Julian Alsford

Julian Alsford
Personal information
Full name	Julian Alsford
Date of birth	24 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Poole, England
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1990–1991	Watford
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1994	Watford
1992	→ Kingsbury Town (loan)
1992	→ Staines Town (loan)
1994	→ Slough Town
1994–1998	Chester City
1998–1999	Dundee United
1998	→ Barnet (loan)
1999	Chester City
1999–2000	Dorchester Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julian Alsford (born 24 December 1972) is an English former footballer who played the majority of his professional games with Chester City in two separate spells. He was a centre half.^[2]

Alsford started his career at Watford, after becoming an associated schoolboy in December 1988, he became a trainee in July 1989 and went on to captain the youth team.^[3] He signed professional terms in May 1991 and established himself in the reserve team.^[4] During his time with Watford, he was loaned out to Kingsbury Town and Staines Town in January 1992, and Slough Town in March 1994.^[3] However, was unable to establish himself in the Watford team, and was tried as a striker in the reserves.^[3]

Alsford was allowed to join Chester City for free in August 1994, but with Watford to receive a third of any future fee received for him.^[5] He played for Chester for four years before joining Scottish Premier League side Dundee United.^[4] He played three league games for the club before being advised by his doctor to take sick leave after his relationship with manager Tommy McLean began affecting his health.^[6] He was loaned to Barnet F.C. shortly after before rejoining Chester in 1999.^[2] In 2000, he signed to the non-league football club Dorchester Town.^[7]^[2]

Following his departure from professional football, Alsford went into the financial sector.^[8]

References

^ "Julian Alsford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Powell, David (24 June 2016). "Chester FC: Seven players to have headed north of the border". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. Surrey: T.G Jones. p. 23. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
^ ^a ^b "Albion eye defender". The Argus. 2 February 1999. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "Football: On the move". The Independent. 13 August 1994. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ Macdonald, Kenny (2011). Scottish Football Quotations.
^ Powell, Dave (6 May 2019). "Chester FC: What happened to the Blues squad of 1997/98?". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "THE BIG INTERVIEW: Andy Milner". Chester FC. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

External links

Julian Alsford at Soccerbase

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