Alan Crawford (English footballer)
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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Paterson Crawford | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1953 | ||
| 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) |
| 1973 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Chesterfield | 94 | (20) |
| 1982–1985 | Bristol City | 92 | (26) |
| 1985–19?? | Exeter City | 33 | (3) |
| Bath City | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Blackpool (coach) | |||
| Stockport County (coach) | |||
| West Bromwich Albion (coach) | |||
| Nottingham Forest (coach) | |||
| Rotherham United (scout) | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
- ^ "Alan Crawford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ Hugman, Barry (1998). Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
- ^ "MillersMAD Greatest XI: Midfielders". rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk. 12 July 2007. from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Fisher, Paul (5 March 2006). . Compton Street. Chesterfield Mad. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ 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