Alan Howard Woollett (born 4 March 1947) was a locally born defender who played for Leicester City during what many people believe to have been their golden era in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Career

Steady and committed he was a member of the losing 1969 FA Cup Final side and was eventually awarded a testimonial against Chelsea in 1977. In 2003 ex-Fox Steve Earle revealed that, unlike many players from that era, Woollett had never considered a move to the United States because he could not bear to be parted from his dog. When it eventually died he was too distraught to travel with the squad for a game against Liverpool in May 1973. Manager

Jimmy Bloomfield James Henry Bloomfield (15 February 1934 – 3 April 1983) was an English football player and manager. He made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League, including more than 300 in the First Division with Arsenal, Birmingham City and West ...

tried to get his teammates to show some respectful sympathy – a feat teammate

Len Glover Leonard Glover (born 31 January 1944) is a retired footballer, a flamboyant left winger who played for Charlton Athletic and Leicester City. Considered one of the greatest players to don a Leicester City shirt and once described as the "best unca ...

was singularly unable to manage. He spent 1978/79, his final season of league football, with Northampton Town.

References

1947 births Living people Leicester City F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players English men's footballers Men's association football defenders People from Wigston Magna Footballers from Leicestershire English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1940s-stub