Alan Wooler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Thomas Wooler | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Poole, Dorset, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Alton Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1971 | Weymouth | ||
| 1971–1973 | Reading | 38 | (0) |
| 1973–1976 | West Ham United | 4 | (0) |
| 1974 | → Boston Minutemen (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 1975 | → Boston Minutemen (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 1976 | → Boston Minutemen (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 1976–1984 | Aldershot | 266 | (3) |
| 1977 | → HJK Helsinki (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 1979 | → HJK Helsinki (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1980 | → HJK Helsinki (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 1981 | → HJK Helsinki (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 1982 | → Finnairin Palloilijat (loan) | 24 | |
| 1983 | → Finnairin Palloilijat (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 1984 | → Finnairin Palloilijat (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 1985 | → Finnairin Palloilijat (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 1985–1986 | Leatherhead | ||
| 1985–1989 | Farnborough Town | 18 | (0) |
| 1986 | → Malmin Palloseura (loan) | (4) | |
| 1987 | → Malmin Palloseura (loan) | (3) | |
| 1988 | → Malmin Palloseura (loan) | (8) | |
| 1989 | → Malmin Palloseura (loan) | (2) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Millwall Ladies | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:52, 13 February 2012 (UTC). |
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Alan Wooler (born 17 August 1953) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in England for Weymouth, Reading, West Ham United, Aldershot, Leatherhead and Farnborough Town. He also played in Finland for Malmin Palloseura, Finnairin Palloilijat and HJK Helsinki and in the USA in the NASL for the Boston Minutemen. He was manager for the Millwall affiliate ladies team the Millwall Lionesses.
An associate schoolboy player with Manchester United, Wooler played for Alton Town and Weymouth as an amateur in the Southern League.
He signed for Reading in 1971 making his debut in December 1971.
Making 38 appearances for Reading he moved on a free transfer to West Ham United in 1973 making his debut on 22 December 1973, as a substitute for Johnny Ayris, in a 2–0 home defeat to Stoke City. His next appearance came as a replacement for Bobby Moore in the FA Cup third round replay against Hereford United in January 1974. In a giant-killing, after a 1–1 draw at Upton Park, Hereford, recently elected to the Football League, beat First Division West Ham 2–1 at Edgar Street. In contrast, his third game came three days later as West Ham beat Manchester United 2–1 at Upton Park. Between 1974 and 1976 loan periods were arranged with Wooler playing for Boston Minutemen in the NASL.
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