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Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor (born 20 November 1947) is an American former professional footballer whose playing career as a goalkeeper spanned three decades. He played 17 years in the top three tiers of English professional football with Burnley, Fulham, Hereford United and Portsmouth. He is now a coach in the United States. Early and personal life Mellor was born in Prestbury, Cheshire, and was raised in Manchester, England.James Edward (August 9, 2005)"Mellor happy to be coaching for RSL,"''Deseret News''. In 1992 he moved to Tampa, Florida. ''Soccer Banter'', May 11, 2011. He and his wife Valerie have been married for over four decades, are both US citizens, and have two children. They have lived in Longboat Key, Florida, and Fort Myers, Florida.Richard Dymond (26 July 2015)"Future Manatee soccer stars try their game on sand at Coquina Beach,"''Bradenton Herald''.Kevin Johnson (August 17, 2009)"Soccer thrives on the beach,"'' Naples News''. Playing career Mellor's playing career spanned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestbury, Cheshire
Prestbury is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Macclesfield. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census, it had a population of 3,324;Official census figures Retrieval Date: 10 June 2007 it increased slightly to 3,471 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. The ecclesiastical parish is almost the same as the former Prestbury local government Wards of the United Kingdom, ward which consisted of the civil parishes of Prestbury, Adlington, Cheshire, Adlington and Mottram St Andrew. Toponym As Prestbury was initially settled by priests its name derives from ''Preôsta burh'', which is sometimes thought to mean "priests' town", but more ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradenton Herald
''The Bradenton Herald'' is a newspaper based in Bradenton, Florida, in the United States. History On September 15, 1922, Volume 1, Number 1 was published as ''The Evening Herald''. It was a merger of two weekly papers: the ''Manatee River Journal'', which had published since the 1880s, and ''The Bradentown Herald Weekly''. The newspaper was at No. 414 Pine Street in downtown Bradenton; the phone number, 28. In the mid-1920s, Pine Street was renamed and the newspaper's home was at 401 13th St. W. (It would remain there until July 1984, when it moved to its present home at 102 Manatee Ave. W.) ''The Evening Herald'' was published Monday through Saturday until 1926, when the Saturday publication was replaced by a Sunday edition and the name was changed to ''The Bradenton Herald''. In 1953 the Saturday edition resumed. Co-owners Raymond P. Sponenbarger and Robert W. Bentley sold the paper in 1925 to the R.W. Page Corp. of Columbus, Ga. Alvah H. Chapman Sr. became publisher and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Soccer Federation
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of soccer in the United States. It is a full member of FIFA and governs American soccer at the international, professional, and amateur levels, including: the men's and women's national teams, Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), youth organizations, as well as the beach soccer, futsal, Paralympic, and deaf national teams. U.S. Soccer sanctions referees and soccer tournaments for most soccer leagues in the United States. It also administers and operates the U.S. Open Cup and SheBelieves Cup. U.S. Soccer is headquartered in Chicago. History U.S. Soccer was originally known as the United States Football Association. It formed on April 5, 1913, at the Astor House Hotel in Lower Manhattan, and on August 15 of that year was accepted as one of the earliest member organizations of FIFA an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 North American Soccer League season, 1968 to 1984 North American Soccer League season, 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the United States. The league final was called the Soccer Bowl from 1975 North American Soccer League season, 1975 to 1983 North American Soccer League season, 1983 and the Soccer Bowl Series in its final year, 1984 North American Soccer League season, 1984. The league was headed by Commissioner Phil Woosnam from 1969 to 1983. The NASL laid the foundations for soccer in the United States that helped lead to the country hosting the 1994 FIFA World Cup and setting up Major League Soccer (MLS) in 1996. The United States did not have a truly national top-flight league until the FIFA-sanctioned United Soccer Association (USA) and the National Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Knight (footballer, Born 1961)
Alan Edward Knight MBE (born 3 July 1961) is an English former footballer turned manager. He holds the record for the most appearances for a single club by a goalkeeper, having played 683 league games (and 801 games overall) for Portsmouth between 1978 and 2000; this superseded Peter Bonetti's record of exactly 600 goalkeeping appearances for Chelsea. He helped Portsmouth to the 1992 FA Cup semi final which they lost on a penalty shootout to Liverpool. In addition to his goalkeeping record, he is the second-longest serving Portsmouth player of all time behind Jimmy Dickinson. He was capped at under-21 international level, but was never selected for the full England squad. Early life Knight was born in Balham, London. He attended Ernest Bevin School in Tooting. Playing career Knight joined Portsmouth as an apprentice at the age of 14 and signed a professional contract with the club in 1977. He went on to make his debut for the club a year later, keeping a clean sheet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fratton Park
Fratton Park is a association football, football ground in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and is the home of Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth Football Club. Fratton Park's location on Portsea Island is unique in English professional football, as it is the only professional English football ground not located on the mainland of Great Britain. Fratton Park has been the only home football ground in Portsmouth F.C.'s entire history. Fratton Park was built in 1899 by Alfred H. Bone, a Portsmouth-based architect, surveyor and a founding director of the football club. The site of Fratton Park was formerly a market garden potato field in a Portsea Island farming village named Milton, Portsmouth, Milton. By 1904, the village of Milton and the rest of Portsea Island had become part of the borough of Portsmouth. Portsmouth's football ground was deceptively named as "Fratton Park" by the club's founding directors, to persuade supporters that the new Milton-based football ground was within walk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Taylor (footballer Born 1953)
Alan Taylor may refer to: * Alan Taylor (Australian judge) (1901–1969), Australian High Court judge * A. J. P. Taylor (Alan John Percivale Taylor, 1906–1990), British historian * Alan Taylor (television presenter) (1924–1997), Welsh television presenter * Alan Taylor (British judge) (born 1939), British judge * Alan Taylor (footballer, born 1943), English football manager and former goalkeeper for Blackpool * Alan D. Taylor (born 1947), mathematician * Alan Taylor (volleyball) (born 1950), Canadian volleyball player * Alan Taylor (footballer, born 1953), English football player for West Ham United * Alan Taylor (historian) (born 1955), United States historian * Alan Taylor (director) Alan Taylor (born January 13, 1959) is an American television director, film director, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his work on television series such as ''The Sopranos'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Mad Men'', and ''Ga ... (born 1959), American film director * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Mullery
Alan Patrick Mullery (born 23 November 1941) is an English former footballer and manager. After enjoying a successful career with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national team in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with several clubs. He is now employed as a television pundit. He is also known for being the first ever England player to be sent off in an international match. In 1972 lifted the UEFA Cup for Tottenham. Playing career Mullery played for Fulham (1958–1964, 1972–1976), Tottenham Hotspur (1964–1972) and England (1964–1971). He appeared in 364 games for Fulham (scored 37 goals), 312 for Tottenham Hotspur (scored 25 goals), and 35 for England (scored 1 goal). Mullery was a key player for the Spurs teams that won the FA Cup in 1967, and skippering them to victory in the 1971 Football League Cup Final and the 1972 UEFA Cup Final. In the '72 UEFA Cup Final, his header in the 2nd leg was the decisive goal in a 3–2 aggregate victory ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football stadium in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 29,589; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against Millwall in 1938. Next to Bishop's Park on the banks of the River Thames, it was originally a royal hunting lodge and has a history dating back over 300 years. The stadium has also been used by national teams and was formerly the home ground for rugby league club Fulham RLFC. Life Pre-Fulham The original Cottage was built in 1780, by William Craven, the sixth Baron Craven and was located close to where the Johnny Haynes Stand is now. At the time, the surrounding areas were woods which once made up part of Anne Boleyn's hunting grounds. The Cottage was lived in by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (who wrote '' The Last Days of Pompeii'') and other somewhat notable (and moneyed) persons until it was destroyed by fire in May 1888. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recreation Ground (Chesterfield)
Saltergate, officially the Recreation Ground, was the historic home of Chesterfield Football Club, and was in use from 1871 until the club's relocation in July 2010, a 139-year history that made it one of the oldest football grounds in England at the time of its closure. From the 1920s onward the name 'Saltergate' became predominant in popular references to the ground. Tightly surrounded by housing, the football stadium was located near Chesterfield's town centre on the thoroughfare of the same name. The ground underwent only limited additional development after a new main stand was opened in 1936.Basson, Stuart (2010) "Saltergate Sunset: The Story of the Recreation Ground, Chesterfield", Chesterfield F.C., p27 Although plans to develop the site were explored, the club's fans ultimately voted in favour of pursuing a new ground in a 2003 ballot, with the site confirmed by a 2006 poll. The final Chesterfield fixture at Saltergate, a Football League Two game against Bournemouth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Stevenson (footballer)
Alan Stevenson (born 6 November 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for four clubs in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ..., making a total of over 600 league appearances. After his retirement, he became Commercial Manager at Hartlepool, later at Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion and Huddersfield Town. At Huddersfield, he oversaw their stadium move and fulfilled similar roles with Bolton Wanderers, Wembley Stadium, Hull City, Widnes Rugby League, Coventry City, Doncaster Rovers, Shrewsbury Town and Chesterfield. In September 2013, he joined York City to oversee their 2016 move to a new stadium. References * 1950 births Living people Footballers from Staveley, Derbyshire English men's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
