Alan Ball Jr.

**Alan James Ball, Jr.**, MBE (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was an English World Cup winning football player 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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|Ashton United|1960–61|Lancashire Combination|7|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|1|
|rowspan="5"|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|||
|rowspan="7"|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|||
|rowspan="6"|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|||
|rowspan="1"|Hellenic|1976|National Football League (South Africa)|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|
|rowspan="1"|Arsenal|1976–77|First Division|14|1|0|0|6|0|0|0|0|0|20|1|
|rowspan="5"|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|||
|rowspan="3"|Philadelphia Fury (loan)|1978|NASL|25|5|–|–|–|–|25|5|||||
|1979|NASL|8|0|–|–|–|–|8|0|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Vancouver Whitecaps|1979|NASL|15|8|–|–|–|–|15|8|||||
|1980|NASL|16|2|–|–|–|–|16|2|||||||
|Blackpool|1980–81|Third Division|30|5|2|0|3|0|0|0|3|0|38|5||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|rowspan="1"|Floreat Athena|1982|West Australian Football League|3|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|2|
|rowspan="1"|Southampton|1982–83|First Division|12|1|0|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|16|1|
|rowspan="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||

- A.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, FA Charity Shield.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|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|||

### Manager

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Blackpool|align=left|1 July 1980|align=left|28 February 1981|34|7|10|17||
|align=left|Portsmouth|align=left|11 May 1984|align=left|17 January 1989|222|94|58|70||
|align=left|Stoke City|align=left|7 November 1989|align=left|23 February 1991|62|17|21|24||
|align=left|Exeter City|align=left|6 August 1991|align=left|20 January 1994|135|36|43|56||
|align=left|Southampton|align=left|21 January 1994|align=left|2 July 1995|67|22|24|21||
|align=left|Manchester City|align=left|3 July 1995|align=left|27 August 1996|49|13|14|22||
|align=left|Portsmouth|align=left|26 January 1998|align=left|9 December 1999|97|28|26|43||

### As a player

**Everton**
- Football League First Division: 1969–70
- FA Charity Shield: 1970
- FA Cup runner-up: 1967–68

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup runner-up: 1971–72

**Southampton**
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1977–78
- Football League Cup runner-up: 1978–79

**Vancouver Whitecaps**
- North American Soccer League Soccer Bowl: 1979
- North American Soccer League National Conference Western Division: 1979

**England**
- FIFA World Cup: 1966

**Individual**
- Southampton Player of the Season: 1977–78

### As a manager

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: November 1995

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alan Ball
 <small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **image**: Alan Ball (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Ball in 2004
- **fullname**: Alan James Ball
- **birth place**: Farnworth, Lancashire, England
- **death place**: Warsash, Hampshire, England
- **youthyears1**: 1960–1961
- **youthclubs1**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **youthyears2**: 1961–1962
- **youthclubs2**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1960–1961
- **clubs1**: Ashton United F.C., Ashton United
- **caps1**: 7
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1962–1966
- **clubs2**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **caps2**: 116
- **goals2**: 40
- **years3**: 1966–1971
- **clubs3**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps3**: 208
- **goals3**: 66
- **years4**: 1971–1976
- **clubs4**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps4**: 177
- **goals4**: 45
- **years5**: 1976
- **clubs5**: → Hellenic F.C., Hellenic (loan)
- **caps5**: 4
- **goals5**: ?
- **years6**: 1976–1979
- **clubs6**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps6**: 132
- **goals6**: 9
- **years7**: 1978
- **clubs7**: → Philadelphia Fury (1978–80), Philadelphia Fury (loan)
- **caps7**: 33
- **goals7**: 5
- **years8**: 1979
- **clubs8**: Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–84), Vancouver Whitecaps
- **caps8**: 31
- **goals8**: 10
- **years9**: 1980–1981
- **clubs9**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **caps9**: 30
- **goals9**: 5
- **years10**: 1981–1982
- **clubs10**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps10**: 63
- **goals10**: 2
- **years11**: 1982
- **clubs11**: → Floreat Athena (loan)
- **caps11**: 3
- **goals11**: 2
- **years12**: 1982–1983
- **clubs12**: Eastern AA
- **caps12**: 12
- **goals12**: ?
- **years13**: 1983
- **clubs13**: Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers
- **caps13**: 17
- **goals13**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 833
- **totalgoals**: 187+
- **nationalyears1**: 1965–1975
- **nationalteam1**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 72
- **nationalgoals1**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 1978
- **managerclubs1**: Philadelphia Fury (1978–80), Philadelphia Fury
- **manageryears2**: 1980–1981
- **managerclubs2**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **manageryears3**: 1984–1989
- **managerclubs3**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth
- **manageryears4**: 1989–1991
- **managerclubs4**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **manageryears5**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs5**: Exeter City F.C., Exeter City
- **manageryears6**: 1994–1995
- **managerclubs6**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **manageryears7**: 1995–1996
- **managerclubs7**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **manageryears8**: 1998–1999
- **managerclubs8**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth