Alan Crawford (English footballer)

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Alan Crawford
Personal information
Full name Alan Paterson Crawford
Date of birth (1953-10-30) 30 October 1953 (age 68)
Place of birth Rotherham,[1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
19??–1971 Rotherham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1978 Rotherham United 237 (49)
1973Mansfield Town (loan) 2 (0)
1979–1982 Chesterfield 94 (20)
1982–1985 Bristol City 92 (26)
1985–19?? Exeter City 33 (3)
Bath City
Teams managed
Blackpool (coach)
Stockport County (coach)
West Bromwich Albion (coach)
Nottingham Forest (coach)
Rotherham United (scout)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alan Paterson Crawford (born 30 October 1953) is an English former footballer who made more than 450 Football League appearances scoring 98 goals playing as an outside left.[3]

Career[]

Crawford started his football career with Rotherham United and went on to make 169 consecutive appearances for them. He scored 31 Football League goals in their Third Division campaign in 1976–77, which is a Rotherham record for a midfielder. In 2007, he was voted as the greatest ever left-sided midfielder for Rotherham, in a Millers Mad poll.[4]

He later moved to Chesterfield, and scored the winning goal for them in their 1980/81 Anglo-Scottish Cup victory over Notts County.[5] Crawford subsequently played for Bristol City, Exeter City, Bath City and Bristol Manor Farm. He rejoined Bristol City as a youth team coach before retiring from football working as a painter & decorator in Backwell near Bristol in the late 1990s.[6]

Coach/Scout[]

In recent years he has established himself as a football coach with clubs such as Blackpool, Stockport County, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest, working notably for Gary Megson. He is currently a scout for his hometown team Rotherham United.

References[]

  1. ^ "Alan Crawford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ Hugman, Barry (1998). Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
  4. ^ "MillersMAD Greatest XI: Midfielders". rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk. 12 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. ^ Fisher, Paul (5 March 2006). "Anglo Scottish Cup Winners 25th Anniversary". Compton Street. Chesterfield Mad. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  6. ^ Woods, David; Edwards, Leigh (1997). Bristol City FC – The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.

External links[]

  • Alan Crawford at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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