Alan Ball Jr.

Alan Ball Jr.
	Alan Ball Jr.
Personal information
Full name:	Alan James Ball
Date of birth:	12 May 1945
Place of birth:	Farnworth, Lancashire, England
Date of death:	25 April 2007 (aged 61)
Place of death:	Warsash, Hampshire, England
Height:	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position:	Midfielder
Youth clubs
1960–1961; 1961–1962	Bolton Wanderers; Blackpool
Senior clubs
National team
Teams managed
1978; 1980–1981; 1984–1989; 1989–1991; 1991–1994; 1994–1995; 1995–1996; 1998–1999	Philadelphia Fury; Blackpool; Portsmouth; Stoke City; Exeter City; Southampton; Manchester City; Portsmouth

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Alan James Ball MBE (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was a professional English footballer and football club manager.

Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, he was the youngest member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team and played for various clubs, scoring more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years. His playing career also included a then national record £220,000 transfer from Everton to Arsenal at the end of 1971. After retiring as a player, he had a 15-year career as a manager which included spells in the top flight of English football with Portsmouth, Southampton and Manchester City.

External links[]

Alan Ball profile at Soccerbase
Alan Ball England profile at Englandstats
Managerial statistics on Soccerbase
English Football Hall of Fame profile
Obituary in The Daily Telegraph
Obituary on bbc.co.uk

Blackpool Football Club - Managers
Barcroft (1903–09) • Cox (1909–11) • Norman (1918–23) • Buckley (1923–27) • Beaumont (1927–28) • Evans (1928–33) • MacFarlane (1933–35) • Smith (1935–58) • Suart (1958–67) • Mortensen (1967–69) • Shannon (1969–70) • Stokoe (1970–72) • Potts (1972–76) • Brown (1976–78) • Stokoe (1978 to 79) • Ternent (1979–80) • Ball (1980–81) • Brown (1981–82) • Ellis (1982–89) • Mullen (1989–90) • Carr (1990) • Ayre (1990–94) • Allardyce (1994–96) • Megson (1996–97) • Worthington (1997–99) • McMahon (2000–04) • Hendry (2004–05) • Grayson (2005–08) • Holloway (2009–12) • Appleton (2012–13) • Ince (2013–14) • Riga (2014) • Clark (2014–15) • McDonald (2015–16) • Bowyer (2016–18) • McPhillips (2018–19) • Grayson (2019–20) • Dunn^c (2020) • Critchley^h (2020–) c = caretaker; h = head coach

Portsmouth Football Club - Managers
Brettell (1898–01) • Blyth (1901–04) • Bonney (1904–08) • Brown (1911–20) • McCartney (1920–27) • Tinn (1927–47) • Jackson (1947–52) • Lever (1952–58) • Cox (1958–61) • G. Smith (1961–70) • Tindall (1970–73) • Mortimore (1973–74) • St John (1974–77) • Dickinson (1977–79) • Burrows (1979–82) • Campbell (1982–84) • Ball (1984–89) • Gregory (1989–90) • Burrows (1990–91) • Barton^c (1991) • J. Smith (1991–95) • Fenwick (1995–98) • Waldon^c (1998) • Ball (1998–99) • McNab^c (1999–00) • Pulis (2000) • Claridge (2000–01) • Rix (2001–02) • Redknapp (2002–04) • Zajec (2004–05) • Perrin (2005) • Jordan^c (2005) • Redknapp (2005–08) • Adams & Jordan^c (2008) • Adams (2008–09) • Hart (2009) • Groves & Woan^c (2009) • Grant (2009–10) • Cotterill (2010–11) • Whittingham & Gray^c (2011) • Appleton (2011–12) • Whittingham (2012–13) • Awford^c (2013) • Barker (2013–14) • Awford (2014–15) • Waddock^c (2015) • Cook (2015–17) • Jackett (2017–21) • Cowley (2021–)

Stoke City Football Club - Managers
Slaney (1874–83) • Cox (1883–84) • Lockett (1884–90) • Bradshaw (1890–92) • Reeves (1892–95) • Rowley (1895–97) • Austerberry (1897–1908) • A. Barker (1908–14) • Hodge (1914–15) • Schofield (1915–19) • Shallcross (1919–23) • Rutherford (1923) • Mather (1923–35) • McGrory (1935–52) • Taylor (1952–60) • Waddington (1960–77) • Eastham (1977–78) • A'Court (1978) • Durban (1978–81) • R. Barker (1981–83) • Asprey (1983–85) • Lacey (1985) • Mills (1985–89) • Ball (1989–91) • Paddon (1991) • Macari (1991–93) • Jordan (1993–94) • Hartford (1994) • Macari (1994–97) • Bates (1997–98) • Kamara (1998) • Durban (1998) • Little (1998–99) • Megson (1999) • Thordarson (1999–2002) • Cotterill (2002) • Kevan (2002) • Pulis (2002–05) • Boskamp (2005–06) • Pulis (2006–13) • Hughes (2013–18) • Niedzwiecki (2018^c) • Lambert (2018) • Rowett (2018–19) • Jones (2019) • Delap^c (2019) • O'Neill (2019–22) • Holden^c (2022) • Neil (2022–23) • Schumacher (2023–24) • Morris & Shawcross^c (2024) • Pèlach (2024) • Shawcross ^c (2024–)

Exeter City Football Club - Managers
Chadwick (1908–22) · Mavin (1923–27) · D. Wilson (1928–29) · McDevitt (1929–35) · English (1935–39) · Roughton (1945–52) · Kirkman (1952–53) · Ward (1953) · Dodgin (1953–57) · Thompson (1957–58) · Broome (1958–60) · G. Wilson (1960–62) · Spiers (1962–63) · Edwards (1963–65) · Stuttard (1965–66) · Basford (1966–67) · Broome (1967–69) · Newman (1969–76) · Saxton (1977–79) · Godfrey (1979–83) · Francis (1983–84) · Iley (1984–85) · Appleton (1985–87) · Cooper (1988–91) · Ball (1991–94) · Cooper (1994–95) · Fox (1995–2000) · Blake (2000–01) · Cornforth (2001–02) · McNab (2002–03) · Peters (2003) · Dolan (2003–04) · Perryman (2004) · Inglethorpe (2004–06) · Tisdale (2006–18) · Taylor (2018–)

Southampton Football Club - Managers
Knight (1892–95^s) • Robson (1895–96^s) • McMinn (1896–97^s) • Arnfield (1897–1911^s) • Swift (1911–12) • Arnfield (1912–19^s) • McIntyre (1919–24) • Goss (1924–1925^s) • Chadwick (1925–31) • Kay (1931–36) • Goss (1936–37) • Parker (1937–43) • Dominy (1943–46) • Dodgin (1946–49) • Cann (1949–51) • Roughton (1952–55) • Bates (1955–73) • McMenemy (1973–85) • Nicholl (1985–91) • Branfoot (1991–94) • Ball (1994–95) • Merrington (1995–96) • Souness (1996–97) • Jones (1997–2000) • Hoddle (2000–01) • Gray (2001) • Strachan (2001–04) • Sturrock (2004) • Wigley (2004) • Redknapp (2004–05) • Bassett & Wise (2005^c) • Burley (2005–08) • Gorman & Dodd (2008^c) • Pearson (2008) • Poortvliet (2008–09) • Wotte (2009) • Pardew (2009–10) • Wilkins (2010^c) • Adkins (2010–13) • Pochettino (2013–14) • Koeman (2014–16) • Puel (2014–17) • Pellegrino (2017–18) • Hughes (2018) • Davis (2018^c) • Hasenhüttl (2018–22) • Jones (2022–23) • Sellés (2023) • Martin (2023–24) • Jurić (2024–)

Manchester City Football Club - Managers
Furniss (1889–93) • Parlby (1893–95) • Ormerod (1895–1902) • Maley (1902–06) • Newbould (1906–12) • Committee (1912) • Mangnall (1912–24) • Ashworth (1924–25) • Alexander/Committee (1925–26) • Hodge (1926–32) • Wild (1932–46) • Cowan (1946–47) • Wild (1947) • Thomson (1947–50) • McDowall (1950–63) • Poyser (1963–65) • Mercer (1965–71) • Committee (1965) • Allison (1971–73) • Hart (1973) • Book (1973) • Saunders (1973–74) • Book (1974–79) • Allison (1979–80) • Book (1980) • Bond (1980–83) • Benson (1983) • McNeill (1983–86) • Frizzell (1986–87) • Machin (1987–89) • Book (1989) • Kendall (1989–90) • Reid (1990–93) • Book (1993) • Horton (1993–95) • Hartford (1996) • Ball (1995–96) • Coppell (1996) • Neal (1996) • Clark (1996–98) • Royle (1998–2001) • Keegan (2001–05) • Pearce (2005–07) • Eriksson (2007–08) • Hughes (2008–09) • Mancini (2009–13) • Kidd (2013) • Pellegrini (2013–16) • Guardiola (2016–)

England
English competitions English coaches English players English stadiums

England – 1966 FIFA World Cup – Winners
1. Banks 2. Cohen 3. Wilson 4. Stiles 5. J. Charlton 6. Moore 7. Ball 8. Greaves 9. B. Charlton 10. Hurst 11. Connelly 12. Springett 13. Bonetti 14. Armfield 15. Byrne 16. Peters 17. Flowers 18. Hunter 19. Paine 20. Callaghan 21. Hunt 22. Eastham Manager: Ramsey

England – UEFA Euro 1968
1. Banks 2. Newton 3. Wilson 4. Mullery 5. Labone 6. Moore 7. Ball 8. Hunt 9. B. Charlton 10. Hurst 11. Peters 12. Stepney 13. West 14. Knowles 15. J. Charlton 16. Wright 17. Stiles 18. Summerbee 19. Hunter 20. Bell 21. Greaves 22. Thompson Manager: Ramsey

England – 1970 FIFA World Cup
1. Banks 2. Newton 3. Cooper 4. Mullery 5. Labone 6. Moore 7. Lee 8. Ball 9. B. Charlton 10. Hurst 11. Peters 12. Bonetti 13. Stepney 14. Wright 15. Stiles 16. Hughes 17. J. Charlton 18. Hunter 19. Bell 20. Osgood 21. Clarke 22. Astle Manager: Ramsey

Personal information
Alan Ball Jr.

Full name:	Alan James Ball
Date of birth:	12 May 1945(1945-05-12)
Place of birth:	Farnworth, Lancashire, England
Date of death:	25 April 2007(2007-04-25) (aged 61)
Place of death:	Warsash, Hampshire, England
Height:	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position:	Midfielder
Youth clubs
1960–1961 1961–1962	Bolton Wanderers Blackpool
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
		00 00()
National team
1965–1975	England	072 00(8)
Teams managed
1978 1980–1981 1984–1989 1989–1991 1991–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1998–1999	Philadelphia Fury Blackpool Portsmouth Stoke City Exeter City Southampton Manchester City Portsmouth