Player #388
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1938-39
1949-50
Retired
Alan Wakeman
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1938-49 🕒 20 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #388 |
Season :
1938-39 | 1945-46 | 1946-47 | 1947-48 | 1948-49 | 1949-50 |
Age :
18 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
Division :
D1 | FA | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances :
6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Starts :
6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Involvements :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
Bookings :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Alan Wakeman
Birth Date
20 November 1920
Birth Place
Leamore, Walsall
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Elmore Green School
Leamore FC
Leamore Boys
Bloxwich Strollers
Original Transfer
Aged
16
From
Bloxwich Strollers
For
Free
On
August 1937
Under
Jimmy Hogan
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
29
Doncaster Rovers
Free
1950
Alex Massie 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
Doncaster Rovers
Retired
Died
15 December 2002, Aged 82
Alan Wakeman
Villa Career
1938-49 🕒 20 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #388 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Jimmy Hogan 🏴
Alex Massie 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
10 December 1938
Under
Jimmy Hogan 🏴
First Squad
10 December 1938
Manager
Jimmy Hogan 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1938-39
10 December 1938
Bolton Wanderers (a), Division One
18
Jimmy Hogan 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1949-50
27 December 1949
Wolverhampton Wanderers (h), Division One
29
Alex Massie 🏴
Final Squad
27 December 1949
Manager
Alex Massie 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(5 ft 9 in) 1.76 m
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Alan Wakeman
Player #389 for Aston Villa, Alan Wakeman, played as a goalkeeper for the club. Alan played for Villa between 1938-39 and 1949-50 making 20 appearances.
As a boy Alan Wakeman had a single ambition - to play for his team, the Villa.
Alan was born in Leamore, Walsall, just 11 miles from Villa Park, on 20 November 1920 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 10 December 1938 aged 18.
Villa had signed Alan from Bloxwich Strollers in August 1937 and he became the 46th custodian of the Villa goal in professional football.
A product of local football in Walsall Alan made a few appearances as an amateur for Villa before his dream came closer to realisation when he joined the club as a professional in December 1937 and was finally realised when making his first team bow in the 1938-39 season.
There followed a series of outstanding displays of goalkeeping and but for the misfortune of being Villa’s back up ‘keeper in the era of Joe Rutherford would have gone on to earn many more appearances for his boyhood team. As a strong kicker of the ball it was often mooted that Alan wouldn’t look out of place in many a team’s forward line, and as if to prove the point he had scored a 30 yard free kick for the Central League team. Alan didn’t get to show off his striking abilities in the first team however his goalkeeping credentials meant he remained with the club as vying for the number one spot for six successive seasons.
The bulk of Alan’s appearances came in the 1945-46 interim regional league that was constructed after the end of World War Two. Although only 8 of those games came in the FA Cup which were the only professional fixtures of the campaign. He did however make 12 appearances in League football proper across 5 campaigns as he vied with Joe Rutherford, Ken Jones and Fred Biddlestone for the number one jersey. During his 12 league appearances, Alan conceded 22 goals at a rate of 1.83 per game.
An intrepid and fearless goalkeeper, like team-mate Reg Lowe, despite playing professionally for Villa, Alan retained his job as a miner and still worked down the put, training at Villa Park in the evenings long into his footballing career.
Alan played his final game for Villa on 27 December 1949, 11 years after his debut before moving on to Doncaster Rovers.
Alan played under managers Jimmy Hogan and Alex Massie.
Alan passed away in Stafford on 15th December 2002 aged 82."