Alan Frizzell (born 14 April 1995 in

Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

) is a Scottish

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playing with WoSFL Premiership side Kilbirnie Ladeside. He started his career with local side

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

, before turning Junior with

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. He then had spells with

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

, Largs Thistle,

Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...

Neilston Juniors Neilston Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Neilston, East Renfrewshire who currently play in the . History The club was formed on Monday 4 June 1945 when a public meeting was held in the old wooden clubhouse at Brig O’Lea ...

, Greenock Juniors, and Broomhill.

Career

Frizzell made his senior debut for

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at the age of 17, as a substitute against

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

on 5 May 2012. This was an immediate step-up from the U17 side, as he had never played for the club at U19 level. He had scored in the

Renfrewshire Cup The Renfrewshire Cup was an annual association football competition between teams in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The final was generally a Renfrewshire derby contested between the two largest team ...

against Gourock Thistle in the previous midweek match. Already with a career outside of football, Frizzell chose not to go full-time with Morton and he instead joined local Junior club

. He spent a season at the Port, before returning to senior football when Ian Murray signed him for Scottish Championship side

. Frizzell left Dumbarton in 2014 to sign for Largs Thistle; leaving the club two years later to sign for

. After two seasons at Brig O'Lea, Frizzell joined his home town club Greenock Juniors. Frizzell moved to Kilbirnie Ladeside in June 2020 but was released after the club decided to take a season out due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and signed for

Benburb F.C. Benburb Football Club is a Scottish football club, based in Govan, Glasgow. Formed in 1885, the club is a member of the Scottish Junior Football Association and currently competes in the West of Scotland Football League. Benburb's colours are ...

After only one match, Benburb also chose to take a season out and he joined

Troon Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with freight services and a yacht marina. Up until January 2016, P&O Ferrie ...

Personal life

Frizzell is the older brother of Airdrieonians winger Adam Frizzell. Frizzell is an

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as well as a part-time footballer.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frizzell, Alan 1995 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Greenock Men's association football midfielders Greenock Morton F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Dumbarton F.C. players Largs Thistle F.C. players Neilston F.C. players Clydebank F.C. players Greenock Juniors F.C. players Lowland Football League players Benburb F.C. players Broomhill F.C. (Scotland) players Troon F.C. players West of Scotland Football League players

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