Alan Bloor

Alan Bloor

Personal information
Full name	Alan Bloor
Date of birth	16 March 1943 (1943-03-16)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position	Centre-half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1961–1977	Stoke City	388	(17)
1978–1979	Port Vale	6	(1)
Total		394	(18)
Teams managed
1979	Port Vale
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alan Bloor (born 16 March 1943) is an English professional footballer and manager, now retired. He made close to 400 appearances in the Football League for both Potteries teams. He spent sixteen years as a centre-half at Stoke City between 1961 and 1977, helping them to lift the League Cup in 1972, before spending a brief association with Port Vale as a player and manager between 1978 and 1979.

Playing career

Alan, nicknamed "Bluto" by the fans who adored him, was a centre-half and started his career at Stoke City in 1961. He stayed with the club for the next 17 years, partnering Denis Smith at the heart of the defence, and was a member of 1972 League Cup and 1973 Watney Cup winning teams. He later moved to Port Vale, initially as player and youth team coach in June 1978. After six league appearances he settled down to concentrate on his role behind the scenes in September 1978.

Management career

Bloor was appointed the caretaker manager of Port Vale in August 1979 and was appointed the position on a full-time basis the following month. He unexpectedly resigned in December 1979, saying he did not 'have what it takes'.

Post retirement

After leaving Port Vale and quitting football he became successful in a carpet business in Longton.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

with Stoke City

• Football League Cup winner: 1972
• Watney Cup winner: 1973

External links

• Playing stats at Neil Brown stat site
• Alan Bloor management career stats at Soccerbase