Ally Pickering
Albert Gary "Ally" Pickering (born 22 June 1967) is an English former professional footballer and manager. As a player, he played as a defender from 1989 until 2003 notably in the Premier League for Coventry City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Buxton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Rotherham United | 88 | (2) |
| 1993–1996 | Coventry City | 65 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Stoke City | 83 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Burnley | 21 | (1) |
| 1999 | Altrincham | ||
| 1999–2000 | Chesterfield | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Chester City (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Hyde United | 15 | (2) |
| 2001 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 2001 | Mossley | 18 | (1) |
| 2001 | Hyde United | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Mossley | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2003 | Mossley | ||
| 2005–2007 | Woodley Sports | ||
| 2008 | Woodley Sports | ||
| 2010–2012 | New Mills | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He has also played in the Football League for Rotherham United, Stoke City, Burnley, Chesterfield and Chester City.
Playing career
Pickering was born in Manchester and began his career with non-league Buxton before becoming a professional with Rotherham United. He spent five seasons at Millmoor making 111 appearances scoring twice helping the side gain promotion in 1991–92. He earned a move to Premier League side Coventry City in October 1993 and was a regular for two seasons at Highfield Road making 75 appearances.[1] He joined Stoke City in August 1996 and became the regular right back for the Potters making 45 appearances in 1996–97.[1] In 1997–98 he was an ever-present playing in all of the club's 48 fixtures as Stoke suffered relegation.[1] Pickering did score his only goal for Stoke in a 2–1 victory over Portsmouth on 11 April 1998.[1] New Stoke manager Brian Little deemed him to surplus to requirements at the start of the 1998–99 campaign and he joined Burnley.[1]
After a season at Turf Moor Pickering went on to play for Altrincham, Chesterfield and made seven appearances for Chester City. He then dropped into non-league football with Hyde United, Gainsborough Trinity and Mossley.
Managerial career
From November 2001 to July 2003 Pickering was the manager of Mossley. A month after leaving he became assistant manager of Woodley Sports, becoming their manager in 2005. He left in February 2007.[2]
He began a second spell as manager of Woodley Sports in May 2008[3] but left for a second time in December 2008. On 24 March 2010, Pickering took over as manager at New Mills, initially as caretaker until the end of the season.[4]
Pickering remained at New Mills until October 2012, when he and the club parted company by mutual consent.[5]
As of September 2013 he is the reserve manager at Hyde FC
Career statistics
Source:[6]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rotherham United | 1989–90 | Third Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990–91 | Third Division | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1991–92 | Fourth Division | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 1992–93 | Second Division | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| 1993–94 | Second Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | 88 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 111 | 2 | ||
| Coventry City | 1993–94 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994–95 | Premier League | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 1995–96 | Premier League | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| Total | 65 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Stoke City | 1996–97 | First Division | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | First Division | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| 1998–99 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 83 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 1 | ||
| Burnley | 1998–99 | Second Division | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Chester City | 1998–99 | Third Division | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Career Total | 264 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 309 | 6 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.
References
- Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
- "Pickering leaves Woodley". NonLeagueDaily. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- "Steelmen return for Pickering". NonLeagueDaily. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- "Hancock leaves Millers". Stockport Express. M.E.N. Media. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- "Pickering leaves New Mills". Evo Stik League. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- Ally Pickering at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
External links
- Ally Pickering at Soccerbase
- Burnley career stats