Alan Ashman
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Alan Ashman | ||
Date of birth | 30 May 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||
Date of death | 30 November 2002 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Walsall, England | ||
Position(s) |
Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Sheffield United | |||
Nottingham Forest | |||
1951–1957 | Carlisle United | 214 | (98) |
Managerial career | |||
1963–1967 | Carlisle United | ||
1967–1971 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
1971–1972 | Olympiacos | ||
1972–1975 | Carlisle United | ||
1975–1977 | Workington | ||
1978–1979 | Walsall | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Alan Ashman (30 May 1928 – 30 November 2002) was an English association footballer, best remembered for some notable managerial successes.
Playing career
Born in
In 1951, he signed for
In 2009 Ashman was named at 18th in a list of Carlisle United's top 100 players, compiled by local newspaper the News and Star.[1]
Management career
Ashman was too late to prevent that season's relegation but the following season saw a bounce back, and the season after that, the Third Division championship. Leading
Ashman's exploits had not gone unnoticed and, in 1967, he joined West Bromwich Albion, leading them in a series of exciting cup runs, crowned by victory in the 1968 FA Cup. His new club was, however, impatient for further trophies and he was dismissed in 1971, hearing of the news from a waiter while on holiday in Greece.
Somewhat ironically, he went on to manage Olympiakos before returning to Carlisle in August 1972, leading the club to the First Division and a brief spell at the top of the entire English league.
The heights were short-lived and Ashman left the club to manage Workington from 1975 to 1977 and Walsall before settling for junior coaching and scouting roles at Derby County, Hereford United and Swallows of Walsall. He died in 2002 in Walsall. A minute's silence was held in his honour prior to West Bromwich Albion's home match against Sunderland.[3]
Honours
Managerial
- Carlisle United (1963–1967) & (1972–1975)
- Football League Championship):
- 2nd Runners-up: 1973–74
- 2nd Runners-up:
- Football League One):
- Winners: 1964–65
- Winners:
- Football League Two):
- Runners-up: 1963–64
- Runners-up:
- West Bromwich Albion (1967–1971)
- FA Cup:
- Winners: 1968
- Winners:
- Olympiacos (1971–1972)
- Greek League:
- Runners-up: 1972
- Runners-up:
- Greater Greece Cup:
- Winners: 1972
References
- ^ a b "Carlisle Utd's top 100 players". Carlisle united F.C. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Player profile: Alan Ashman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ "WBA vs Sunderland". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 21 December 2002. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2008.