| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Peter Buckley | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Mansfield, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1973 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | (1) |
| 1973–1978 | Walsall | 241 | (125) |
| 1978–1979 | Birmingham City | 28 | (8) |
| 1979–1984 | Walsall | 178 | (49) |
| 1984–1986 | Stourbridge | ||
| 1986–1987 | Tamworth | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978 | Walsall (caretaker) | ||
| 1979–1981 | Walsall | ||
| 1981–1982 | Walsall (joint with Neil Martin) | ||
| 1982–1986 | Walsall | ||
| 1986–1988 | Kettering Town | ||
| 1988–1994 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 1994–1997 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| 1997–2000 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 2001–2002 | Lincoln City | ||
| 2003 | Rochdale | ||
| 2006–2008 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 2012–2013 | Grimsby Town (U17s) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alan Peter Buckley (born 20 April 1951) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a sports co-commentator for BBC Humberside.
As a player, he was a forward from 1967 to 1987 for Nottingham Forest, Walsall, Birmingham City, Stourbridge and Tamworth.[1] He moved into management and has been in charge of Walsall, Kettering Town, West Bromwich Albion, Lincoln City and Rochdale. He gained renown for his three stints as manager of Grimsby Town between 1988 and 2008, where his achievements have made him the club's most successful manager. Buckley is one of only 14 managers to have reached 1,000 matches in charge of a league club, but the only one of the 14 never to have managed a team in the Premiership or its predecessor, the First Division.[2]