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| playername = Alan A'Court
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| fullname = Alan A'Court
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| dateofbirth = 
| cityofbirth = Rainhill
| countryofbirth =  England
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| position = Left-Winger
| youthyears = 
| youthclubs = Prescot Cables
| years = 1952&ndash;1964<br /> 1964&ndash;1966
| clubs = Liverpool<br /> Tranmere Rovers
| caps(goals) = 355 (61)<br />50 (11)
| nationalyears = 1957&ndash;1958
| nationalteam = England
| nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
| manageryears = 1978
| managerclubs = Stoke City (caretaker)
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'''Alan A'Court''' (born English footballer who predominantly played for Liverpool.

== Life and playing career ==

Born in winger who started out at Prescot Celtic as an amateur before he was signed by Reds manager Sunderland.

A'Court, who followed 1952, spurning the advances of Everton and Bolton to become an Anfield apprentice, a decision that paid off as just six months after joining he made his first team debut. The following season A'Court played 16 times but Liverpool were relegated to the Second Division.

During the Anfield clubs first season in the second tier of English football A'Court established himself as a first team regular making 33 league and cup appearances. Alan remained consistent even though Liverpool failed to regain their top flight status. By the age of 24 years and 89 days Alan had played 200 league games for the Reds becoming the youngest player to do so, a record that still stands.

Although the strong and talented A'Court could have left to play for teams in the First Division, his loyalty to Liverpool was rewarded in 1962 when, as an ever-present, he and the Reds celebrated promotion back to the First Division under the guidance of the great Leyton Orient. Alan was selected 23 times during the Liverpool's first season back amongst football's elite teams; he helped Liverpool to a more than healthy 8th place. 

Whilst still in Division 2 A'Court's skill alerted England manager caps on the Northern Ireland at Wembley. A'Court's only goal for his country and a goal for Brazil (0-0), Austria (2-2) and the USSR (0-1), remember he did this despite playing, at the time, in the Second Division.

Unfortunately for Alan injuries began to take their toll, he missed the whole of the Peter Thompson from Preston and after spending most of his career at Liverpool, playing 382 times and scoring 63 goals, he was allowed to leave. He joined Tranmere Rovers for a fee of £4,500 in October European Cup preliminary round 2nd leg which took place on the KR 5-0 but rather than treat the return leg as a mere formality, the Reds finished off the job with a comprehensive 6-1 victory.

He later became player coach at Norwich City before taking on various coaching jobs, including posts in Zambia and New Zealand, he also became assistant manager at Stoke City when George Eastham called upon his services in 1969, he eventually took over the reins in January 1978 for a month as caretaker when Eastham departed. From Stoke he moved to Crewe Alexandra, again, as an assistant. He then went to join the sport staff at North Staffordshire Polytechnic which became Staffordshire University. After finally retiring from football Alan ran a tobacconist/newsagent shop on the borders of Birkenhead and Bebington, Merseyside.

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| geburtstag = 30. September 1934
| geburtsort = Rainhill
| geburtsland = Vereinigtes Königreich
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| position = Mittelfeldspieler
| jetztverein = Karriere beendet
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| jugendvereine = Prescot Cables
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| vereine = FC Liverpool<br /> Tranmere Rovers
| jahre = 1952-1964<br />1964-1966
| spiele (tore) = 355 (61)<br />50 (11)
| nationalmannschaft = England
| nationaljahre = 1957-1958
| länderspiele (tore) = 5 (1)
| trainervereine = Stoke City 
| trainerjahre = 1978
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'''Alan A’Court''' (* St Helens Borough, englischer englische Fußballnationalmannschaft und erzielte dabei ein Tor. Zudem absolvierte er in über zehn Jahren für den FC Liverpool 382 Partien, in denen er 63 Treffer erzielte.

== Laufbahn ==
Alan A’Court wurde im September 1952 vom Amateurverein ''Prescot Cables'' für den FC Liverpool verpflichtet, wobei er zuvor Angebote des Second Division ab.

In Liverpool wurde er dennoch zum Stammspieler und kam in der englischen Nationalmannschaft zu seinen fünf Länderspielen. Seinen Einstand gab A'Court dabei zunächst im November 1957 gegen Nordirland und wurde dann sogar – obwohl er nur in der zweiten Liga aktiv war – in den englischen Kader für die Weltmeisterschaft 1958 in Schweden berufen.

Angebote für erstklassige Vereine hatte A'Court danach auch genügend, aber seine Loyalität zum FC Liverpool wurde durch den Wiederaufstieg im Jahre 1962 letztlich belohnt, den er als Stammspieler maßgeblich mitverantwortete. In der ersten Saison nach der Erstligarückkehr kam er in 23 Spielen zum Einsatz, aber das vermehrte Auftreten von Verletzungen sorgte dafür, dass er 1964 für 4.500 Pfund an die benachbarten Tranmere Rovers abgegeben wurde.

Anschließend betreute A'Court zunächst Norwich City als Spielertrainer und anschließend noch Vereine in Sambia und Neuseeland.