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Alan Hawley (footballer)

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Alan Hawley
Personal information
Full name Alan James Hawley[1]
Date of birth (1946-06-07)7 June 1946
Place of birth Woking, England
Date of death 7 October 2025(2025-10-07) (aged 79)
Position Right-back
Youth career
1962 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1974 Brentford 317 (4)
1971 → Fulham (loan) 0 (0)
1974 → Hillingdon Borough (loan)
1974 → Aldershot (loan) 0 (0)
1974–1976 Hillingdon Borough
1976 Wimbledon 1 (0)
1976–1977 Kingstonian
1978–1979 Walton & Hersham
Ruislip Manor
Managerial career
1975–1976 Hillingdon Borough (player-manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan James Hawley (7 June 1946 – 7 October 2025) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a right-back. He made over 340 appearances for Brentford and was added to the club's Hall of Fame in 2013.

Playing career

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Brentford

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Hawley began his career at Fourth Division club Brentford as an apprentice in June 1962,[2] earning £7 a week.[3] When he made his debut at home to Barrow on 29 September 1962 at the age of 16 years, 3 months and 22 days, Hawley was the youngest player to make his debut for Brentford,[4] but he was unable to break into the team on a regular basis.[5] Hawley had to wait until the 1964–65 season to make his breakthrough and won his first piece of silverware, the London Challenge Cup.[1] Either side of a long spell out with a cartilage problem, Hawley was an ever-present during the 1967–68 and 1969–70 seasons.[1]

After a period on the transfer list,[2] the highlight of Hawley's career came during the 1971–72 season, when he helped the club to a third-place finish, which saw the Bees promoted to the Third Division.[1] He succeeded Bobby Ross as captain of the club in 1972,[2] but gradually fell out of favour at Griffin Park and spent time on loan at Hillingdon Borough and Aldershot in 1974.[6] Hawley was awarded a testimonial in May 1974 against Leyton Orient,[4] earning him £1,732.[7] Hawley departed the club at the end of the 1973–74 season, having made 343 appearances and scored four goals for the club.[1] Hawley was added to the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2013, alongside fellow inductees and former teammates Jackie Graham and Bobby Ross.[8]

Non-League football

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After his departure from Brentford, Hawley played on in non-League football for Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Kingstonian, Walton & Hersham and Ruislip Manor.[9][10]

Managerial and coaching career

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Hawley was named as caretaker manager of Southern League Premier Division club Hillingdon Borough in August 1975 and was named player-manager the following month.[9] He remained in the role until his dismissal in November 1976.[9] Hawley returned to Brentford in the early 1990s, working under Joe Gadston in the club's youth system.[9] He also served as a youth coach at Bedgrove Dynamos.[11]

Personal life and death

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Hawley was born in Woking on 7 June 1946.[10] He was married with two sons and a daughter.[12] After retiring from football, he taught at the London Oratory School and met his wife, who owned a fish and chip shop.[12] After a period working at Heathrow Airport and at a second fish and chip shop in Earls Court, Hawley began working full-time in the shops.[12] He and his wife took over the running of the Hi-Tide fish and chip shop in Aylesbury in 1997.[12]

Hawley died on 7 October 2025, at the age of 79.[11]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1962–63[13] Fourth Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963–64[13] Third Division 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1964–65[13] Third Division 18 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1965–66[13] Third Division 36 0 2 0 2 0 40 0
1966–67[13] Fourth Division 37 0 3 0 3 0 43 0
1967–68[13] Fourth Division 46 2 2 0 1 0 49 2
1968–69[13] Fourth Division 10 1 2 0 0 0 12 1
1969–70[13] Fourth Division 46 1 1 0 3 0 50 1
1970–71[13] Fourth Division 26 0 3 0 1 0 30 0
1971–72[13] Fourth Division 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1972–73[13] Third Division 43 0 0 0 2 0 45 0
1973–74[13] Fourth Division 22 0 0 0 1 0 23 0
Career total 317 4 13 0 13 0 343 4

Honours

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Brentford

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0955294916.
  2. ^ a b c Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 254-255.
  3. ^ Brentford Official Matchday Magazine versus Darlington. London: Morganprint Blackheath Ltd. 26 September 1998. p. 25.
  4. ^ a b TW8 Matchday versus Oldham Athletic. London: The Yellow Printing Company Limited. 25 August 2003. p. 33.
  5. ^ "Where Are They Now? Alan Hawley – Part 1". Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2011, p. 90.
  7. ^ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra. Quay Design of Poole. 6 April 1996. p. 20.
  8. ^ a b Chapman, Mark (24 December 2013). "Trio added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Oldham Athletic. Blackheath: Morganprint. 14 August 1999. p. 41.
  10. ^ a b "Players: Alan Hawley". www.historicaldons.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  11. ^ a b Richings, James (8 October 2025). "Ex-professional footballer who owned Bucks chippy passes away aged 79". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d "Where Are They Now? Alan Hawley – Part 2". Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 385–393. ISBN 0951526200.

Sources

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  • Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. ISBN 978-1906796716.
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