Keith Alexander (soccer player)

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Keith Alexander
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Personnel
birthday November 14, 1956
place of birth NottinghamEngland
date of death March 3, 2010
Place of death Lincoln , England
size 193 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1974 Notts County 0 0(0)
Wisbech Town
Worksop Town
Clifton FC
Ilkeston Town
Kimberley Town
Alfreton Town
1979-1980 AFC Stamford 51 (13)
1980 Boston United
1980-1981 King's Lynn FC
1981-1982 AFC Stamford 42 (11)
1982 Spalding United
1983-1984 King's Lynn FC
1983-1984 Grantham Town
1984-1986 Kettering Town
1986-1988 Barnet FC
1988-1990 Grimsby Town 83 (26)
1990 Stockport County 11 0(0)
1990-1992 Lincoln City 45 0(4)
1994 Mansfield Town 2 0(0)
1995 Cliftonville FC 7 0(2)
1995 Mansfield Town 1 0(0)
Ilkeston Town
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1990 St. Lucia 3 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1993-1994 Lincoln City
1995-2000 Ilkeston Town
2000-2001 Ilkeston Town (Manager)
2000-2001 Northwich Victoria
2001-2002 Lincoln City (Assistant Coach)
2002-2006 Lincoln City
2006-2007 Peterborough United
2007-2008 Bury FC (Sports Director)
2008-2010 Macclesfield Town
1 Only league games are given.

Keith Alexander (born November 14, 1956 in Nottingham , † March 3, 2010 in Lincoln ) was an English football player and football coach .

Career as a player

Keith Alexander played mostly in the lower leagues of England in his career . His career was marked by many club changes. The most successful time as a player he had at Grimsby Town and Stockport County . During this time, Alexander played three games for the St. Lucia national team . His active career ended after the 1992/93 season with Lincoln City . After only a few months as coach of Lincoln City, he played a few games for Mansfield Town and Cliftonville FC .

successes

With AFC Stamford , Alexander won the FA Vase in 1980 , where he contributed a goal to the 2-0 win at Wembley . His football highlight were the three games for the national team of St. Lucia.

Coaching career

Lincoln City

The first station as team manager of Alexander was Lincoln City, where he ended his career in 1993 and was then taken over as a coach. Through this post he became the first black professional football coach in England. His term of office was less than a year, because after a short time he was replaced by the then President John Reames .

Trainer at smaller clubs

From 1995 Alexander was a coach at Ilkeston Town , where he had already played as an active. After five years at Ilkeston Town, he was appointed Northwich Victoria coach for one season in 2000 .

Return to Lincoln City

At the request of his former manager in Grimsby, Alan Buckley , Alexander returned to Lincoln City. Alexander temporarily held two positions at Lincoln City, that of sports director and that of assistant coach. However, this work was suddenly interrupted by relegation to the third division. On top of all of this, Lincoln City was facing major financial difficulties. Alexander was one of the few who didn't leave their post, and so it came about that Alexander was once again head coach of Lincoln City. Alexander immediately began reshaping the decimated squad. Because of the relegation and because Lincoln City could not pay the expensive contracts, well-known players such as Ian Hamilton , Kingsley Black and Justin Walker had defected to other clubs. Veterans David Cameron , Steve Holmes and club record player Grant Brown have been reactivated. Furthermore, Alexander managed to sign the young stars Alan Marriott and Peter Gain from Tottenham Hotspur .

The squad was supplemented with Irish national players from the U-21s, such as Paul Morgan , Ben Sedgemore , Mark Bailey and Stuart Bimson . Alexander completed the squad with backcourt players Ben Futcher and Simon Weaver as well as midfielder Richard Butcher and two strikers Simon Yeo and Dene Cropper . The season was positive for Lincoln City , they managed to keep the chance of promotion to the Second Division until the end . However, they were defeated 5-2 in the play-off final against Bournemouth at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff . The result is a record to this day, because never before have so many goals been scored in a playoff final. The 2003-04 season started on average for Macclesfield. When Alexander fell ill with a brain aneurysm in November 2003, his assistant Gary Simpson took over the management of the team.

The disease was noticed on a scouting trip when Alexander felt bad and lay down. His wife later called the ambulance and Alexander was taken to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital , where he had to undergo emergency surgery that saved his life. In February 2004 he was able to resume work. Due to the departure of Stewart Bimson to Cambridge United and the sale of Paul Mayo to Watford FC , the obligations of Jamie McCombe , Marcus Richardson , Gary Taylor-Fletcher , Francis Green and Kevin Ellison followed . Despite their bad start to the season, Lincoln City reached the play-offs, where the team failed in the semi-finals at Huddersfield Town . In the following season Gareth McAuley and Ciaran Toner were also signed . However, Toner and Marcus Richardson were later banned from training after causing an uproar. Eventually they were allowed to leave the club. In the end, Lincoln City reached the final of the play-offs again, this time they faced Southend United at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff . In regular time, both teams failed to score, so they had to go into overtime, but here Southend had the happy end. In May 2005, Alexander extended his contract for another three years. During the 2005/06 season, Simon Yeo, Richard Butcher and Peter Gain left the club. Captain Paul Morgan, however, extended his contract prematurely by three years, which made him the club's highest-paid player of all time. At the end of this season the play-offs were reached again, but they failed at rivals Grimsby Town . With this participation, Alexander set a record never before achieved: the only coach who led his team to the play-offs five times in a row and was defeated there. Shortly after the defeat, Lincoln City took the consequences and fired Alexander.

Peterborough United

On May 30, 2006 Alexander was introduced as the new team manager of Peterborough United , where he should succeed Steve Blasdale , who made the post available at the end of April. Alexander signed a four-year contract, which was terminated after less than a year, on January 14, 2007, after six defeats in a row. Peterborough United was in eighth place in the table.

Sports director at Bury

On May 9, 2007, Alexander was introduced as the new sports director of Bury FC . However, the club split on January 14, 2008 from Alexander, who was replaced by Chris Casper .

Macclesfield Town

On February 27, 2008 Alexander signed a contract with Macclesfield Town until the end of the season. He inherited Ian Brightwell , who had placed the club just one point ahead of the relegation places for the second division. In nine games Macclesfield Town reached four wins and three draws under Alexander and brought the club away from the relegation places. In April 2008, the contract with Alexander was extended for two years.

Coach statistics

team Nat from to statistics
G W. L. D. Win%
Lincoln City EnglandEngland August 1, 1993 May 16, 1994 48 13 22nd 13 08/27
Lincoln City EnglandEngland May 5, 2002 May 24, 2006 213 81 63 69 38.02
Peterborough United EnglandEngland May 30, 2006 January 15, 2007 34 14th 13 7th 41.17
Macclesfield Town EnglandEngland February 27, 2008 March 3, 2010 99 27 46 26th 27.27

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alexander named new Posh manager
  2. ^ Posh Part company with Alexander
  3. Alexander to aid Bury boss Casper
  4. Alexander agrees new Silkmen deal