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Keith Alexander (footballer)

Keith Alexander
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Alexander in 2007
Personal information
Full name Keith Alexander
Date of birth (1956-11-14)14 November 1956
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Date of death 3 March 2010(2010-03-03) (aged 53)
Place of death Lincoln, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974 Notts County 0 (0)
1975 Wisbech Town
1975–1976 Arnold
1976–1977 Worksop Town
1977 Clifton
1977 Attenborough
1977–1978 Ilkeston Town 17 (1)
1978 Kimberley Town
1978–1979 Alfreton Town 7 (0)
1979–1980 Stamford 51 (13)
1980–1981 Boston United 7 (0)
1981 King's Lynn 12 (3)
1981–1982 Stamford 43 (11)
1982 Corby Town 2 (1)
1982–1983 Spalding United 37 (18)
1983 Boston Town 0 (0)
1983 Grantham Town 2 (0)
1983–1984 King's Lynn 12 (1)
1984–1986 Kettering Town 74 (11)
1986 Wisbech Town (loan) 6 (4)
1986–1988 Barnet 72 (22)
1988–1990 Grimsby Town 83 (26)
1990 11 (0)
1990–1994 Lincoln City 45 (4)
1994–1996 Mansfield Town 3 (0)
1995 Cliftonville (loan) 7 (2)
1996 Ilkeston Town 0 (0)
Total 415 (115)
National team
1990 Saint Lucia 3 (0)
Teams managed
1993–1994 Lincoln City
1996–2000 Ilkeston Town
2000–2001 Northwich Victoria
2002–2006 Lincoln City
2006–2007 Peterborough United
2008–2010 Macclesfield Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Keith Alexander (14 November 1956 – 3 March 2010) was a footballer and manager. Born in Nottingham, England, he was the manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town at the time of his death, in a career that included international appearances for Saint Lucia. Alexander played for a large number of lower league football teams. His main success, however, came from football management – managing in both non-league and the Football League. He took League Two side Lincoln City to four consecutive play-offs, taking them to two finals at the Millennium Stadium. His eldest son, Matthew Alexander, is a FIFA licensed Football agent and works with many top flight players.

He was the first full-time black professional manager in the Football League, as well as being the first black qualified referee in England, and is considered by many to be a pioneer of the modern game.

Alexander began his career in non-league football, joining Arnold as a nineteen-year-old. He spent the 1977–78 season with Ilkeston Town, debuting in the home game with Louth United on 24 September 1977 and going on to make 17 appearances for the club, scoring a single goal, with his final game being the away fixture with Sutton Town on 5 April 1978.

In March 1979, Alexander joined Stamford from Alfreton Town and scored the first goal in the club's 2–0 FA Vase final win over Guisborough Town in April 1980 as the side won the unique treble of United Counties League Championship, League Cup and FA Vase during the 1979–80 season. Leaving at the end of the season, Alexander enjoyed spells with Boston United and King's Lynn before returning to Stamford for the 1981–82 season being part of a side which completed a United Counties League double. In total he made 94 appearances for the Daniels, scoring 24 goals. After a short spell at Corby Town, which witnessed Alexander score one goal in two games, he joined Spalding United where he scored 18 goals in the Northern Counties East Football League during his solitary season at the club in 1982–83.


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