Alan Maxwell

Alan Maxwell (2 April 1869 – 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Darwen, Everton and Stoke.[1]

Alan Maxwell
Personal information
Full name Alan Maxwell[1]
Date of birth 2 April 1869[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1951 (aged 81–82)
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1890–1891 Cambuslang 13 (5)
1891–1893 Everton 43 (13)
1893–1895 Darwen 60 (22)
1895–1897 Stoke 31 (4)
1897–1898 St Bernard's 4 (1)
Total 151 (45)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Maxwell was born in Glasgow and played for Cambuslang before joining English club Everton in 1891.[1] He spent three years at Everton scoring 15 goals and helped them reach the 1893 FA Cup Final where he played in a 1–0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1] He joined Darwen in 1893 and spent another three years with the struggling Lancashire club before he was subject to a bizarre transfer to Stoke:[1] Instead of requesting an amount of money for Maxwell, Darwen instead wanted Stoke to provide them with a new set of wrought iron gates.[1] He spent two seasons with Stoke, making 37 appearances and scoring six goals, before returning to Scotland with St Bernard's.[1]

The closest Maxwell came to international honours was being selected for the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots annual trial match in 1901 while with Stoke. A decade earlier he had also played in the Glasgow FA v Sheffield FA challenge fixture while with Cambuslang.[2]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Test Match Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton 1891–92 Football League 16400—164
1892–93 First Division 23773—3010
1893–94 First Division 4200—42
Total 431373—5016
Darwen 1893–94 First Division 1631011184
1894–95 Second Division 271220—2912
1895–96 Second Division 17700—170
Total 602230116423
Stoke 1895–96 First Division 8142—123
1896–97 First Division 23320—253
Total 31462—376
Career Total 134391651115145

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  3. Alan Maxwell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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