Alan Graham Cork was born on 4 March 1959 and is an English former professional footballer.
14 Facts About Alan Cork
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Alan Cork played as a striker for several clubs, most notably Wimbledon and has held a number of managerial and coaching posts since his retirement from playing.
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Alan Cork holds the record for first-team appearances and first-team goals at Wimbledon and is the only player to have scored in all four divisions of the pre-1992 Football League and the Premier League.
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However, despite a loan spell at Lincoln City, Cork failed to break into the Derby first team and subsequently joined Wimbledon, who had been recently elected to the Football League and were playing in Division Four at the time, on a free transfer in 1978.
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Typically, on hearing the chant, Alan Cork would turn to the crowd and tap his head.
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Alan Cork eventually left Wimbledon in early 1992 to join Sheffield United on a free transfer.
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Alan Cork spent two and a half seasons with Sheffield United, including two full seasons in the newly rebranded FA Premier League.
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Adams stepped down within two weeks of taking over, and Alan Cork took over for the rest of the season without achieving much success.
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Alan Cork was appointed player-manager of non-league Chesham United in 1998 where he remained for nearly two years before accepting the role of assistant manager at Cardiff City in the summer of 2000.
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Alan Cork returned to league management in October 2000 with Cardiff City, and guided them to promotion as Division Three runners-up seven months later.
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Alan Cork followed Adams out of the Walkers Stadium exit door in October 2004.
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Alan Cork is a scout for the England national football team.
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Alan Cork is a member of the Wimbledon Old Players Association.
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Alan Cork scored on his Wimbledon Masters XI debut v a Chelsea Legends XI in a charity fixture at Kingsmeadow.