Alan Bradshaw

Alan Bradshaw

Personal information
Full name	Alan Mitchison Bradshaw
Date of birth	(1941-09-14)14 September 1941
Place of birth	Carlisle,Cumbria,England
Date of death	18 October 2020(2020-10-18) (aged 79)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Carlisle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1965	Blackburn Rovers	11	(2)
1965–1973	Crewe Alexandra	294	(50)
1973–1974	Macclesfield Town	35	(4)
Total		340	(56)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Bradshaw (14 September 1941 – 18 October 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, and Macclesfield Town.[2]

Career

Born in Carlisle, Bradshaw joined his hometown team and scored in a game against Workington and in September 1962,Bradshaw joined Blackburn Rovers and he scored in his Rovers first team debut in a 4–2 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and made 10 further appearances for the club, scoring twice, before leaving for Crewe Alexandra in 1965.[1] He also spent time with Loughborough College in the early 1960s.[3]

Bradshaw was later a youth team coach at Blackburn and managed local clubs Great Harwood, Padiham, Clitheroe and Chorley.[1]

Honours

with Crewe Alexandra

• Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1967–68

References

1. "Alan Bradshaw (14.09.1941-17.10.2020)". Retrieved 18 October 2020.
2. "stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
3. "Loughborough team photo with Barry Hines is a bit of football history | Letters". The Guardian. 29 March 2016 – via www.theguardian.com.