Alan Shires

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Alan Shires
Personal information
Full name Alan Jeffrey Shires[1]
Date of birth (1948-06-29) 29 June 1948 (age 76)[1]
Place of birth Leigh-on-Sea, England[1]
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Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Southend United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966 Southend United 1 (0)
1966–1968 Colchester United 23 (3)
Chelmsford City
Southend Manor
Total 24 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Jeffrey Shires (born 29 June 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Southend United and Colchester United.

Career

Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Shires was an apprentice with local club Southend United, where he made one substitute appearance in the 1965–66 season.[2][3][4]

Shires was released by Southend in the summer of 1966 and taken on trial and subsequently signed by Essex rivals Colchester United.[2] He made his debut for the U's on 27 August 1966 in a 2–1 away defeat to Shrewsbury Town.[5] His first goals came in a 3–2 away win over Reading on 8 October 1966, the second of which was a last-minute match winner.[2][6] Shires went on to play 23 times for Colchester, scoring one further goal[7] during a 5–3 home defeat to Torquay United on 4 November 1967.[8] He played his last game for the club against Gillingham on 13 April 1968, a game in which he broke his collarbone.[2][9]

Shires was released from Colchester in the summer of 1968, subsequently joining Chelmsford City. He also appeared for Southend Manor.[2]

References

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