Alan Walker (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

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| name = Alan Walker

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mossley, England

| position = Defender

| height = 6 ft 1 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=246 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| currentclub = Ashford United (Director of Football)

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Mossley

| youthyears2 = 1978 | youthclubs2 = Stockport County

| years1 = 1978–1980 | clubs1 = Bangor City | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1980–1983 | clubs2 = Telford United | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1983–1985 | clubs3 = Lincoln City | caps3 = 75 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1985–1988 | clubs4 = Millwall | caps4 = 92 | goals4 = 8

| years5 = 1988–1992 | clubs5 = Gillingham | caps5 = 151 | goals5 = 7

| years6 = 1992 | clubs6 = Plymouth Argyle | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1992–1993 | clubs7 = Mansfield Town | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1993–1995 | clubs8 = Barnet | caps8 = 59 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 1995–1999 | clubs9 = Sittingbourne | caps9 = | goals9 =

| years10 = 1999 | clubs10 = St. Leonards | caps10 = | goals10 =

| years11 = 2000 | clubs11 = St. Leonards | caps11 = | goals11 =

| years12 = 2000–200? | clubs12 = Maidstone United | caps12 = | goals12 =

| manageryears1 = 1996–1999 | managerclubs1 = Sittingbourne

| manageryears2 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs2 = Fisher Athletic

| manageryears3 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs3 = Tonbridge Angels

| manageryears4 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs4 = Maidstone United (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2006–2010 | managerclubs5 = Maidstone United

| manageryears6 = 2024– | managerclubs6 = Ashford United

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Alan Walker (born 17 December 1959){{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=325–326}} is an English former professional footballer who is Director of Football at Ashford United. His clubs included Lincoln City,[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/lincoln/lincoln.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database] Millwall, and Plymouth Argyle. Walker's most notable time in the professional game was at Gillingham, where he made over 150 Football League appearances, was named Player of the Season in 1989–90,{{Cite web |title=PAST MASTERS - PAUL CLARK - News - Gillingham |url=https://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/2012/july/past-masters---paul-clark/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.gillinghamfootballclub.com |language=en-gb}} and was named in the PFA Division Four Team of the Year for 1991–92.{{Cite book |last=Lynch |first=Tony |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |publisher=Random House |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-09-179135-3 |location=London |pages=149}}

He has managed several non-league sides including Sittingbourne as player/manager, Tonbridge Angels, Fisher Athletic and Maidstone United. He is currently head of coaching at the Kent County Football Association.