{{short description|English footballer (1942–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alan Philpott | image = | fullname = Alan Philpott<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|26|1942|11|8|df=y}}<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_place = Fenton, Staffordshire, England | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1960–1968 | clubs1 = Stoke City | caps1 = 45 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1968–1970 | clubs2 = Oldham Athletic | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = | clubs3 = Stafford Rangers | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = | clubs4 = Eastwood Hanley | caps4 = | goals4 = | totalcaps = 76 | totalgoals = 2 }} '''Alan Philpott''' (8 November 1942 – 26 May 2009) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Stoke City.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>
==Career== Philpott was born in Stoke-on-Trent and joined Stoke City's youth ranks in 1960.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He made his debut for the "Potters" on the final day of the 1960–61 season against Liverpool at the Victoria Ground.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He was a regular in the reserves and in the first-team he played twice in 1961–62 and once in 1962–63, but failed to make an appearance in 1963–64.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He showed useful versatility in 1964–65 where he played 17 games in a number of positions, scoring once against Nottingham Forest.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> Philpott made three appearances in 1965–66, scoring in a League Cup match against Chesterfield.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
He broke into the first team in 1966–67, making 27 appearances but found himself back in the reserves in 1967–68 and was sold to Oldham Athletic by Tony Waddington.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He joined up with some former Stoke players at Boundary Park including manager Jimmy McIlroy. Over two seasons, he made 33 appearances, scoring once in his second-to-last game against Barrow. He returned to Staffordshire and played non-League football for Stafford Rangers and Eastwood Hanley before having a spell as youth coach at Port Vale. He later became a cricket umpire in North Staffordshire and was umpiring a game when he suffered a fatal heart attack on 26 May 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hundreds mourn Stoke City star Alan Philpott|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Alan-loved-sport-sport-sport/story-12556252-detail/story.html#axzz2KUrBYDdh|work=The Sentinel|accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="9"|Stoke City<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> |1960–61 |Second Division |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |1961–62 |Second Division |2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |1962–63 |Second Division |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |1963–64 |First Division |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |1964–65 |First Division |12||1||0||0||4||0||16||1 |- |1965–66 |First Division |2||0||0||0||1||1||3||1 |- |1966–67 |First Division |26||0||1||0||0||0||27||0 |- |1967–68 |First Division |1||0||0||0||1||0||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !45!!1!!1!!0!!6!!1!!52!!2 |- |rowspan="3"|Oldham Athletic |1967–68 |Third Division |20||0||1||0||0||0||21||0 |- |1968–69 |Third Division |11||1||0||0||2||0||13||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!1!!1!!0!!2!!0!!33!!1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !76!!2!!2!!0!!8!!1!!85!!3 |}
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