Alan Maxwell

Alan Maxwell
Personal information
Full name Alan Maxwell[1]
Date of birth 1870[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Date of death Unknown
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Cambuslang
1891–1893 Everton 43 (13)
1893–1895 Darwen 60 (13)
1895–1897 Stoke 31 (4)
– St Bernard's
Total 134 (30)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Alan Maxwell (1870 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Darwen, Everton and Stoke.[1]

Career

Maxwell was born in Glasgow and played for Cambuslang before joining English club Everton in 1891.[1] He spent three years at Everton scoring 15 goals and helped them reach the 1893 FA Cup Final where he played in a 1–0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1] He joined Darwen in 1893 and spent another three years with the struggling Lancashire club before he was subject to a bizarre transfer to Stoke.[1] Instead of requesting an amount of money for Maxwell, Darwen instead wanted Stoke to provide them with a new set of wrought iron gates.[1] He spent two season with Stoke making 37 appearances scoring six goals before returning to Scotland with St Bernard's.[1]

Career statistics

Sourced from Alan Maxwell profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton 1891–92 Football League 16400164
1892–93 First Division 23772309
1893–94 First Division 420042
Total 4313725015
Darwen 1893–94 First Division 16310173
1894–95 Second Division 2712202912
1895–96 Second Division 17700170
Total 6013306313
Stoke 1895–96 First Division 8142123
1896–97 First Division 23320253
Total 31462376
Career Total 1343016415034

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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