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{{short description|English footballer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alec Lindsay | image = | fullname = Alec Lindsay<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1948|2|27}}<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_place = [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]], England<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_date = | position = [[Full back (association football)|Full back]] | years1 = 1965β1969 | clubs1 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] |caps1 = 127 |goals1 = 13 | years2 = 1969β1977 | clubs2 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] |caps2 = 168 |goals2 = 12 | years3 = 1977β1978 | clubs3 = [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] |caps3 = 20 |goals3 = 3 | years4 = 1978 | clubs4 = [[Oakland Stompers]] |caps4 = 28 |goals4 = 1 | years5 = 1979 | clubs5 = [[Toronto Blizzard (1971β84)|Toronto Blizzard]] |caps5 = 4 |goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 347| totalgoals = 29 | nationalyears1 = 1974| nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]]| nationalcaps1 = 4| nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Alec Lindsay''' (born 27 February 1948) is an English former [[association football|footballer]] who played in [[the Football League]] for [[Bury F.C.|Bury]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref> ==Career== Born in [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]], [[Lancashire]], England, Lindsay played 139 matches for [[Bury F.C.|Bury]], helping the club gain promotion in [[1967β68 in English football|1967β68]]. Manager [[Bill Shankly]] signed him for [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in March 1969 for [[Β£]]67,000. He made his debut against Irish side [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] in the [[UEFA Cup|European Fairs Cup]], on 16 September 1969. Liverpool won by an emphatic 10-0 scoreline, a record win until Liverpool thumped [[Norway|Norwegian]] side [[StrΓΈmsgodset I.F.]] 11β0 in the [[Cup Winners' Cup]], on 17 September 1974. After an initial settling in period in which Lindsay played seven times, he was the selected as first choice left back during the 1970β71 season, which included the [[1971 FA Cup Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. League champions and double hunting [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] lay in wait. After the allotted 90 minutes the scores were level 0β0; during extra time the Reds took the lead, the Gunners scored a scrappy equaliser and went on to win the game 2β1 thus completing the league and FA Cup double. Arsenal were victorious that day - Lindsay would be back for another go in 1974 - but first Liverpool won a double of their own in 1973, winning the [[Football League First Division|League championship]] and [[UEFA Cup]], against [[Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach]] in the final. He played in the [[1974 FA Cup Final]] against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] and despite him having a goal ruled out for offside, Lindsay got his winners medal as Liverpool beat the Magpies 3β0. This was to be the peak of Lindsay's Liverpool career. Shankly, the man who brought Lindsay to [[Merseyside]], decided to retire in the summer of 1974. Unfortunately, for Lindsay, new manager [[Bob Paisley]] selected [[Phil Neal]] as his regular left-back the following season and even after Neal then moved to his favoured right back role, Lindsay was still rarely selected with Paisley preferring [[Wales|Welshman]] [[Joey Jones]]. He had already played four times for the [[England national football team|England team]], but was not selected for England again after falling out of favour at [[Anfield]]. Liverpool won two more League titles during the next three years but Lindsay did not play enough games on either occasion to collect a league title medal. He also missed out on the 1976 UEFA Cup success and the 1977 FA Cup final when Liverpool, in search of a "treble", lost narrowly to rivals [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. However, he was named as one of the five substitutes for the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] final in Rome three days later, when Liverpool beat [[Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach]] 3β1. He left Anfield in the summer of 1977 and joined [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]. He made a good start to his Stoke career converting three penalties in his first five matches for the club under [[George Eastham]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> However, with the expectation at the [[Victoria Ground]] to gain an instant return to the First Division Eastham was sacked in early January 1978 with the club languishing in mid-table. New manager [[Alan Durban]] decided to play the younger [[Geoff Scott (footballer)|Geoff Scott]] at left back and Lindsay was allowed to make a move to America.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> In 1978, Lindsay moved to the [[Oakland Stompers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968β1984)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL). Following the 1978 season, the Stompers moved to [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada and Lindsay moved to the [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]], also of the NASL. He played four times for Toronto Blizzard in 1979 before hanging up his boots at the age of 31. ==International career== Alec was given his first cap, and subsequently all of his caps, by caretaker manager [[Joe Mercer]] on 22 May 1974, England were playing host, at Wembley, to a friendly with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], he was in good company as fellow Reds [[Kevin Keegan]] and the England captain [[Emlyn Hughes]] were in the starting line-up, the game was played in front of 68,000 people and ended in a 2β2 draw. ==Post-retirement== Lindsay is placed at 85 in the 2006 poll [[100 Players Who Shook The Kop]]. He is now retired and lives with his partner in Scotland.<ref>Confirmed during a memorabilia signing as part of Project 96 : www.project96.co.uk</ref> He remains an avid Liverpool supporter and was a contributor to the Hillsborough Family Support Group's (HFSG) "Project 96" in August 2009.<ref>Project 96 : www.project96.co.uk</ref> After his retirement he became a [[Public house|publican]]. ==Career statistics== ===Club=== Source:<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other{{ref label|Other|A|}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|[[Bury F.C.|Bury]] |[[1964β65 in English football|1964β65]] |[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] |6||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|β||0||0||6||2 |- |[[1965β66 in English football|1965β66]] |Second Division |17||4||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|β||0||0||17||4 |- |[[1966β67 in English football|1966β67]] |Second Division |32||1||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|β||0||0||35||1 |- |[[1967β68 in English football|1967β68]] |[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] |41||6||3||1||4||1||colspan="2"|β||0||0||48||8 |- |[[1968β69 in English football|1968β69]] |Second Division |31||0||0||0||2||1||colspan="2"|β||0||0||33||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !127!!13!!5!!1!!7!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!139!!16 |- |rowspan="9"|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] |[[1969β70 in English football|1969β70]] |[[Football League First Division|First Division]] |6||1||0||0||0||0||1||1||0||0||7||2 |- |[[1970β71 in English football|1970β71]] |First Division |21||0||4||0||2||0||8||1||0||0||35||1 |- |[[1971β72 in English football|1971β72]] |First Division |38||0||3||1||1||0||2||0||1||0||45||1 |- |[[1972β73 in English football|1972β73]] |First Division |37||4||4||0||7||0||11||1||0||0||59||5 |- |[[1973β74 in English football|1973β74]] |First Division |36||4||9||0||6||0||3||0||0||0||54||4 |- |[[1974β75 in English football|1974β75]] |First Division |25||3||2||0||4||0||4||1||1||0||36||4 |- |[[1975β76 in English football|1975β76]] |First Division |6||0||0||0||3||1||2||0||0||0||11||1 |- |[[1976β77 in English football|1976β77]] |First Division |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !168!!12!!22!!1!!23!!1!!31!!4!!2!!0!!246!!16 |- |[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] |[[1977β78 Stoke City F.C. season|1977β78]] |Second Division |20||3||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|β||0||0||22||3 |- |[[Oakland Stompers]] |[[1978 North American Soccer League season|1978]] |[[North American Soccer League (1968β1984)|NASL]] |28||1||colspan="2"|β||colspan="2"|β||colspan="2"|β||colspan="2"|β||28||1 |- |[[Toronto Blizzard (1971β1984)|Toronto Blizzard]] |[[1979 North American Soccer League season|1979]] |[[North American Soccer League (1968β1984)|NASL]] |4||0||colspan="2"|β||colspan="2"|β||colspan="2"|β||colspan="2"|β||4||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !347!!29!!29!!2!!30!!3!!31!!4!!2!!0!!439!!36 |} {{refbegin}} :A. {{note|Other}} The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]]. {{refend}} ===International=== Source:<ref>{{NFT player |id=19662 |name=Lindsay, Alec}}</ref> {|class=wikitable style="text-align: center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |[[England national football team|England]] |1974||4||0 |- !colspan=2|Total!!4!!0 |} ==Honours== '''Bury''' *[[Football League Third Division]] runner-up: [[1967β68 in English football|1967β68]] '''Liverpool'''<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/360| title = Liverpool career stats for Alec Lindsay - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!}} </ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977β78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=491}}</ref> *[[Football League First Division]]: [[1972β73 Football League|1972β73]], [[1975β76 Football League|1975β76]] *[[FA Cup]]: [[1973β74 FA Cup|1973β74]]; runner-up: [[1970β71 FA Cup|1970β71]] *[[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1974 FA Charity Shield|1974]], [[1976 FA Charity Shield|1976]] *[[UEFA Cup]]: [[1972β73 UEFA Cup|1972β73]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/alec-lindsay Profile] at the Liverpool F.C. website * [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=360 Player profile at LFChistory] * [http://www.thisisanfield.com/columnists/2007/07/forgotten-heroes-alec-lindsay/ Thisisanfield.com Forgotten Heroes] * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/L/Lindsay.Alec.htm NASL stats] * {{UEFA player}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Alec}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Bury F.C. players]] [[Category:England men's international footballers]] [[Category:English expatriate men's footballers]] [[Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Canada]] [[Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States]] [[Category:English men's footballers]] [[Category:English people of Scottish descent]] [[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada]] [[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States]] [[Category:Men's association football defenders]] [[Category:Liverpool F.C. players]] [[Category:North American Soccer League (1968β1984) players]] [[Category:Oakland Stompers players]] [[Category:Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester]] [[Category:Stoke City F.C. players]] [[Category:Toronto Blizzard (1971β1984) players]] [[Category:English Football League players]] [[Category:UEFA Champions Leagueβwinning players]] [[Category:UEFA Europa Leagueβwinning players]]
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