| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Biley | ||
| Date of birth | February 26, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Leighton Buzzard, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1974 | Luton Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1975–1979 | Cambridge United | 165 | (75) |
| 1979–1981 | Derby County | 47 | (19) |
| 1981–1982 | Everton | 19 | (3) |
| 1981–1982 | → Stoke City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1982–1984 | Portsmouth | 105 | (51) |
| 1984–1986 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | (8) |
| 1986–1987 | Cambridge United | 3 | (0) |
| – | Panionios | ? | (?) |
| Total | 382 | (157) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alan Biley (born February 26, 1957) was a former English professional footballer and now a football manager who played for Cambridge, Everton and Portsmouth amongst others. His last job was at Spalding United.
His first managerial appointment was with Potton United, later taking over at Barton Rovers before resigning after four months to take over at Diss Town.
After leaving Diss, he managed Spalding United, from October [1] to December 2002,[2] later joining Wootton Blue Cross as assistant manager in June 2003.[3]
In February 2004, Biley joined Kettering Town as assistant manager, working under his former Derby County colleague Kevin Wilson.[4]
Biley had two spells as assistant manager of Kettering Town, separated by a short spell as caretaker manager of Spalding United in February 2006,[5] before taking over as manager of Rothwell Town in November 2006.
In 2007, Biley was once again re-united with Kevin Wilson as he became Assistant Manager of Corby Town, however following a bad run on the back end of the year, Wilson was sacked and Biley was appointed Caretaker manager for the Steelmen's Southern League Premier Division clash with Hemel Hempstead Town, however the match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, and he left the club three days later, as Graham Drury took over as Manager, bringing his backroom staff from Stamford AFC with him.
In 2008, he went back to Spalding for a fourth time as manager, The Tulips were on the verge of relegation to the United Counties League, however Biley kept them in the Northern Premier League
Biley resigned from his post at Spalding earlier this year.[6] He resigned from his post at Rothwell in May 2007.[7]
On 14 May 1985, Biley made a guest appearance for a Manchester United XI playing against an Oxford United XI for Peter Foley's testimonial. The match finished 1–1.
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