Alan Ball Jr.

Alan Ball
MBE
Ball in 2004
Personal information
Full name Alan James Ball
Date of birth (1945-05-12)12 May 1945
Place of birth Farnworth, Lancashire, England
Date of death 25 April 2007(2007-04-25) (aged 61)
Place of death Warsash, Hampshire, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1960–1961 Bolton Wanderers
1961–1962 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1961 Ashton United 7 (1)
1962–1966 Blackpool 116 (40)
1966–1971 Everton 208 (66)
1971–1976 Arsenal 177 (45)
1976 → Hellenic (loan) 4 (?)
1976–1979 Southampton 132 (9)
1978 → Philadelphia Fury (loan) 33 (5)
1979 Vancouver Whitecaps 31 (10)
1980–1981 Blackpool 30 (5)
1981–1982 Southampton 63 (2)
1982 → Floreat Athena (loan) 3 (2)
1982–1983 Eastern AA 12 (?)
1983 Bristol Rovers 17 (2)
Total 833 (187+)
International career
1965–1975 England 72 (8)
Managerial career
1978 Philadelphia Fury
1980–1981 Blackpool
1984–1989 Portsmouth
1989–1991 Stoke City
1991–1994 Exeter City
1994–1995 Southampton
1995–1996 Manchester City
1998–1999 Portsmouth
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  England
FIFA World Cup
Winner1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan James Ball, Jr., MBE (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was an English World Cup winning football player turned manager. He was born in Farnworth, Lancashire. He is known for career as an international player and at club level for Everton and Arsenal. He died of a heart attack in Warsash, Hampshire.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ashton United 1960–61 Lancashire Combination 710000000071
Blackpool 1962–63 First Division 500000000050
1963–64 First Division 3113201100003414
1964–65 First Division 3911112100004213
1965–66 First Division 4116202100004517
Total 116405153000012644
Everton 1966–67 First Division 4115620041005118
1967–68 First Division 3420402000004020
1968–69 First Division 4016504200004918
1969–70 First Division 3710113100004112
1970–71 First Division 39263316310559
1971–72 First Division 17300100000183
Total 208662261341041025480
Arsenal 1971–72 First Division 18392000000275
1972–73 First Division 4010843000005114
1973–74 First Division 3613301000004013
1974–75 First Division 309810000003810
1975–76 First Division 39910200000429
Total 1634429760000019851
Hellenic 1976 National Football League (South Africa) 400000000040
Arsenal 1976–77 First Division 14100600000201
Southampton 1976–77 Second Division 23161000000292
1977–78 Second Division 41540300000485
1978–79 First Division 42261800000563
1979–80 First Division 26110100000281
Total 1329172120000016111
Philadelphia Fury (loan) 1978 NASL 255––––255
1979 NASL 80––––80
Total 335––––335
Vancouver Whitecaps 1979 NASL 158––––158
1980 NASL 162––––162
Total 3110––––3110
Blackpool 1980–81 Third Division 30520300030385
Southampton 1980–81 First Division 10000000000100
1981–82 First Division 41110104000471
Total 51110104000571
Floreat Athena 1982 West Australian Football League 320000000032
Southampton 1982–83 First Division 12100202000161
Eastern 1982–83 Hong Kong First Division League ??????????12+0+
Bristol Rovers 1983–84 Third Division 17200000000172
Career total 821+187+76+16+48+7+16+4+4+0+977+214+
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, FA Charity Shield.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 196541
1966130
196753
196860
196980
1970103
197170
197251
197370
197410
197560
Total728

Manager

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Blackpool 1 July 1980 28 February 1981 347101720.6
Portsmouth 11 May 1984 17 January 1989 22294587042.3
Stoke City 7 November 1989 23 February 1991 6217212427.4
Exeter City 6 August 1991 20 January 1994 13536435626.7
Southampton 21 January 1994 2 July 1995 6722242132.8
Manchester City 3 July 1995 27 August 1996 4913142226.5
Portsmouth 26 January 1998 9 December 1999 9728264328.9
Total 66621719625332.6

Honours

As a player

Everton

Arsenal

Southampton

Vancouver Whitecaps

England

Individual

As a manager

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "World Cup winner Ball dies at 61". BBC Sport. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Alan Ball Jr. at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ↑ "Alan Ball – National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "曾經馳騁港甲的世界級球星 (上)" [A retrospection of world-class players that played in Hong Kong]. Football.Fanpiece.com (in Chinese). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "Alan Ball :: Alan James Ball". PlaymakerStats.com. Retrieved 25 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Alan Ball Jr. at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ "Alan Ball". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Alan Ball". Eurosport.com.
  9. ↑ "Alan Ball: Profile". Everton FC.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Alan Ball:Profile". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "1972 FA Cup Final". FA Cup Finals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007.
  12. ↑ "Alan Ball's Southampton Bio". Sporting Heroes.net.
  13. ↑ "Manager profile: Alan Ball". Premier League. Retrieved 14 September 2018.