Alan Ainscow
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 July 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1978 | Blackpool | 192 | (28) |
| 1978–1981 | Birmingham City | 108 | (16) |
| 1981–1983 | Everton | 28 | (3) |
| 1982–1983 | → Barnsley (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Eastern AA | ||
| 1984–1986 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 58 | (5) |
| 1986–1989 | Blackburn Rovers | 65 | (5) |
| 1989–1990 | Rochdale | 20 | (0) |
| 1990 | Horwich RMI | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alan Ainscow (born 15 July 1953) is an English former professional footballer.
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Ainscow began his career with Blackpool as an apprentice, making his debut when then-Seasiders manager, Bob Stokoe, picked him to play in the 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup. Ainscow played in the competition's final, on 12 June 1971 against Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, which Blackpool won 2–1 after extra time. Still without a league appearance, Ainscow played the whole game before being substituted prior to the end of extra time due to exhaustion. The following month he signed his first professional contract with the club.
His league debut came at the start of the 1971–72 season when he scored in a Second Division match against Swindon Town at Bloomfield Road.
Ainscow played again in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1972. He scored one goal in Blackpool's 10–0 victory over Lanerossi Vicenza on 10 June 1972 at Bloomfield Road, as Blackpool again reached the final, this time losing out 3–1 to A.S. Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in front of a crowd of 75,000.
It took a while for him to become a regular in the Blackpool first team; though after the departure of Tommy Hutchison, he became almost an ever-present in the line-up.
Ainscow could play on either flank, although he later found himself lying deeper. In the 1972–73 season, he was the club's joint top scorer with Alan Suddick. Also that same season he scored his only hat-trick, when Blackpool beat local rivals Preston North End 3–0 at Deepdale on 19 December 1972.
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