Alan Woollett
Personal information
Date of birth 1947 (age 76–77)
Place of birth Leicester, East Midlands, England, UK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960s-1970s Leicester City
?-1979 Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

References

  1. ↑ "Playing career portrait". Cards.littleoak.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Barry Hugman (1988). Complete Players' Records. London: Q.A.P. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
  3. ↑ "Club details". Sporting-heroes.net. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. ↑ A history of Leicester City Football Club Folliard, R: Hornchurch, Ian Henry, 1980 ISBN 0-86025-700-2
  5. ↑ "Fan's Testimony". Foxestalk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Woollett's considered career highlight". Thebluearmy.co.uk. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Match details". Sportingchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Testimonial details". Foxestalk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  9. ↑ The nickname of Leicester City Sky Sports Football Year Book 200/7 Rollin, G/Rollin, J: London, Q.A.P, 2006 ISBN 0-7553-1525-1 p 220
  10. ↑ Lech Mintowt-Czyz. "Dogone USA". The Times. UK. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  11. ↑ One Hump or Two:The Frank Worthington Story Cooper, S/Wells, N: Leicester, ACL & Polar, 1994 ISBN 1-899538-00-3
  12. ↑ "The dog's memory lives on". BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
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