Alan Woollett

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Alan Woollett
Personal information
Date of birth 1947 (age 76–77)
Place of birth Leicester, East Midlands, England, UK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1964-1978 Leicester City 227 (0)
1978-1979 Northampton Town 23 (0)
Total250(0)
*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.

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  7. ↑ "Match details". Sportingchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
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