Carl Alford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Peter Alford | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Denton, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988 | Rochdale | 4 | (0) |
| Burnley | |||
| → Morecambe (loan) | |||
| Witton Albion | |||
| 1993–1994 | Macclesfield Town | ||
| 1994–1996 | Kettering Town | 94 | (54) |
| 1996–1998 | Rushden & Diamonds | 52 | (22) |
| 1998 | → Dover Athletic (loan) | (7) | |
| 1998–2000 | Stevenage Borough | 39 | (42) |
| 2000–2001 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Yeovil Town | 52 | (10) |
| 2002–2003 | Nuneaton Borough | 9 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 2004 | Leigh RMI | (20) | |
| Woodley Sports | |||
| Nuneaton Borough | |||
| New Mills | |||
| National team | |||
| 1996 | England National Game XI | 2 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Carl Peter Alford is a former English professional footballer who played for Burnley, , Morecambe, Rochdale, and Macclesfield Town and Kettering. His move from Kettering Town to Rushden & Diamonds for £85,000 was at the time a record transfer fee between non-League clubs.
While hugely disappointing at Rushden he moved on to Dover Athletic, Stevenage Borough, Doncaster Rovers, Kettering Town and Yeovil Town where he won the FA Trophy in 2002. After being released he journeyed to many clubs including Nuneaton Borough, Gainsborough Trinity, Leigh RMI, Woodley Sports and ending his career at New Mills in 2007.
In 1988 at the age of 16, Carl made his debut as a substitute for Rochdale but failed to impress and was later released. After periods at both Burnley and , plus a loan period at Morecambe, he made the decision to drop down to non-league football, joining Witton Albion where his knack for goal-scoring flourished. In the summer of 1993, he joined Macclesfield Town of the Conference for a fee of £1,700,the goals that he scored for Witton and Macclesfield are not shown in his Conference goals total.He then joined Kettering Town for £25,000 the following summer.
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