Alan Crawford (English footballer)

Alan Crawford

Personal information
Full name	Alan Paterson Crawford
Date of birth	(1953-10-30)30 October 1953
Place of birth	Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1978	Rotherham United	233+4	(49)
1973	Mansfield Town Loan	1+1	(0)
1979–1982	Chesterfield	88+6	(20)
1982–1985	Bristol City	85+7	(26)
1985–19??	Exeter City	33	(3)
198?–198?	Bath City	??	(?)
Managerial career
??	Blackpool coach
??	Stockport County coach
??	West Bromwich Albion coach
??	Nottingham Forest coach
??	Rotherham United scout
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Crawford (born 30 October 1953 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) was an English footballer who made over 440 Football League appearances scoring 98 goals playing as an outside left.

Career

Crawford started his football career with Rotherham United and went on to make 169 consecutive appearances for them. He scored 31 Football League goals in their Third Division campaign in 1976–77, which is a Rotherham record for a midfielder. In 2007 he was voted as the greatest ever left-sided midfielder for Rotherham, in a Millers Mad poll.

He later moved to Chesterfield, and scored the winning goal for them in their 1980/81 Anglo-Scottish Cup victory over Notts County. Crawford subsequently played for Bristol City, Exeter City, Bath City and Bristol Manor Farm. He rejoined Bristol City as a youth team coach before retiring from football working as a painter & decorator in Backwell near Bristol in the late 1990s.

Coach/Scout

In recent years he has established himself as a football coach with clubs such as Blackpool F.C, Stockport County, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest, working notably for Gary Megson. He is currently a scout for his hometown team Rotherham United.

External links

• Alan Crawford, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database

He has a brother called Andrew Crawford and a sister called Jackie Crawford who both live in the Jersey Channel Islands.