Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Howard Woollett | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Wigston, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1964–1978 | Leicester City | 227 | (0) |
1978–1979 | Northampton Town | 23 | (0) |
Total | 250 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alan Howard Woollett (born 4 March 1947) [1] was a locally born defender [2] who played for Leicester City [3] during what many people believe to have been their golden era in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [4] [5]
Steady and committed [6] he was a member of the losing [7] 1969 FA Cup Final side [8] and was eventually awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in 1977. [9] In 2003 ex-Fox [10] Steve Earle revealed that, unlike many players from that era, Woollett had never considered a move to the United States [11] because he could not bear to be parted from his dog. When it eventually died he was too distraught to travel with the squad for a game against Liverpool in May 1973. Manager Jimmy Bloomfield tried to get his teammates to show some respectful sympathy [12] – a feat teammate Len Glover was singularly unable to manage. [13]
He spent 1978/79, his final season of league football, with Northampton Town.
Leicester City
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Alan Howard Woollett | ||
Date of birth | 4 March 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Wigston, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1964–1978 | Leicester City | 227 | (0) |
1978–1979 | Northampton Town | 23 | (0) |
Total | 250 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alan Howard Woollett (born 4 March 1947) [1] was a locally born defender [2] who played for Leicester City [3] during what many people believe to have been their golden era in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [4] [5]
Steady and committed [6] he was a member of the losing [7] 1969 FA Cup Final side [8] and was eventually awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in 1977. [9] In 2003 ex-Fox [10] Steve Earle revealed that, unlike many players from that era, Woollett had never considered a move to the United States [11] because he could not bear to be parted from his dog. When it eventually died he was too distraught to travel with the squad for a game against Liverpool in May 1973. Manager Jimmy Bloomfield tried to get his teammates to show some respectful sympathy [12] – a feat teammate Len Glover was singularly unable to manage. [13]
He spent 1978/79, his final season of league football, with Northampton Town.
Leicester City