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Alan a'Court
It was perhaps the misfortune of Alan A'Court, who has died at the age of 75, that, in the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden, he was obliged to deputise on England's left wing for Tom Finney.
In the Second Division that A'Court played most of his football for Liverpool, until the arrival of Bill Shankly, who took over in 1959 as manager for who A'Court scored his first Liverpool goal. Altogether, A'Court spent 11 years at Anfield, playing 381 matches and scoring 63 goals.
He made his league debut at Middlesbrough in February 1953, and helped Liverpool to return to the First Division in 1962.
He had helped Liverpool win 6-1 at home against the Icelandic club KR in their first ever European Cup game at Anfield.
After leaving Tranmere in 1966, A'Court embarked on a successful coaching and managerial career. He was player-coach at Norwich City, then went to work in Zambia and New Zealand, returning to England in 1969 to become assistant manager of Stoke City where, in January 1978, he was the interim manager for a month. His next post, assistant manager for Crewe Alexandra, after which he joined the sports staff at Staffordshire University
A'Court left football to run a newsagent's shop on Merseyside.
He was born 30 September 1934; died 15 December 2009 Tiny mark on paper lower down the shirt
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