Allan Evans (footballer)

For the Australian rules footballer, see Allan Evans (Australian sportsman).

Allan Evans
Personal information

Full name	Allan James Evans
Date of birth	(1956-10-12) 12 October 1956
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1973–1977	Dunfermline Athletic	98	(14)
1977–1989	Aston Villa	380	(51)
1989–1990	Leicester City	14	(0)
1990–1991	Darlington	1	(0)
National team
1982	Scotland^[1]	4	(0)
Teams managed
2000	West Bromwich Albion
2000–2001	Greenock Morton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Allan James Evans, (born 12 October 1956) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Dunfermline Athletic (1973–77), Aston Villa (1977–89),^[2] Leicester City (1989–90) and Darlington (1990–91).

Evans won the league title in 1980/1 and was part of Villa's 1982 European Cup winning team.^[3] A central defender, he formed a pivotal partnership with Ken McNaught.^[4]

Evans was later club captain and helped Villa win promotion back to the First Division in 1988. He returned to be assistant manager in 1995.

He finished his playing career with short, uneventful spells at Leicester City and Darlington before retiring in 1991.

Evans also won four caps for Scotland, and was a member of the country's 1982 World Cup squad.

On 19 May 2007, Evans was appointed as a youth team coach at Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Evans is the first team coach of Truro College's Football Development Programme.

Career honours

Aston Villa

1980/81 League Championship
1981/82 European Cup
1982/83 European Super Cup

References

↑ Allan Evans at scottishfa.co.uk
↑ Aston Villa FC – English Premiership League
↑ Plowright, Frank. "Scott's Man." In Always Next Year No. 3. Guildford, UK: WSC Books, 2001. 60.
↑ http://www.qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=1215

External links

Allan Evans at FootballHeroes.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dennis Mortimer	Aston Villa F.C. Captain 1984–1989	Succeeded by Stuart Gray

1980–81 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Peter Shilton DF: Kenny Swain DF: Russell Osman DF: Allan Evans DF: Kenny Sansom MF: Frans Thijssen MF: John Wark MF: Graeme Souness FW: Paul Mariner FW: Kenny Dalglish FW: Gary Shaw

Scotland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Rough 2 McGrain 3 Gray 4 Souness (c) 5 Hansen 6 Miller 7 Strachan 8 Dalglish 9 Brazil 10 Wark 11 Robertson 12 Wood 13 McLeish 14 Narey 15 Jordan 16 Hartford 17 Evans 18 Archibald 19 Sturrock 20 Provan 21 Burley 22 Leighton Coach: Stein

West Bromwich Albion F.C. – managers

Ford (1890–92)
Jackson (1892–94)
Stephenson (1894–95)
Keys (1895–96)
Heaven (1896–1902)
Everiss (1902–48)
J. Smith (1948–52)
Carver (1952–53)
Buckingham (1953–59)
Clark (1959–61)
Macaulay (1961–63)
Hagan (1963–67)
Ashman (1967–71)
Howe (1971–75)
Whitehouse^c (1975)
Giles (1975–77)
Allen (1977)
Wile^c (1977–78)
Atkinson (1978–81)
Allen (1981–82)
Wylie (1982–84)
Giles (1984–85)
Stiles (1985–86)
Saunders (1986–87)
Atkinson (1987–88)
Talbot (1988–91)
S. Pearson^c (1991)
Gould (1991–92)
Ardiles (1992–93)
Burkinshaw (1993–94)
Buckley (1994–97)
Mann^c (1997)
Harford (1997)
Barker^c (1997)
Trewick^c (1997)
D. Smith (1997–99)
Gorman & Regis^c (1999)
Little (1999–2000)
Evans & Regis^c (2000)
Megson (2000–04)
Burrows^c (2004)
Robson (2004–06)
N. Pearson^c (2006)
Shakespeare^c (2006)
Mowbray (2006–09)
Di Matteo (2009–11)
Appleton^c (2011)
Hodgson (2011–12)
Clarke (2012–13)
Downing^c (2013–14)
Mel (2014)
Irvine (2014)
Kelly^c (2014–15)
Pulis (2015–)

Greenock Morton F.C. – managers

Morell (1904–08)
Cochrane (1908–27)
Torrance (1927–31)
Cochrane (1931–34)
Wright (1934–38)
Davies (1938–55)
McKenzie (1955–57)
McIntosh (1957–60)
Stewart (1960–72)
Smith (1972)
Stewart (1972–74)
Sørensen (1974–75)
Gilroy (1975–76)
Rooney (1976–83)
Miller (1983)
T. McLean (1983–84)
W. McLean (1984–85)
McGraw (1985–97)
Stark (1997–2000)
McCall (2000)
Evans (2000–01)
Maxwell (2001)
Cormack (2001–02)
McPherson (2002)
McCormack (2002–04)
McInally (2004–08)
Irons (2008–09)
Grady (2009–10)
Moore (2010–13)
Shiels (2013–14)
Duffy (2014–)

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