Alan Ure

Alan Ure

Personal information
Full name	Allan Richard Ure
Date of birth	(1892-01-12)12 January 1892
Date of death	1970(1970-00-00) (aged 77–78)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1937–1938	Gillingham

Allan Richard Ure (12 January 1892 – 1970)^[1][2] was an English football manager. He managed Gillingham for the 1937–38 season, which saw the club finish bottom of the Football League Third Division South and fail to gain re-election. This was his only known managerial appointment,^[3] and there is no record of his having played football at a professional level.

Career

Ure was trainer at Blackpool and Leeds United before becoming trainer at Gillingham. After leaving Gillingham, he became the trainer at Millwall.^[4][5] By 1956, he was trainer at Halifax Town.^[6] He still held the post in January 1962 when he was reportedly the oldest club trainer in the Football League.^[1]

Personal life

Ure was the son-in-law of manager Bill Norman.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Birthday". Evening Sentinel. 6 January 1962. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
2. "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
3. "Alan Ure's managerial career". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
4. "Players help their club". Medway News. 10 March 1939. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
5. "Millwall appoint Alan Ure as trainer". Weekly Examiner. 11 June 1938. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
6. "With six clubs". Evening Standard. 11 February 1956. Retrieved 11 January 2024.