Birth of Alan James Ball Jr
Birth of Alan James Ball Jr
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Alan James Ball Biography and Timeline
Follow Alan James Ball through 19 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Alan James Ball, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
19Distinct records
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1945–2000Years on this page
1945
1965
Debut
Given his international debut in a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in Belgrade
1966
World Cup Squad Selection
The youngest member of the squad of 22 selected by Ramsey for the tournament, aged only 21.
World Cup Winning Team
Member of England World Cup winning team.
1970
World Cup
Plays for defending champions England at Mexico 1970, where West Germany overturn a two-goal deficit in the quarter-final.
1973
World Cup Qualifier Red Card
Is sent off against Poland in Chorzow during England's unsuccessful 1974 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Poland World Cup Qualifier
Misses England's 1-1 draw with Poland at Wembley that ends qualification hopes for the 1974 World Cup.
1974
Captain
Ball is given the captaincy after the dropping of Emlyn Hughes and holds it for six consecutive games, none of which England lost, and included a 5-1 defeat of Scotland in May 1975
1975
Retirement
Balls international career ends suddenly and acrimoniously after 72 appearances and eight goals, the last of the 1966 team
1984
Manager
Ball resumes his managerial career iwith Portsmouth and was a huge success
1987
Promotion
Guides Portsmouth to the top flight
1989
Dismissal
Relegated after just one season back among the elite, Ball is sacked in for failing to mount a serious promotion challenge after having a serious personality clash with Portmsouths then chairman Jim Gregory
Manager
Appointed Manager of Stoke City
1991
Dismissal
Sacked with Stoke on their way to recording their lowest ever final league position of 15th in the leagues third tier
Manager
Appointed as manager of 3rd Division Exeter City
1994
Manager
Appointed as manager of Southampton
1995
Manager
Appointed manager of Manchester Citys manager under the ownership of former England team-mate Francis Lee
1998
Manager
Appointed manager of Portsmouth, 2nd time
2000
Death of Alan James Ball
Death of Alan James Ball Jr
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.