Alan Arnell
Personal information
Full name	Alan Jack Arnell
Date of birth	November 25, 1933 (1933-11-25) (age 76)
Place of birth	Chichester, England
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Worthing
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1953-61 1961-63 1963-64 1964-66	Liverpool Tranmere Rovers Halifax Town Runcorn	69 (33) 68 (34) 14 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alan Arnell (born 25 November 1933) was an English footballer.

Arnell was born in Chichester and started out as an amateur player for Worthing before joining Liverpool in 1953, making his debut at centre forward in a 5-2 win against Blackpool in December 1953. Despite Liverpool being relegated to the second division at the end of that season, he was offered a professional contract after spending most of the campaign in the reserves.

Strong and good in the air, his only extended run in the Liverpool side came in the first half of 1955-56, a season in which he scored 14 goals. His best moment in a Liverpool shirt came on 15 December 1956 when he scored a hat trick in a 3-0 win at Huddersfield. Despite a creditable goals return, he was never able to hold down a regular place in the side.

His longest run of games came in the second half of 1958-59 when he played 12 times at centre forward after Billy Liddell was dropped and Louis Bimpson was injured. After 35 goals in 75 appearances for Liverpool, he moved to Tranmere Rovers on a free transfer in February 1961 and later played for Halifax Town and Runcorn.

[edit] External links

• Profile at LFCHistory.net