Alan Ashman

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Allan Ashman
Full name	George Allan Ashman
Date of birth	30 May 1928(1928-05-30)
Place of birth	Rotherham, England
Date of death	30 November 2002 (aged 74)
Place of death	Walsall, England
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Sheffield United Nottingham Forest Carlisle United
Teams managed
	Carlisle United West Bromwich Albion Olympiacos Carlisle United Workington Walsall
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

George Allan Ashman (30 May 1928 – 30 November 2002) was an English association footballer, best remembered for some notable managerial successes.

1 Playing career
2 Management career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Born in Rotherham, Ashman had an undistinguished amateur playing career with Sheffield United F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. during the ad hoc competitions of World War II. In 1951, he signed for Carlisle United F.C. for whom he made 207 appearances, scoring 98 goals. In 1958, suffering from cartilage damage, he retired from playing to manage the poultry farm of Mr Monkhouse, one of the club's directors. As a recreation, he managed amateur team Penrith F.C. and when Third Division Carlisle found themselves in need of a manager in February 1963, Mr Monkhouse offered Ashman the job.

[edit] 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 Division Two for much of the 1965-66 season, the club was disappointed to miss out on promotion by finishing third.

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 A.F.C. and Walsall F.C. before settling for junior coaching and scouting roles at Derby County F.C., Hereford United F.C. 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.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "WBA vs Sunderland", West Bromwich Albion F.C. (2002-12-21). Retrieved on 6 November 2008.

[edit] External links

Alan Ashman management career stats at Soccerbase

Carlisle United F.C. – Managers

Kirkbride (1904–05^s) • McCumiskey (1905–06^s) • Houston (1906–08^s) • Stansfield (1908–10) • Houston (1910–12) • Graham (1912–13) • Bistow (1913–30) • Hampson (1930–33) • Clarke (1933–35) • Kelly (1935–36) • Westgarth (1936–38) • Talyor (1938–40) • Harkness (1940–45) • Clarke (1945–46^s) • Broadis (1946–49) • Shankly (1949–51) • Emery (1951–58) • Beattie (1958–60) • Powell (1960–63) • Ashman (1963–67) • T. Ward (1967–68) • Stokoe (1968–70) • MacFarlane (1970–72) • Ashhman (1972–75) • Young (1975–76) • Moncur (1976–80) • Harvey (1980) • Stokoe (1980–85) • Robson (1985) • Stokoe (1985–86) • Gregg (1986–87) • Middlemass (1987–91) • McCaffrey (1991–92) • McCreery (1992–93) • Wadsworth (1993–96^d) • Day (1996–97) • Knighton (1997–98) • Pearson (1998–99) • Mincher (1999) • Wilkinson (1999–2000) • Atkins (2000–2001) • Collins (2001–2002) • Barr (2002^c) • Collins (2002–03) • Simpson (2003–06) • McDonald (2006–07) • Abbott (2007^c) • J. Ward (2007–08) • Abbott (2008–)

Olympiacos F.C. – Managers

Andrianopoulos (1925–27) • Panopoulos (1935–36) • Asderis (1945–47) • Symeonidis (1948–50) • Helmis (1950–54) • Symeonidis (1954–55) • Negrepontis (1955) • Helmis (1956) • Simonovski (1960–62) • Hadjistavridis (1962) • Helmis (1962–63) • Dolgos (1963–64) • Cserna (1964–65) • Bukovi (1965–67) • Soulis (1967–68) • Bebis (1969) • Bobek (1969–70) • Yfantis (1970) • Georgiadis (1970–71) • Petropoulos (1971) • Darivas (1971) • Ashman (1972) • Petropoulos (1972–75) • Buckingham (1975–76) • Shannon (1976–77) • Veselinović (1977–80) • Górski and Illovszky (1980–81) • Senekowitsch (1981) • Panagoulias (1981–83) • Bebis (1983) • Alefantos (1983–84) • Keßler (1984–85) • Bebis (1985) • Panagoulias (1986–87) • Libregts (1987–88) • Grigoriadis (1988) • Gmoch (1988–89) • Gounaris (1989) • Blokhin (1990–93) • Petrović (1993) • Alefantos (1994) • Libregts (1994–95) • Diamantopoulos (1995–96) • Bajević (1996–99) • Bigon (1999–00) • Matzourakis (2000) • Lemonis (2000–02) • Katanec (2002–03) • Protasov (2003–04) • Alefantos (2004) • Bajević (2004–05) • Sollied (2005–06) • Lemonis (2006–08) • Segura (2008) • Valverde (2008–)

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) • Giles (1975–77) • Allen (1977) • Atkinson (1978–81) • Allen (1981–82) • Wylie (1982–84) • Giles (1984–85) • Stiles (1985–86) • Saunders (1986–87) • Atkinson (1987–88) • Talbot (1988–91) • Gould (1991–92) • Ardiles (1992–93) • Burkinshaw (1993–94) • Buckley (1994–97) • Harford (1997) • D. Smith (1997–99) • Little (1999–2000) • Megson (2000–04) • Robson (2004–06) • Mowbray (2006–)

Walsall F.C. – Managers

Smallwood (1888–91) • Burton (1891–93) • Robinson (1893–95) • Ailso (1895–96) • Parsloe (1896–97) • Ford (1897–98) • Hughes (1898–99) • Ford (1899–1901) • Shutt (1908–13) • Price (1914–20) • Burchell (1921–26) • Ashworth (1926–27) • Torrance (1927–28) • Kerr (1928–29) • Scholey (1929–30) • O'Rourke (1930–32) • Slade (1932–34) • Wilson (1934–37) • Lowes (1937–44) • Hibbs (1944–51) • McPhee (1951) • Fletcher (1952–53) • Buckley (1953–55) • Love (1955–57) • Moore (1957–64) • Wood (1964) • Shaw (1964–68) • Graham (1968) • Lewin (1968–69) • Moore (1969–72) • Smith (1972–73) • Allen (1973) • Fraser (1974–77) • Mackay (1977–78) • Ashman (1978) • Sibley (1979) • Buckley (1979–82) • Martin (1981–82) • Buckley (1982–86) • Coakley (1986–88) • Barnwell (1989–90) • Hibbitt (1990–94) • Nicholl (1994–97) • Sørensen (1997–98) • Graydon (1998–2002) • Lee (2002–04) • Merson (2004–06) • Halsall (2006) • Broadhurst (2006) • Kinsella (2006) • Money (2006–2008) • Mullen (2008–)

Persondata
NAME	Ashman, George Allan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ashman, Alan
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer; Football manager
DATE OF BIRTH	30 May 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotherham, England
DATE OF DEATH	30 November 2002
PLACE OF DEATH	Walsall, England

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