Alan Woollett Explained

Alan Woollett
Full Name:Alan Howard Woollett
Birth Date:1947 3, df=y
Birth Place:Wigston, England
Position:Defender
Years1:1964–1978
Clubs1:Leicester City
Caps1:227
Goals1:0
Years2:1978–1979
Clubs2:Northampton Town
Caps2:23
Goals2:0
Totalcaps:250
Totalgoals:0

Alan Howard Woollett (born 4 March 1947) was a locally born defender[1] who played for Leicester City[2] during what many people believe to have been their golden era in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[3] [4]

Career

Steady and committed[5] he was a member of the losing[6] 1969 FA Cup Final side[7] and was eventually awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in 1977.[8] In 2003 ex-Fox[9] Steve Earle revealed that, unlike many players from that era, Woollett had never considered a move to the United States[10] because he could not bear to be parted from his dog. When it eventually died he was too distraught to travel with the squad for a game against Liverpool in May 1973. Manager Jimmy Bloomfield tried to get his teammates to show some respectful sympathy[11] – a feat teammate Len Glover was singularly unable to manage.[12]

He spent 1978/79, his final season of league football, with Northampton Town.

Honours

Leicester City

Notes and References

  1. Book: Complete Players' Records. Barry Hugman. London. Q.A.P.. 1988. 1-85291-585-4.
  2. Web site: Club details . Sporting-heroes.net . 25 June 2004 . 24 October 2013.
  3. A history of Leicester City Football Club Folliard, R: Hornchurch, Ian Henry, 1980
  4. Web site: Playing career portrait . Cards.littleoak.com.au . 31 December 2011.
  5. Web site: Fan's Testimony . https://archive.today/20120801063959/http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t39109.html . dead . 1 August 2012 . Foxestalk.co.uk . 31 December 2011 .
  6. Web site: Woollett's considered career highlight. https://web.archive.org/web/20070814081249/http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/details.asp?key=2A42%7C0%7C260608541983%7CR%7C608%7C174621127200455935630 . 14 August 2007 . Thebluearmy.co.uk. . 20 December 2011. 24 October 2013.
  7. Web site: Match details . https://web.archive.org/web/20090513055701/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1969.html . 13 May 2009 . Sportingchronicle.com . 24 October 2013.
  8. Web site: Testimonial details . Foxestalk.co.uk . 31 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120209091638/http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=38996 . 9 February 2012 . dead .
  9. The nickname of Leicester City Sky Sports Football Year Book 200/7 Rollin, G/Rollin, J: London, Q.A.P, 2006 p 220
  10. Web site: Lech Mintowt-Czyz. Dogone USA . The Times . UK . 31 December 2011.
  11. One Hump or Two:The Frank Worthington Story Cooper, S/Wells, N: Leicester, ACL & Polar, 1994
  12. Web site: The dog's memory lives on . BBC . 31 December 2011.
  13. Book: Leslie . Jack . Vernon . Rollin . Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 . 1977 . Brickfield Publications Ltd . London . 0354 09018 6 . 491.

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