1. Alan John Connell was born on 5 February 1983 and is an English former professional footballer and current youth team coach at AFC Bournemouth.
12 Facts About Alan Connell
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Alan Connell has since had short stints with Northampton Town and former club, Grimsby Town.
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Alan Connell failed to win a call into a first team squad and was released in the summer of 2002.
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Alan Connell would go on to score 7 goals in 14 games before he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in October 2002 in a match against Leyton Orient which ruled him out for the remainder of his first season.
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Alan Connell finished the season on 51 appearances in all competitions scoring 10 goals.
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Alan Connell turned down Hereford's offer of a new contract and instead signed for Brentford on 2 July 2007.
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Alan Connell remained at Griffin Park for only one season and departed a year later.
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Alan Connell started well again the next season but was moved down the pecking order by new signing Charlie Macdonald.
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Alan Connell made 60 appearances, scoring 8 goals during his second spell with the club.
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Alan Connell received several player of the year trophies at the club's annual awards night.
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On 20 July 2012, Alan Connell joined Bradford City on a two-year contract.
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Alan Connell made his league debut a week later against Gillingham.