC as an eight year
old, then at his Grammar School in Farnworth, where
he captained the team, as well as Farnworth & Worsley Boys. Had a trial
with Lancashire Boys. Then under his father at
Ashton United FC of the Lancashire Combination, from there, he was placed
on a schoolboy contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, boarding with
Eddie Clamps' mother. Released after a season because of his size. So he joined Bolton Wanderers
FC as an amateur in 1960, and they cited the same reasons a year later. So,
in September 1961, after writing to, and accepting an invitation from, Blackpool FC,
he became a member of the groundstaff and then he signed as an
apprentice, in charge of Stan Matthew's boots, and becoming a
professional in May 1962. Ball failed in a transfer request in July 1965,
and throughout the following season, he rejected improved offers from his
manager and his unsettling prompted Don Revie to offer £105,000 in July
1966, but it was Everton FC who broke
the British transfer record for a fee paid when they paid £112,000
on 15 August 1966, with a late unsuccessful bid from Stoke City FC. Arsenal FC then took their turn to break the transfer
fee record when they paid £220,000 on 22 December 1971, but only
after his father had been told of his reluctance to move south and had
notified the two Manchester clubs, with City unable to match Arsenal's
offer and United left waiting in Euston. Ball became club captain
in the 1974 summer. Reports suggested that he had been offered to
Manchester United in time for the 1975 Transfer Deadline. Indeed, his club
did allow his 'transfer request' at the end of the season, and although
Manchester City FC made a bid, Ball remained. It was announced on 20 April
1976, that he was to play for South Africa's Hellenic FC during the1976, making four league appearances.
Then, following the signing of Alan Hudson, Ball turned down a return to
Blackpool FC for £50,000, a week before, 23 December 1976, when Southampton FC
paid £60,000 for his signature, outbidding Stoke City FC. He joined the NASL in the close season and
assisted Philadelphia Fury on loan in May 1978, appointed as their
player-manager on 17 June, making
33 league appearances and scoring five. |
|
"SOUTHAMPTON manager Lawrie McMenemy was last night relieved that
his skipper, Alan Ball, had not been banned by the Football Association.
Ball was fined £3,000 for receiving illegal payments from Don Revie in
1966. Ball was then with Blackpool, and Revie manager of Leeds. 'I was
only at the F A hearing to give a current character reference for Alan. I
told them that Alan is a very good professional and captain of
Southampton.'" - Daily Mirror, Wednesday, 20 December 1978 |
|
After he had returned to The Dell, he left again for the NASL in
June 1979, with Vancouver Whitecaps, making 31 league appearances,
scoring ten times. In February 1980, Ball was heavily connected
with a return to Blackpool FC, who wanted him as player-manager. He signed
on 3 March, and agreed to take up his new position after he returned from
the NASL with Vancouver Whitecaps during the close season. He resigned
from the Bloomfield Road club on 3 March 1981, and re-signed
for Southampton FC two days later. He spent the 1983 summer in Australia,
where he scored twice in three league outings with
Floreat Athena FC, of Perth. He returned once more to The Dell before he then went to
play in Hong Kong with Eastern Athletic in October 1982, making
twelve appearances. He returned and turned out for Bristol Rovers
FC from January 1983. Became their caretaker manager in May 1983, before
he retired from playing. |
League honours
743 appearances, 171 goals
four red cards |
Blackpool FC 1962-66 116
appearances, 42 goals
debut: 18 August 1962 Liverpool FC 1 Blackpool FC
2.
Everton FC
1966-71 208 appearances, 66 goals
debut: 20 August 1966 Fulham
FC 0 Everton FC 1 .
Arsenal FC 1971-76
177 appearances, 45 goals
debut: 27 December 1971 Nottingham Forest FC
1 Arsenal FC 1.
Southampton FC 1976-80 132 appearances,
nine goals
debut (division two): 27 December 1976 Plymouth Argyle FC 1 Southampton FC
1.
Blackpool FC 1980-81 thirty
appearances, five goals
debut: (division three) 16 August 1980 Swindon
Town FC 1 Blackpool FC 2.
Southampton FC 1981-82 63 appearances,
two goals
debut: 7 March 1981 Southampton FC
1 Manchester United FC 0.
Bristol Rovers FC 1983
seventeen appearances, two goals
debut (division three): 29 January
1983 Bristol Rovers FC 3 Chesterfield FC 0.
last (division three): 14
May 1983 Bristol Rovers FC 1 Cardiff City FC 1. |
Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1967-68 (4ᵃ), 1971-72 (9ᵃ 2ᵍ); fourth
place 1970-71 (6ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1972-73 (8ᵃ 4ᵍ);
Football
League third place 1968-69 (40ᵃ 16ᵍ); Champions 1969-70
(37ᵃ 10ᵍ), runners-up 1972-73 (40ᵃ 10ᵍ); Division
Two
runners-up 1977-78 (41ᵃ 5ᵍ);
FA Charity
Shield winners 1970;
Football League Cup
runners-up 1978-79 (7ᵃ);
NASL National Conference Western Division
winners 1979;
Soccer Bowl winners
1979; |
Individual honours |
Football League (6ᵃ)
Ballon d'Or
eighth 1966, =sixteenth 1967, =eighteenth 1970, =24th 1968;
PFA
Division Two Team of the Year 1977-78;
Southampton FC Player of the Year 1977-78;
NASL Most Valued Player 1979.
Awarded MBE 2000; |
|
Distinctions |
Son of James Alan Ball (Southport FC 1948-50;
manager at Halifax Town FC, Preston North End FC & Southport FC 1967-75).
Father of Jimmy Ball (manager at Forest Green
Rovers FC and AFC Totton 2021-) |
|
Height/Weight |
5' 3" [1960], 5' 6¾",
9st. 10lbs. [1965], 5'
7", 10st.
0lbs [1970]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
Management
Career |
Club(s)
League History
P
586 - W 186 - D 176 - L 224
|
Ball was appointed as player-manager at NASL side Philadelpha Fury
on 17 June 1978, whilst he was on loan from Southampton FC. When he
returned from his stint in the August, he was approached By Walsall FC to
become their new boss. He was, however, appointed as player-manager back
at Blackpool FC on 3 March 1980, effective from the new season,
until he resigned exactly a year later. Then, when he returned from Hong
Kong, Ball took up a coaching position with Bristol Rovers FC from January
1983, and became their caretaker
manager on the last match of the 1983-84 season. He joined the Portsmouth
FC set up as youth coach in 1983, becoming their manager on 6 June 1984 until
July 1988, after which he served as first team coach until his sacking in
January 1989. In February 1989, Ball became Jock Wallace's assistant at
Colchester United FC, and then assisted Mick Mills at Stoke City FC in
October 1989. Two weeks later, Mills was sacked and Ball took over, but
guided Stoke down into the Third Division for the first time in their history.
After failing to get Stoke promoted, he was sacked. In July 1991, he was
appointed manager of Exeter City FC, a job he held whilst he was assisting
Graham Taylor as a coach to the England team in 1992. On 20 January 1994,
Ball left Exeter to rejoin Southampton FC as their manager. In May 1995,
Ball then joined Francis Lee's revolution at Manchester City FC as their
new manager, but City were soon relegated from the Premier League and Ball
resigned in August 1996. In February 1998, he was appointed manager of
Portsmouth FC. His contract was terminated on 9 December 1999
after he failed to get them out of the bottom half of the table! |
Club honours
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Blackpool FC 1980-81
League best: 23rd in Division
Three 1980-81; Anglo-Scottish Cup
quarter-finalists; |
|
|
Portsmouth FC
1984-89
Football League Division Two runners-up
1986-87;
League best: nineteenth in Division One 1987-88;
FA Cup quarter-finals 1987-88; League Cup
fifth round 1985-86; Full Members Cup
quarter-finals 1986-87; Left with the club thirteenth in Division Two. |
|
|
Stoke City FC 1989-91
League best: 23rd in
Division Two 1990-91; Never got past third rounds of the FA Cup
or the Full Members Cup; Took over with the club 23rd in Division Two,
left with them thirteenth in Division Three. |
|
|
Exeter City FC 1991-94
Football League Trophy
runners-up 1992-93;
League best: nineteenth in
Division Two 1992-93; Never got past third round of the FA Cup;
Left the club eighteenth in Division Two. |
|
|
Southampton FC 1994-95
League best: tenth in FA
Premier League 1994-95; FA Cup fifth round replay
1994-95; Football League Cup third round 1994-95; |
| |
Manchester City FC 1995-97
League best: eighteenth in
FA Premier League 1995-96; FA Cup fifth round
1995-96; Football League Cup third round 1995-96;
Resigned with the club in fifteenth place in Division One, after three
matches. |
| |
Portsmouth FC 1997-2000
League best: eighteenth in
FA Premier League 1999-2000; FA Cup fourth round
1998-99; Football League Cup second round 1998-99 &
1999-2000; Took over with the club bottom of Division One, and left with
them twentieth in the same division. |
|
Individual honours |
Premier
League Manager of the Month November 1995 |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
837th
player to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Inside-left, inside-right, outside-left, outside-right. |
|
First match |
No. 389, 9 May 1965,
Yugoslavia 1 England
1, an end-of-season
tour match at
Stadion Crvena zvezda,
Beograd, aged 19 years
362 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 493, 24 May 1975,
England 5
Scotland 1, a British Championship
match at Wembley
Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 30 years
12 days. |
Major tournaments |
FIFA World Cup Finals 1966, 1970;
UEFA European
Championship Finals 1968;
British Championship
1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75; |
|
Team honours |
FIFA World Cup winners 1966;
British Championship winners 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69,
1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, shared 1969-70, 1971-72; |
|
Individual honours |
England U23 (eight appearances, 2ᵍ
November 1964-November 1965) |
|
Distinctions |
Died seventeen days after Brian Miller |
|
Beyond England |
|
After hanging up his player boots, the last of the 1966 World Cup
winning team to do so, Ball carved out a management and coaching career,
with varying results. |
|
The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
starts |
sub |
unused |
minutes |
|
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
pens |
 |
 |
|
tbc |
72 |
45 |
69 |
▲3
▼1 |
tbc |
6310 |
8 |
789
min |
2 |
1
1
 |
six |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
72 |
44 |
19 |
9 |
124 |
48 |
+76 |
13 |
37 |
1.722 |
0.667 |
74.3 |
+35 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
30 |
19 |
9 |
2 |
65 |
24 |
+41 |
2 |
13 |
2.167 |
0.80 |
78.3 |
+17 |
|
Away |
37 |
23 |
10 |
4 |
55 |
19 |
+36 |
9 |
22 |
1.486 |
0.514 |
75.7 |
+19 |
|
Neutral |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
0.80 |
1.00 |
40.0 |
-1 |
Shirt Record
|
Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
White |
59 |
37 |
16 |
6 |
108 |
38 |
+70 |
9 |
30 |
1.831 |
0.644 |
76.3 |
+31 |
|
Red |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
7 |
+7 |
3 |
6 |
1.40 |
0.70 |
70.0 |
+4 |
|
Blue |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
Yellow |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
WCF |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
7 |
+4 |
2 |
4 |
1.375 |
0.875 |
68.8 |
+3 |
| World Cup |
12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
4 |
6 |
1.083 |
0.83 |
62.5 |
+3 |
|
ECP
|
16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
35 |
10 |
+25 |
1 |
11 |
2.188 |
0.625 |
78.1 |
+9 |
|
ECF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
European Championship |
17 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
35 |
11 |
+24 |
2 |
11 |
2.059 |
0.647 |
73.5 |
+8 |
|
British Championship |
20 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
45 |
17 |
+28 |
2 |
8 |
2.25 |
0.85 |
82.5 |
+13 |
The 1966-68
records of the European Championship preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
| Friendly |
28 |
16 |
9 |
3 |
44 |
15 |
+29 |
5 |
10 |
1.571 |
0.536 |
73.2 |
+13 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Preliminary
Competitions |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP 1972-74 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
WCP
All |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
World
Cup Final
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WCF 1966 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
1 |
2 |
1.75 |
0.75 |
87.5 |
+3 |
| WCF 1970 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
WCF
All |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
7 |
+4 |
2 |
4 |
1.375 |
0.875 |
68.8 |
+3 |
|
World Cup |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WC 1964-66 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
1 |
2 |
1.75 |
0.75 |
87.5 |
+3 |
| WC 1968-70 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
WC 1972-74 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
2 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
WC
All |
12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
4 |
6 |
1.083 |
0.83 |
62.5 |
+3 |
|
European Championship Preliminary Competitions |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| ECP/BC
1966-68 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
6 |
+10 |
0 |
4 |
2.289 |
0.857 |
78.6 |
+4 |
| ECP 1970-72 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
1 |
5 |
1.857 |
0.571 |
71.4 |
+3 |
| ECP 1974-76 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
ECP
All |
16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
35 |
10 |
+25 |
1 |
11 |
2.188 |
0.625 |
78.1 |
+9 |
|
European Championship Final
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| ECF 1968 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
ECF
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
European Championship |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| EC/BC
1966-68 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
7 |
+9 |
1 |
4 |
2.00 |
0.875 |
68.8 |
+3 |
| EC 1970-72 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
1 |
5 |
1.857 |
0.571 |
71.4 |
+3 |
| EC 1974-76 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
EC
All |
17 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
35 |
11 |
+24 |
2 |
11 |
2.059 |
0.647 |
73.5 |
+8 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1965-66 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC/ECP 1966-67 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC/ECP 1967-68 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1968-69 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
BC 1969-70 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC 1970-71 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
BC 1971-72 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1972-73 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.00 |
0.33 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
BC 1974-75 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
1 |
1 |
2.333 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC
All |
20 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
45 |
17 |
+28 |
2 |
8 |
2.25 |
0.85 |
82.5 |
+13 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
12 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
10 |
+3 |
4 |
6 |
1.083 |
0.83 |
62.5 |
+3 |
|
EC |
17 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
35 |
11 |
+24 |
2 |
11 |
2.059 |
0.647 |
73.5 |
+8 |
|
BC |
20 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
45 |
17 |
+28 |
2 |
8 |
2.25 |
0.85 |
82.5 |
+13 |
The 1966-68
records of the European Championship preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
|
44 |
28 |
10 |
6 |
80 |
33 |
+47 |
8 |
23 |
1.818 |
0.75 |
75 |
+22 |
Match History of Alan Ball
|
Age 19 |
under 23 |
|
squad member - Hungary, Israel & Turkey May 1964;
four appearances - Wales & Romania
November 1964; Scotland February 1965; Czechoslovakia April 1965; |
|
|
Club:
Blackpool F.C.
- fourteen full appearances (1290 min) 1ᵍ |
manager:
Alf Ramsey - 66 full appearances (x min),
eight goalsx
|
|
apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
|
under 23 |
|
|
four appearances - West Germany, Czechoslovakia &
Austria
May/June 1965; France
November 1965; |
|
Age 27 |
|
55 |
460 |
13 May 1972 - West Germany 0 England 0
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
ECP |
AD |
|
7 |
|
461 |
20 May 1972 - Wales 0 England 3, Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
squad/reserve |
|
462 |
23 May 1972 - England 0 Northern Ireland
1, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HL |
|
56 |
463 |
27 May 1972 - Scotland 0 England 1
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
AW |
30 |
7 |
|
57 |
464 |
11 October 1972
- England 1 Yugoslavia 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HD |
|
7 |
|
58 |
465 |
15 November 1972 - Wales 0 England 1
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
WCP |
AW |
|
11 |
|
59 |
466 |
24 January 1973
- England 1 Wales 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
WCP |
HD |
|
11 |
|
60 |
467 |
14 February 1973
- Scotland 0 England 5
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
Fr |
AW |
|
7 |
|
|
manager:
Don Revie - six full appearances (540 min) 6ᶜx
|
| "Then one day, unheralded and totally
unexpected, a letter from Revie dropped through the letter box. I
was unsigned, thanking me for what I had done for England, telling
me that he had decided that Gerry Francis would be captaining
England and wishing me all the best in the future. I was gobsmacked.
What disappointed me was that he didn't even speak to me either man
to man or on the telephone. It was just a letter that he did not
have the courtesy to sign. I had been his captain, I had worn the
shirt seventy-two times and here I was being tossed aside like a
pieve of flotsam." - Alan Ball's Playing Extra Time |
|
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