Whittle was a product of the Everton youth academy and debuted for the first-team in 1967 at the age of 17. In five years at Everton Whittle made 74 appearances scoring 21 goals, but found it difficult to establish himself in the first-team. Whittle's nickname was The Hustler at Everton, though he campaigned in The Toffees football in the community scheme. The highlight of his time at Everton was being part of the side that won the First Division in the 1969–70 season; making 15 appearances and scoring 11 goals in the process.[1]
In December 1972, Whittle was sold to Crystal Palace for a then large fee of £100,000.[2] Whittle spent four years of his career at Palace; however, his stay was dogged by injury and bad form, leading him to fall out of favour with then coach Malcolm Allison, Whittle did make a century of appearances for Palace and was a fan favourite. Palace fans would chant "We want Whittle" and "The Roker roar is no more, Whittle showed them how to score".
Whittle spent two one-season spells at Orient scoring six goals in 50 appearances for the club and coming second in the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Whittle surprised many by spending one season at Iranian club Persepolis F.C. in the 1977–78 season where he competed in the Takht Jamshid Cup, however because of the Iranian Revolution and collapse of the national league Whittle had no choice but to leave Iran. Whittle was the first English footballer ever to play in the Iranian football league system.[3]
Ultimately, Whittle ended his career at AFC Bournemouth at the age of 30 making just nine appearances for the club. Towards the end of Whittle's career he made a move to Australia, where he played for a year before going to non-league side Gravesend & Northfleet in 1982 ending a career for Whittle who as a youngster had much promise but injury and poor form were to block the extent of his success.[4]
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alan, whittle, rugby, league, footballer, 1960s, 1970s, rugby, league, born, march, 1950, english, retired, footballer, played, forward, attacking, midfielder, made, total, football, league, appearances, everton, crystal, palace, orient, bournemouth, scoring, . For the rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s see Alan Whittle rugby league Alan Whittle born 10 March 1950 is an English retired footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder He made a total of 241 Football League appearances for Everton Crystal Palace Orient and AFC Bournemouth scoring 46 goals He also spent a season with Iranian side Persepolis where he made 34 appearances and scored 16 goals Alan WhittleWhittle with Persepolis in 1977 78Personal informationFull nameAlan WhittleDate of birth 1950 03 10 10 March 1950 age 74 Place of birthLiverpool EnglandPosition s Midfielder ForwardYouth career1965 1967EvertonSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1967 1972Everton74 21 1972 1976Crystal Palace108 19 1976Sheffield United0 0 1976 1977Orient33 5 1977 1978Persepolis34 16 1979 1980Orient17 1 1981AFC Bournemouth9 0 1981 1982Preston Makedonia40 4 1982 19 Gravesend amp Northfleet Total275 55 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksClub career editWhittle was a product of the Everton youth academy and debuted for the first team in 1967 at the age of 17 In five years at Everton Whittle made 74 appearances scoring 21 goals but found it difficult to establish himself in the first team Whittle s nickname was The Hustler at Everton though he campaigned in The Toffees football in the community scheme The highlight of his time at Everton was being part of the side that won the First Division in the 1969 70 season making 15 appearances and scoring 11 goals in the process 1 In December 1972 Whittle was sold to Crystal Palace for a then large fee of 100 000 2 Whittle spent four years of his career at Palace however his stay was dogged by injury and bad form leading him to fall out of favour with then coach Malcolm Allison Whittle did make a century of appearances for Palace and was a fan favourite Palace fans would chant We want Whittle and The Roker roar is no more Whittle showed them how to score Whittle spent two one season spells at Orient scoring six goals in 50 appearances for the club and coming second in the Anglo Scottish Cup Whittle surprised many by spending one season at Iranian club Persepolis F C in the 1977 78 season where he competed in the Takht Jamshid Cup however because of the Iranian Revolution and collapse of the national league Whittle had no choice but to leave Iran Whittle was the first English footballer ever to play in the Iranian football league system 3 Ultimately Whittle ended his career at AFC Bournemouth at the age of 30 making just nine appearances for the club Towards the end of Whittle s career he made a move to Australia where he played for a year before going to non league side Gravesend amp Northfleet in 1982 ending a career for Whittle who as a youngster had much promise but injury and poor form were to block the extent of his success 4 International career editIn 1972 at the age of 22 he was called up by Sir Alf Ramsey manager of the England national football team however he did not feature for the side 5 Honours editEverton Football League 1969 70 FA Charity Shield 1970Personal life editWhittle is the uncle of current Sheffield United player Tom Davies Now retired Whittle lives on The Wirral References edit 1969 1970 Summary evertonresults com Retrieved 3 September 2019 Thirty Years Ago December 1972 dial pipex com Archived from the original on 22 October 2007 Retrieved 2007 06 28 Alan Whittle takhtejamshidcup com Alan Whittle evertonfc com All Players englandstats comExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alan Whittle WE WANT WHITTLE by John J O Connor Tebyan Alan Whittle at Post War English amp Scottish Football League A Z Player s Transfer Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Whittle amp oldid 1205353696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
