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Alan Ball, Jr.
Alan Ball, Jr.
Personal information
Full name Alan James Ball
Date of birth 12 May 1945(1945-05-12)
Place of birth    Farnworth, Lancashire, Flag of England England
Date of death    25 April 2007(2007-04-25) (aged 61)
Place of death    Warsash, Hampshire, Flag of England England
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
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1961–1962
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1991–1994
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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.

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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) • Dunnc (2020) • Critchleyh (2020–)

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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) • Bartonc (1991) • J. Smith (1991–95) • Fenwick (1995–98) • Waldonc (1998) • Ball (1998–99) • McNabc (1999–00) • Pulis (2000) • Claridge (2000–01) • Rix (2001–02) • Redknapp (2002–04) • Zajec (2004–05) • Perrin (2005) • Jordanc (2005) • Redknapp (2005–08) • Adams & Jordanc (2008) • Adams (2008–09) • Hart (2009) • Groves & Woanc (2009) • Grant (2009–10) • Cotterill (2010–11) • Whittingham & Grayc (2011) • Appleton (2011–12) • Whittingham (2012–13) • Awfordc (2013) • Barker (2013–14) • Awford (2014–15) • Waddockc (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 (2018c) • Lambert (2018) • Rowett (2018–19) • Jones (2019) • Delapc (2019) • O'Neill (2019–22) • Holdenc (2022) • Neil (2022–)

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 (1892–95s) • Robson (1895–96s) • McMinn (1896–97s) • Arnfield (1897–1911s) • Swift (1911–12) • Arnfield (1912–19s) • McIntyre (1919–24) • Goss (1924–1925s) • 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 (2005c) • Burley (2005–08) • Gorman & Dodd (2008c) • Pearson (2008) • Poortvliet (2008–09) • Wotte (2009) • Pardew (2009–10) • Wilkins (2010c) • Adkins (2010–13) • Pochettino (2013–14) • Koeman (2014–16) • Puel (2014–17) • Pellegrino (2017–18) • Hughes (2018) • Davis (2018c) • Hasenhüttl (2018–22) • Jones (2022–23) • Sellés (2023) • Martin (2023–)

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–)

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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:  Flag of England Ramsey

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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:  Flag of England Ramsey

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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:  Flag of England Ramsey

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