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Alan Devonshire
Devonshire in 2011
Personal information
Full name Alan Ernest Devonshire[1]
Date of birth (1956-04-13) 13 April 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Park Royal, Middlesex, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Braintree Town (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
000?–1976 Southall ? (?)
1976–1990 West Ham United 358 (29)
1990–1992 Watford 25 (1)
Total 383+ (30+)
International career
1980–1983 England 8 (0)
Managerial career
1997–2000 Maidenhead United
2003–2011 Hampton & Richmond Borough
2011– Braintree Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Ernest Devonshire (born 13 April 1956) is an English former footballer who is the current manager of Braintree Town. He was a wide midfielder who made his name in the late 1970s playing for West Ham United (1976–1990). He won eight caps for England between 1980 and 1983.[2] He finished his career at Watford.

Playing career

Born in Park Royal, then a part of Middlesex, Devonshire signed for West Ham United in 1976 for a fee of £5,000, from non-league Southall.[3]

Devonshire's made his debut for West Ham on 27 October 1976 in a League Cup tie against Queens Park Rangers, in which West Ham lost 2–0.[4] He made his League debut three days later on 30 October 1976 against West Bromwich Albion, where he played in a 3–0 defeat. He scored 29 goals in 345 full (and 13 substitute) appearances.

He collected an FA Cup winner's medal in 1980, when the Hammers (then a Second Division club) beat favourites Arsenal 1–0 at Wembley. He collected a Second Division title medal the following year as the Hammers won promotion, and was still a very integral part of the side when they finished third in the league in 1986, just two places and four points short of what would have been the club's first ever top division title – an accolade that the club has yet to achieve 27 years later.

He remained at Upton Park until 1990, a year after the Hammers were relegated to the Second Division, and then signed for Watford, where he played for two years before retiring as a player in 1992. He had played a total of 446 competitive games for the Hammers over 14 years, scoring 32 goals.[5]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1976–77 West Ham United First Division 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
1977–78 32 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 36 3
1978–79 Second Division 41 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 43 5
1979–80 34 5 8 1 7 0 0 0 49 6
1980–81 39 6 3 0 9 0 4 0 55 6
1981–82 First Division 35 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 41 1
1982–83 39 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 46 3
1983–84 22 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 27 3
1984–85 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985–86 38 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 47 3
1986–87 20 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 27 2
1987–88 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988–89 14 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 25 0
1989–90 Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990–91 Watford Second Division 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 1
1991–92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total England 370 30 37 1 46 2 4 0 457 33
Career total 370 30 37 1 46 2 4 0 457 33

Management career

Devonshire became the manager of Hampton & Richmond Borough in the Conference South. He was previously manager of Maidenhead United.

As manager of Hampton & Richmond, he took the club from Isthmian League Division One South to the play-off-final of the Conference South. In his first season he guided them to fifth place in the Isthmian Division One South which due to re-organization of the leagues was enough to see the club promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division. He then guided the club to a sixth placed finish in their debut season at that level missing out on the play-offs on goal difference on the final day of the season. The 2005–06 season would see Devonshire take the team into the play-offs. Having won a dramatic play-off semi-final on penalties away to Heybridge Swifts the team then faced Fisher Athletic away who beat Hampton 3–0. Devonshire finally managed to get Hampton & Richmond Borough promoted the following season in style by bringing the Isthmian Premier Division title to the Beveree. In their debut season in the Conference South he has managed to guide his team to third place in the league and into the play-offs for the Conference National.

On 23 May 2011, Devonshire was appointed the manager of newly promoted Conference National club Braintree Town.[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 26 August 2013.[7]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Braintree Town 23 May 2011 Present 103 40 23 40 038.83
Total 103 40 23 40 038.83

Personal life

Devonshire's father, Les, was a professional footballer with clubs including Chester City and Crystal Palace.

He has a race horse named after him.[8]

References

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 168. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ Alan Devonshire Profile
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Game played on 27 Oct 1976". Westhamstats.info. 27 October 1976. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ Waldon, Jonathan (23 May 2011). "Devonshire looking forward to Iron challenge". Braintree & Witham Times. Retrieved 23 May 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Alan Devonshire – Managerial statistics". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  8. ^ "A horse to make Hammers happy (From This Is Local London)". Thisislocallondon.co.uk. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

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