Alan Curbishley
Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishleyis an English former football player and manager. He played, as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion and has worked in the Premier League in management roles at Charlton Athletic and West Ham United. In December 2013 he was appointed technical director at Fulham only to be removed from the role in February 2014. He again joined Fulham's coaching staff in March 2015...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth8 November 1957
bad believe came clubs couple danger games last run top year
Last year when he came to us, he wanted someone who would believe in him and give him a run in the side. When you play for the top clubs if you have a couple of bad games you are in danger for your place.
club decided pleased
He's decided to concentrate on his club football. I'm pleased with the decision.
clubs easy manager organized prepare talk work
It is easy for other clubs to talk about their money. The manager has them organized and disciplined. They prepare and they work hard.
narrow
Once they have got preliminary discussions out of the way they will narrow it down because they want to do it before the World Cup.
again chasing defenders ended finish four game goal goals great past players point run second
Once again we ended up chasing the game - but their first goal infuriated me. Their second goal was a great run and finish - but from our point of view, you can't let players go past four defenders like that. The two goals we conceded were avoidable.
great performance played result
Not only have we got the result but we've played ever so well, that was a great performance,
boys left
I left some of the boys out completely to have a rest,
achievement great happen home knows next night win
It was a great night for us and a great achievement. Who knows what will happen in the next round. It was a night for the fans, but I would swap it for a home win in the league.
bit clean few form home league picked quite turn
It was a bit of a nervy scrap, but our home form in the league has picked up. We've had quite a few clean sheets. That's the only way you can turn it round.
great hope
They did great for their club, ... and I hope now they can go on to better things in the league.
although confident linked moved publicly sign straight
We moved in straight away, and although he was publicly linked with other clubs, we were always confident we would sign Danny.
chance determined finished game teams today upset
There was a chance of a real upset today and other teams have done it to us before. But we were determined and finished the game off.
damage means
The way we are set up means we can really do damage to teams.
shoulder straight
Spector popped his shoulder out - he went straight to hospital.