Alec Lindsay
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alec Lindsay | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1969 | Bury | 127 | (13) |
| 1969–1977 | Liverpool | 168 | (12) |
| 1977–1978 | Stoke City | 20 | (3) |
| 1978 | Oakland Stompers | 28 | (1) |
| 1979 | Toronto Blizzard | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 347 | (29) | |
| National team | |||
| 1974 | England | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alec Lindsay (born 27 February 1948) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, Liverpool and Stoke City.
Born in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, Lindsay joined the Anfield club in the March 1969 for £67,000 from his hometown club Bury. He played 139 matches for the Shakers helping the club gain promotion in 1967–68. His debut was against Irish side Dundalk in a European Fairs Cup. The game took place on 16 September 1969 and Liverpool won by an empathic scoreline of 10–0 a record win until the Liverpool side of 1974–75 thumped Norwegian side Strømsgodset I.F. 11–0.
After an initial settling in period in which Lindsay played seven times, he was the selected as first choice left back during the 1970–71 season which included the 1971 FA Cup Final at Wembley, league champions and double hunting Arsenal lay in wait, after the allotted 90 minutes the scores were level at 0–0, during extra time the Reds took the lead, unfortunately, the Gunners grabbed a scrappy equaliser and went on to win the game 2–1 thus completing the league and FA Cup double. Arsenal were victorious that day but Lindsay would be back for another go in 1974, but first Liverpool had the small matter of obtaining a double of their own winning both the League championship and UEFA Cup in 1973. He played in the 1974 FA Cup Final against Newcastle United and despite him having a goal ruled out for offside, Lindsay got his winners medal as Liverpool beat the Magpies 3–0.
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