Alan Bradshaw

Alan Bradshaw

Personal information
Full name	Alan Mitchison Bradshaw
Date of birth	(1941-09-14)14 September 1941
Place of birth	Carlisle,Cumbria,England
Date of death	18 October 2020(2020-10-18) (aged 79)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Carlisle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1965	Blackburn Rovers	11	(2)
1965–1973	Crewe Alexandra	294	(50)
1973–1974	Macclesfield Town	35	(4)
Total		340	(56)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Bradshaw (14 September 1941 – 18 October 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, and Macclesfield Town.

Career

Born in Carlisle, Bradshaw joined his hometown team and scored in a game against Workington and in September 1962,Bradshaw joined Blackburn Rovers and he scored in his Rovers first team debut in a 4-2 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and made 10 further appearances for the club, scoring twice, before leaving for Crewe Alexandra in 1965. He also spent time with Loughborough College in the early 1960s.

Bradshaw was later a youth team coach at Blackburn and managed local clubs Great Harwood, Padiham, Clitheroe and Chorley.

Honours

with Crewe Alexandra

• Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1967–68