Alan White (English footballer)

Alan White
Personal information
Full name Alan White[1]
Date of birth (1976-03-22) 22 March 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Darlington, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
1997–2000 Luton Town 79 (3)
1999 → Colchester United (loan) 4 (0)
2000–2004 Colchester United 140 (4)
2004–2005 Leyton Orient 26 (0)
2005–2006 Boston United 48 (4)
2006–2007 Notts County 35 (5)
2007 → Peterborough United (loan) 7 (3)
2007–2009 Darlington 75 (3)
2009–2010 Luton Town 16 (0)
2010 → Darlington (loan) 24 (1)
2010 Stalybridge Celtic 6 (0)
2010–2011 Gateshead 3 (0)
2011 Blyth Spartans 15 (3)
2011 Boston United 13 (0)
2011–2013 Harrogate Town 48 (3)
2013–2016 Darlington 1883 78 (12)
2016–2017 Spennymoor Town
Managerial career
2016–2017 Spennymoor Town (player-coach)
2017–2019 Darlington (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan White (born 22 March 1976) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League.

Career

Born in Darlington, County Durham,[1] White began his career as a trainee at Middlesbrough in 1995, but his only first-team appearance came in the Anglo-Italian Cup.[2] He joined Luton Town in September 1997 for a fee of £40,000, and made over 80 league appearances in three seasons.[3] He had a one-month loan spell with Colchester United in late 1999,[3] and joined that club on a free transfer in July 2000.[4]

White made 166 appearances for Colchester in four seasons, scoring four goals, and was voted the club's player of the year in the 2003–04 season. He rejected their offer of a new contract and instead joined Leyton Orient in June 2004 on a two-year deal.[5][6] However, he was allowed to leave nine months later and joined Boston United in March 2005 on a one-year contract; Boston manager Steve Evans said he was "delighted to get Alan on board. He was outstanding for Colchester United last season and is a great competitor."[7]

At the end of his Boston contract in June 2006, White joined Notts County on a free transfer,[8] where he was made club captain. Nine months later, he joined Peterborough United on loan for the remainder of the 2006–07 season,[9] and was one of six players released by Notts County at the end of the season.[10]

White joined his hometown club Darlington on 15 May 2007.[11] He went on to make 85 league and cup appearances.[12] Darlington entered administration in February 2009, and White was told he would be free to leave at the end of the season.[13] He subsequently rejoined Luton Town on a two-year contract on 8 June 2009.[14] He played 24 games for the club before being placed on the transfer list on 12 January 2010. Three days later he rejoined Darlington on loan for the rest of the season.[15] He made 24 appearances as Darlington were relegated from the Football League, picking up just 30 points from 46 games.[16][17]

On 27 August 2010, White was released by Luton.[18] He was picked up by Conference North club Stalybridge Celtic and made his debut against Alfreton Town on 2 October 2010.[19] White made 8 league and cup appearances for Stalybridge before signing for Gateshead on a monthly contract on 18 November.[20] He made his debut on 20 November in a 1–1 draw with Forest Green Rovers,[21] and scored his first goal for them on 14 December against Southport in the FA Trophy.[22] On 8 February 2011, Gateshead announced that they had released White.[23]

He signed for Blyth Spartans on 11 February and made his debut four days later against Alfreton Town, scoring an own goal in a 2–1 defeat.[24] He made 15 appearances by the end of the season,[25] and then rejoined Boston United, then playing in the Conference North, on a non-contract basis. In mid-December, he left the club, citing the distance he had to travel from his home in Darlington, and signed for another Conference North club, Harrogate Town.[26] He helped them gain promotion to the Conference National in 2013, but left the club in October 2013 to rejoin Darlington – by then playing in the Northern Premier League Division One North under the name of Darlington 1883 – in search of regular football.[27] He was named in the 2013–14 Northern Premier League Division One North Team of the Season,[28] and contributed to two consecutive promotions in the next two seasons, as well as taking on some coaching duties.[29]

In June 2016, White joined Spennymoor Town as player-coach.[30] He remained with the club until October 2017, when he returned to Darlington as assistant to newly appointed manager Tommy Wright.[31] When Wright left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season, White stayed on as temporary academy manager until a permanent appointment was made in mid-July.[32]

Career statistics

As of end of 2015–16 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 1994–95[33][2] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 1 0
1995–96 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1996–97 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1997–98[33] Premier League 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Luton Town 1997–98[33] Second Division 28 1 1 0 — 3[c] 0 32 1
1998–99[34] Second Division 32 1 1 0 3 0 1[c] 0 37 1
1999–2000[3] Second Division 19 1 0 0 2 0 — 21 1
Total 79 3 2 0 5 0 4 0 90 3
Colchester United (loan) 1999–2000[3] Second Division 4 0 — — 1[c] 0 5 0
Colchester United 2000–01[35] Second Division 32 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 37 0
2001–02[36] Second Division 33 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 35 3
2002–03[37] Second Division 41 0 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 43 0
2003–04[38] Second Division 33 1 6 0 2 0 5[c] 0 46 1
Total 143 4 8 0 8 0 7 0 166 4
Leyton Orient 2004–05[39] League Two 26 0 2 0 1 0 2[c] 0 31 0
Boston United 2004–05[39] League Two 11 0 — — — 11 0
2005–06[40] League Two 37 4 3 0 1 0 1[c] 1 42 5
Total 48 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 53 5
Notts County 2006–07[41] League Two 35 5 1 0 3 0 1[c] 0 40 5
Peterborough United (loan) 2006–07[41] League Two 7 3 — — — 7 3
Darlington 2007–08[42] League Two 35 1 2 0 1 0 3[d] 0 41 1
2008–09[12] League Two 40 2 1 0 0 0 3[c] 2 44 4
Total 75 3 3 0 1 0 6 2 85 5
Luton Town 2009–10[16][43] Conference Premier 16 0 5 1 0 0 1[e] 0 22 1
Darlington (loan) 2009–10[16] League Two 24 1 — — — 24 1
Stalybridge Celtic 2010–11[19] Conference North 6 0 2 0 — — 8 0
Gateshead 2010–11[25] Conference Premier 3 0 — — 1 1 4 1
Blyth Spartans 2010–11[25] Conference North 15 3 — — — 15 3
Boston United 2011–12[44] Conference North 13 0 1 0 — 2[e] 0 16 0
Harrogate Town 2011–12[45] Conference North 17 1 — — 1[f] 0 18 1
2012–13[25][46] Conference North 30 2 7 0 — 2[e] 0 39 2
2013–14[25] Conference North 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 48 3 7 0 — 3 0 58 3
Darlington 1883 2013–14[47] Northern Premier League Div One North 29 3 — 2 1 3[e] 1 34 5
2014–15[48] NPL Div One North 33 5 2 0 0 0 4[g] 1 39 6
2015–16[49] NPL Premier Div 16 4 1 0 2 0 1[e] 0 20 4
Total 78 12 3 0 4 1 8 2 93 15
Career total 616 41 37 1 23 1 37 6 713 49
  1. ^ Appearances in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup for Darlington 1883, otherwise in Football League Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Anglo-Italian Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ^ One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in League Two play-offs
  5. ^ a b c d e Appearance in FA Trophy
  6. ^ Appearance in West Riding County Cup
  7. ^ Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, two appearances in Northern Premier League play-offs

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