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Alan
A'Court |
Liverpool
FC
5 caps, 1 goal
P 5 W 0 D 3
L 2 F 6:A 8
30% successful
1957-58
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 450 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alan A'Court |
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Born |
30 September
1934 at Rainhill, Lancashire [registered in
Prescot, December 1934]. To Arthur and Marion (née Thistlethwayte). Attended Prescot Grammar School |
| Notes |
According
to passenger lists, A'Court, of 4 Knowsley Road, Rainhill, was part
of a group of Liverpool FC footballers that left Southampton, bound for
New York, on 6 May 1953, on board the Queen Mary, under the mastership of
C.I. Thompson. |
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Married |
to Alma
Morris [registered in
Prescot, June 1960]. |
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Died |
15 December
2009 in Nantwich, Cheshire, aged 75 years 77 days; |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8½",
10st 7lbs, [1958] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
Biographies |
My Life in Football - Alan A'Court
with Ian Hargraves
(Bluecoat Press, 2003) |
| |
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Began with
Prescot Cables and Prescot Celtic, before signing with Liverpool FC in
September 1952. After 355 games and 61 goals, A'Court
joined Tranmere Rovers FC in October 1964 for £4,500, where he played a
further fifty games, scoring eleven. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Two winners 1961-62; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances). |
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Distinctions |
A' Court is the youngest Liverpool player
to make 200 league appearances for the club, aged 24 years and 89 days. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
LFChistory.net |
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Management Career |
|
Club(s) |
After leaving
Tranmere, A'Court became player-coach at Norwich City FC in July 1966.
He became the assistant manager at Chester FC in early 1969 and then
became assistant manager at Crewe Alexandra FC until September 1969. Stoke
City FC coach from 1970, becoming its caretaker manager in January 1978
for a month. He also had various coaching roles abroad, including Ndola
United (Zambia) and New Zealand. |
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Source |
The World Cup Who's Who
1950-2002. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
764th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No.
316, 6 November 1957, England 2 Northern Ireland 3, a British Championship
match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, aged 23 years 37 days.  |
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Last match |
No. 328, 26 November 1958, England 2 Wales 2,
a British Championship match at Villa Park, Birmingham, aged 24 years 57
days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1958;
British Championships 1957-58, 1958-59; |
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Team honours |
British
Championships shared 1957-58, 1958-59; |
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Individual honours |
England U23
(seven appearances, one goal). |
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Distinctions |
A'Court
achieved his distinctions with England, replacing the injured Tom Finney,
whilst still a second division player. |
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Beyond England |
|
Joined the sporting staff at North
Staffordshire Polytechnic before running a newsagents in Birkenhead. -
RedandWhiteKop.com |
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Alan A'Court - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
1 |
450 min |
1 |
0 |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Alan A'Court
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home
-
British Championship |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
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Neutral - WCF |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
0.667 |
1.00 |
33.3 |
-1 |
| All |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
2 |
1 |
1.20 |
1.60 |
30.0 |
-2 |
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Alan A'Court
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
World Cup Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCF 1958 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
0.667 |
1.00 |
33.3 |
-1 |
|
WCF All |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
0.667 |
1.00 |
33.3 |
-1 |
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British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1957-58 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
BC 1958-59 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC All |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
0.667 |
1.00 |
33.3 |
-1 |
|
BC |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
| All |
5 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
2 |
1 |
1.20 |
1.60 |
30.0 |
-2 |
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Alan A'Court
- Match History |
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Club: Liverpool F.C. - 5 full caps |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 5
full capsx
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Age 22 |
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1 |
u23 |
17 October 1956 - England U23 0 France U23 0, Ashton Gate, Bristol |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
11 |
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2 |
u23 |
19 May 1957 - Bulgaria U23 2 England U23 1, Sofiya |
Tour |
AL |
Start |
11 |
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- |
u23 |
26 May 1957 - Romania U23 0 England U23 1, Stadional 23 August,
Bucureşti |
AW |
squad member |
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3 |
u23 |
30 May 1957 - Czechoslovakia U23 0 England U23 2, Bratislava |
AW |
Start |
11 |
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4 |
u23 |
25 September 1957 - England U23 6 Bulgaria U23 0, Stamford Bridge,
London |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
11 |
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Age 23 |
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5 |
u23 |
16 October 1957 - England U23 3 Romania U23 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
10 |
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1 |
316 |
6 November 1957 - England 2 Northern
Ireland 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HL |
BC |
Start
60 |
11 |
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6 |
u23 |
15 January 1958 - England U23 3 Scotland U23 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
11 |
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7 |
u23 |
23 April 1958 - Wales U23 2 England U23 1,
The Racecourse,
Wrexham |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
11 |
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2 |
323 |
11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0,
Nya
Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg |
ND |
WCF |
Start |
21 |
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3 |
324 |
15 June 1958 - England 2 Austria 2,
Ryavallen Stadion, Borås |
ND |
Start |
|
4 |
325 |
17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0,
Nya
Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg |
NL |
Start |
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Age 24 |
|
5 |
328 |
26 November 1958 - England 2 Wales 2,
Villa Park, Birmingham |
HD |
BC |
Start |
11 |
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