Alan Vest

Alan Vest

Alan Vest in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	1939 (age 77–78)
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	SFDP (Technical Director)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1961	Barnsley	0	(0)
1961–1962	King's Lynn	?	(1)
1962–1963	Boston United	19	(8)
1963–1965	Spalding United
1965–?	Worksop Town
	Rugby Town
?–1973	Gisborne City
1974–1977	Perth Azzurri
1978	Newcastle KB United	1	(0)
National team
1972–1973	New Zealand	17	(6)
Teams managed
?	Rugby Town
?	Rochdale United
1974	Western Australian Director of Coaching
1974–1975	New Brighton
1978–1981	Newcastle KB United
1982–1983	West Adelaide SC
1992–1998	Sarawak FA
1999–2000	Geylang United
2001–2005	Perth Glory Assistant Manager
2005–2006	Perth Glory "Interim Manager"
2006	Inglewood United
2009	ECU Joondalup
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alan Vest (born 1939) is an English-born New Zealand former football player and manager from Barnsley, England. He currently resides in Perth, Australia.

Vest had a notable playing career, scoring on his full international debut for the All Whites in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing career with 17 A-international caps and 6 goals to his credit, his final cap being in a 0-0 draw with Iran on 12 August 1973.

Vest first coached Rugby Town in the 1960s and then Rochdale United. It is in Australia where Vest has made his mark with the Yorkshire-man coaching NSL teams when they were at their peak in the 1970s. After stints in New Zealand and in Perth as a director of coaching at the Football Federation of Western Australia. Vest spent time in Asia with Sarawak and Geylang United before returning to Australia.