Alan Maxwell

Alan Maxwell

Personal information
Full name	Alan Maxwell[1]
Date of birth	1870[1]
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Date of death	Unknown
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Cambuslang
1891–1893	Everton	43	(13)
1893–1895	Darwen	60	(13)
1895–1897	Stoke	31	(4)
–	St Bernard's
Total		134	(30)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Alan Maxwell (1870 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Darwen, Everton and Stoke.^[1]

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 season with Stoke making 37 appearances scoring six goals before returning to Scotland with St Bernard's.^[1]

Career statistics

Sourced from Alan Maxwell profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Everton	1891–92	Football League	16	4	0	0	16	4
	1892–93	First Division	23	7	7	2	30	9
	1893–94	First Division	4	2	0	0	4	2
	Total		43	13	7	2	50	15
Darwen	1893–94	First Division	16	3	1	0	17	3
	1894–95	Second Division	27	12	2	0	29	12
	1895–96	Second Division	17	7	0	0	17	0
	Total		60	13	3	0	63	13
Stoke	1895–96	First Division	8	1	4	2	12	3
	1896–97	First Division	23	3	2	0	25	3
	Total		31	4	6	2	37	6
Career Total			134	30	16	4	150	34

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.