Alan Woollett

Alan Woollett
Personal information
Full name Alan Howard Woollett
Date of birth (1947-03-04) 4 March 1947 (age 77)
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]

Career

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.

Honours

Leicester City

References

  1. ^ "Alan Woollett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ Barry Hugman (1988). Complete Players' Records. London: Q.A.P. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
  3. ^ "Club details". Sporting-heroes.net. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. ^ A history of Leicester City Football Club Folliard, R: Hornchurch, Ian Henry, 1980 ISBN 0-86025-700-2
  5. ^ "Playing career portrait". Cards.littleoak.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Fan's Testimony". Foxestalk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Woollett's considered career highlight". Thebluearmy.co.uk. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Match details". Sportingchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Testimonial details". Foxestalk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  10. ^ The nickname of Leicester City Sky Sports Football Year Book 200/7 Rollin, G/Rollin, J: London, Q.A.P, 2006 ISBN 0-7553-1525-1 p 220
  11. ^ Lech Mintowt-Czyz. "Dogone USA". The Times. UK. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  12. ^ One Hump or Two:The Frank Worthington Story Cooper, S/Wells, N: Leicester, ACL & Polar, 1994 ISBN 1-899538-00-3
  13. ^ "The dog's memory lives on". BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  14. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
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