Football player for Newcastle United, Liverpool and Wrexham.
League debut: 1973.
Other honours: 5 league championships; 4 league cups; 4 charity shields; 2 European cups;
2 Full Caps for England.
Alan's seventeen-year career as a pro, ended at Wrexham in 1990 following a knee injury. It was here he played his 500th game in the league.
As a defender amazingly Alan Kennedy didn't simply have a knack for scoring goals, he had a talent for scoring them... in finals. Bought by Bob Paisley as a left-back who could support the midfield, Kennedy could also hit a ball with tremendous ferocity. His most memorable goal was undoubtedly the one he scored against Real Madrid in the 1981 European Cup final, which Liverpool won 1-0. Three years later, Kennedy scored the final penalty as Liverpool beat Roma on their own patch.
Nowadays, Kennedy still lives on Merseyside where he has his own youth soccer schools that are combined with a busy schedule as a host on local radio programmes.