Player Details

Colin Alty

Real Name: Colin Alty
Born: 23/10/1944 (Birkdale Southport)

Heritage Number: 967
Debut Match*: 25/08/1964 v Doncaster Rovers (Football League)
Last Match*: 22/04/1970 v Reading (Football League)
* Qualifying Games

Arguably Southport’s most versatile performer, this local product was a member of the 1959 Southport Schoolboys side which won the Lancashire Schools Cup. He was Willie Cunningham’s first signing, having been with Preston North End since leaving school without making their League side. During his 6 years at Haig Avenue he represented the Club in every position except goalkeeper, a role he once fulfilled with Preston North End ‘A’. In 1965-66 Billy Bingham moved him to centre-forward to take the weight off Alan Spence and he scored many vital goals especially in the club’s renowned F.A. Cup run. His dying seconds winner at Ipswich is well documented elsewhere. His best season at Haig Avenue was the promotion year of 1966-67 when he missed just one match and, switching to centre-half in mid-season, was the first winner of the ‘Player of the Year’ award. His brother Alan was a popular goalkeeper in the early N.P.L. days. Since retiring from football Colin has become a most accomplished squash player and still resides in Banks.

Career: Preston North End, amr 10 May 1960, pro 31 Oct. 1961; Southport, 2 July 1964; Morecambe, Aug. 1970; Skelmersdale United, 1973

Player Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9

Season: 1968/1969 [Back to Player Stats]
The player made an appearance in the following games:

Date	Home Club	Away Club	Score	Goals	Competition	Round	Match Date	Heritage Qualifying	Void
10/08/1968	Torquay United	Southport	3 - 0	0	Football League	D3	10/08/1968	Yes	No
14/08/1968	Southport	Barrow	2 - 2	0	Football League Cup	1	14/08/1968	Yes	No
17/08/1968	Southport	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 - 3	0	Football League	D3	17/08/1968	Yes	No
19/08/1968	Barrow	Southport	1 - 3	0	Football League Cup	1 Replay	19/08/1968	Yes	No
23/08/1968	Tranmere Rovers	Southport	1 - 0	0	Football League	D3	23/08/1968	Yes	No
26/08/1968	Mansfield Town	Southport	3 - 1	0	Football League	D3	26/08/1968	Yes	No
30/08/1968	Southport	Orient	2 - 2	1	Football League	D3	30/08/1968	Yes	No
02/09/1968	Southport	Newcastle United	0 - 2	0	Football League Cup	2	02/09/1968	Yes	No
06/09/1968	Southport	Barrow	1 - 0	1	Football League	D3	06/09/1968	Yes	No
14/09/1968	Oldham Athletic	Southport	0 - 1	0	Football League	D3	14/09/1968	Yes	No
17/09/1968	Barnsley	Southport	2 - 1	0	Football League	D3	17/09/1968	Yes	No
20/09/1968	Southport	Gillingham	4 - 2	1	Football League	D3	20/09/1968	Yes	No
28/09/1968	Rotherham United	Southport	3 - 1	0	Football League	D3	28/09/1968	Yes	No
05/10/1968	Walsall	Southport	3 - 0	0	Football League	D3	05/10/1968	Yes	No
07/10/1968	Southport	Mansfield Town	3 - 2	0	Football League	D3	07/10/1968	Yes	No
11/10/1968	Southport	Plymouth Argyle	2 - 0	0	Football League	D3	11/10/1968	Yes	No
16/10/1968	Southport	Wigan Athletic	1 - 0	0	Lancashire Senior Cup	1	16/10/1968	No	No
19/10/1968	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Southport	2 - 1	0	Football League	D3	19/10/1968	Yes	No
25/10/1968	Southport	Stockport County	5 - 0	1	Football League	D3	25/10/1968	Yes	No
02/11/1968	Swindon Town	Southport	5 - 1	0	Football League	D3	02/11/1968	Yes	No
06/11/1968	Hartlepool	Southport	2 - 2	0	Football League	D3	06/11/1968	Yes	No
16/11/1968	Tranmere Rovers	Southport	0 - 1	0	FA Cup	1	16/11/1968	Yes	No
22/11/1968	Southport	Crewe Alexandra	4 - 0	0	Football League	D3	22/11/1968	Yes	No
26/11/1968	Southport Reserves	Chester Reserves	2 - 3	0	Northern Floodlit League		26/11/1968	No	No
30/11/1968	Bristol Rovers	Southport	2 - 1	0	Football League	D3	30/11/1968	Yes	No
04/12/1968	Shrewsbury Town Reserves	Southport Reserves	0 - 1	0	Northern Floodlit League		04/12/1968	No	No
07/12/1968	Doncaster Rovers	Southport	2 - 1	0	FA Cup	2	07/12/1968	Yes	No
10/12/1968	Southport Reserves	Wrexham Reserves	3 - 1	0	Northern Floodlit League		10/12/1968	No	No
14/12/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Southport	0 - 4	0	Football League	D3	14/12/1968	Yes	No
20/12/1968	Southport	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2 - 1	0	Football League	D3	20/12/1968	Yes	No
26/12/1968	Southport	Walsall	2 - 1	0	Football League	D3	26/12/1968	Yes	No
28/12/1968	Stockport County	Southport	3 - 0	0	Football League	D3	28/12/1968	Yes	No
01/01/1969	Southport Reserves	Wigan Athletic Reserves	1 - 0	0	Northern Floodlit League		01/01/1969	No	No
03/01/1969	Southport	Barrow	0 - 1	0	Lancashire Senior Cup	2	03/01/1969	No	No
07/01/1969	Southport Reserves	Oldham Athletic Reserves	2 - 0	1	Northern Floodlit League		07/01/1969	No	No
11/01/1969	Southport	Swindon Town	1 - 1	0	Football League	D3	11/01/1969	Yes	No
18/01/1969	Reading	Southport	1 - 0	0	Football League	D3	18/01/1969	Yes	No
21/01/1969	Southport Reserves	Carlisle United Reserves	2 - 2	0	Northern Floodlit League		21/01/1969	No	No
24/01/1969	Southport	Hartlepool	3 - 0	0	Football League	D3	24/01/1969	Yes	No
14/03/1969	Southport	Tranmere Rovers	2 - 2	0	Football League	D3	14/03/1969	Yes	No
17/03/1969	Southport	Shrewsbury Town	5 - 0	1	Football League	D3	17/03/1969	Yes	No
01/04/1969	Watford	Southport	1 - 0	0	Football League	D3	01/04/1969	Yes	No
05/04/1969	Southport	Rotherham United	0 - 0	0	Football League	D3	05/04/1969	Yes	No
07/04/1969	Southport	Barnsley	1 - 0	0	Football League	D3	07/04/1969	Yes	No
08/04/1969	Luton Town	Southport	0 - 0	0	Football League	D3	08/04/1969	Yes	No
12/04/1969	Gillingham	Southport	0 - 0	0	Football League	D3	12/04/1969	Yes	No
14/04/1969	Southport	Luton Town	1 - 1	0	Football League	D3	14/04/1969	Yes	No
16/04/1969	Oldham Athletic Reserves	Southport Reserves	0 - 2	0	Northern Floodlit Challenge Cup		16/04/1969	No	No
18/04/1969	Southport	Oldham Athletic	3 - 1	0	Football League	D3	18/04/1969	Yes	No
21/04/1969	Crewe Alexandra	Southport	3 - 3	0	Football League	D3	21/04/1969	Yes	No
23/04/1969	Southport	Bristol Rovers	3 - 0	1	Football League	D3	23/04/1969	Yes	No
28/04/1969	Southport Reserves	Crewe Alexandra Reserves	0 - 0	0	Northern Floodlit Challenge Cup		28/04/1969	No	No
02/05/1969	Shrewsbury Town	Southport	5 - 1	0	Football League	D3	02/05/1969	Yes	No