Alan Buckley Sports manager

Alan Peter Buckley (born 20 April 1951, Mansfield, England) is an English former professional footballer turned football manager who is U17's team manager at Conference National side Grimsby Town.As a player he was a forward from 1967 to 1987 for Nottingham Forest, Walsall, Birmingham City, Stourbridge and Tamworth. 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 accolades 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	April 20, 1951
Birth place	Mansfield
Height (meters)	1.524

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club	Grimsby Town F.C. Lincoln City F.C. West Bromwich Albion F.C. Walsall F.C. Kettering Town F.C.
position	Forward (association football)
teams	Stourbridge F.C. Grimsby Town F.C. Tamworth F.C. Nottingham Forest F.C. Birmingham City F.C. Walsall F.C.