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Alan Ball Jr.

Alan James Ball, Jr., MBE (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was an English World Cup winning football player[1] turned manager. He was born in Farnworth, Lancashire. He is known for career as an international player and at club level for Everton and Arsenal. He died of a heart attack in Warsash, Hampshire.[1]

Alan Ball
MBE
Alan Ball (cropped).jpg
Ball in 2004
Personal information
Full nameAlan James Ball
Date of birth(1945-05-12)12 May 1945
Place of birthFarnworth, Lancashire, England
Date of death25 April 2007(2007-04-25) (aged 61)
Place of deathWarsash, Hampshire, England
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1960–1961Bolton Wanderers
1961–1962Blackpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1960–1961Ashton United7(1)
1962–1966Blackpool116(40)
1966–1971Everton208(66)
1971–1976Arsenal177(45)
1976→ Hellenic (loan)4(?)
1976–1979Southampton132(9)
1978→ Philadelphia Fury (loan)33(5)
1979Vancouver Whitecaps31(10)
1980–1981Blackpool30(5)
1981–1982Southampton63(2)
1982→ Floreat Athena (loan)3(2)
1982–1983Eastern AA12(?)
1983Bristol Rovers17(2)
Total833(187+)
National team
1965–1975England72(8)
Teams managed
1978Philadelphia Fury
1980–1981Blackpool
1984–1989Portsmouth
1989–1991Stoke City
1991–1994Exeter City
1994–1995Southampton
1995–1996Manchester City
1998–1999Portsmouth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3][4][5]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ashton United 1960–61 Lancashire Combination 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Blackpool 1962–63 First Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963–64 First Division 31 13 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 34 14
1964–65 First Division 39 11 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 42 13
1965–66 First Division 41 16 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 45 17
Total 116 40 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 126 44
Everton 1966–67 First Division 41 15 6 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 51 18
1967–68 First Division 34 20 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 20
1968–69 First Division 40 16 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 49 18
1969–70 First Division 37 10 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 41 12
1970–71 First Division 39 2 6 3 3 1 6 3 1 0 55 9
1971–72 First Division 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 3
Total 208 66 22 6 13 4 10 4 1 0 254 80
Arsenal 1971–72 First Division 18 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5
1972–73 First Division 40 10 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 51 14
1973–74 First Division 36 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 13
1974–75 First Division 30 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 10
1975–76 First Division 39 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 9
Total 163 44 29 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 198 51
Hellenic 1976 National Football League (South Africa) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Arsenal 1976–77 First Division 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
Southampton 1976–77 Second Division 23 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
1977–78 Second Division 41 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 48 5
1978–79 First Division 42 2 6 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 56 3
1979–80 First Division 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 1
Total 132 9 17 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 161 11
Philadelphia Fury (loan) 1978 NASL 25 5 – – – – 25 5
1979 NASL 8 0 – – – – 8 0
Total 33 5 – – – – 33 5
Vancouver Whitecaps 1979 NASL 15 8 – – – – 15 8
1980 NASL 16 2 – – – – 16 2
Total 31 10 – – – – 31 10
Blackpool 1980–81 Third Division 30 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 38 5
Southampton 1980–81 First Division 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1981–82 First Division 41 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 47 1
Total 51 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 57 1
Floreat Athena 1982 West Australian Football League 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Southampton 1982–83 First Division 12 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 1
Eastern 1982–83 Hong Kong First Division League ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12+ 0+
Bristol Rovers 1983–84 Third Division 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
Career total 821+ 187+ 76+ 16+ 48+ 7+ 16+ 4+ 4+ 0+ 977+ 214+
A. ^  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, FA Charity Shield.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 1965 4 1
1966 13 0
1967 5 3
1968 6 0
1969 8 0
1970 10 3
1971 7 0
1972 5 1
1973 7 0
1974 1 0
1975 6 0
Total 72 8

Manager

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Blackpool 1 July 1980 28 February 1981 34 7 10 17 20.6
Portsmouth 11 May 1984 17 January 1989 222 94 58 70 42.3
Stoke City 7 November 1989 23 February 1991 62 17 21 24 27.4
Exeter City 6 August 1991 20 January 1994 135 36 43 56 26.7
Southampton 21 January 1994 2 July 1995 67 22 24 21 32.8
Manchester City 3 July 1995 27 August 1996 49 13 14 22 26.5
Portsmouth 26 January 1998 9 December 1999 97 28 26 43 28.9
Total[7] 666 217 196 253 32.6

Honours

As a player

Everton[8][9]

Arsenal[10][11]

Southampton[12]

Vancouver Whitecaps

England

Individual

As a manager

Individual

Alan Ball Jr. Media

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Cup winner Ball dies at 61". BBC Sport. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Alan Ball Jr. at the English National Football Archive (subscription needed)
  3. ↑ "Alan Ball – National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "曾經馳騁港甲的世界級球星 (上)" [A retrospection of world-class players that played in Hong Kong]. Football.Fanpiece.com (in 中文). 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Alan Ball :: Alan James Ball". PlaymakerStats.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Alan Ball Jr. at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ "Alan Ball". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Alan Ball". Eurosport.com.
  9. ↑ "Alan Ball: Profile". Everton FC.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Alan Ball:Profile". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "1972 FA Cup Final". FA Cup Finals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007.
  12. ↑ "Alan Ball's Southampton Bio". Sporting Heroes.net.
  13. ↑ "Manager profile: Alan Ball". Premier League. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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