Alan Walsh

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Alan Walsh

There is little doubt that Bristol city enjoyed the better of the bargin deal when they signed striker Alan Walsh from Darlington in the close season 0f 1984. The clubs could not agree a fee and eventually a football league tribunal set a price tag 0f £18,000 on walsh's signature. Darlington no doubt had reason to feel aggrieved that a player who had scored 100 goals for them in 278 games in three major competitions should be priced so cheaply. Indeed, despite his apparently casual approach, Walsh has since underlined what a bargin Bristol city had bought. He began his career at Ashton gate by maintaining his scoring record and city (he scored 99 in totalfor city) had every reason to be pleased with him. His shooting is both hard and accurate and he scord some fine goals from dead ball kicks. Many feel that if he adopted a more foward role then his strke rate would have been even higher. His long ball passing has added another dimention to his play and therefore to city's team. Walsh was born in Hartlepool on 9th December 1956 and started his league career with middlesborough for whom he has made three substitute appearences before moving to Darlington. Alan Walsh is now on the coaching staff at Bristol city.