Allan Ball Queen Of The South
Ball also briefly played for bishop auckland stanley united and gretna.
Allan ball queen of the south. Queen s chairman willie harkness travelled to hetton to sign allan for the huge fee of 100 in the colliery canteen at 2am during his break. Their home ground since their formation has been palmerston park. Allan ball was in queen of the south s hall of fame queen of the south s record appearance holder allan ball has died at the age of 75 the dumfries club has confirmed. Tributes have poured in for queen of the south legend allan ball who died on saturday after a battle with illness.
Fittingly just before he closed his eyes son keith. Allan ball was an english footballer. Ball also briefly played for bishop auckland stanley. Allan ball has played more games for queen of the south than any other player in the club s history.
Born in hetton le hole in county durham ball played as a goalkeeper spending most of his professional career with scottish club queen of the south in dumfries. Ball made a club record 731 competitive first team appearances for the doonhamers between 1963 and 1982. In a career at qos lasting from the early 60s to the early 80s ball played in goals for qos first team on 819 occasions 731 games were league and cup the rest were challenge games and testimonials. Long serving goalkeeper with queen of the south.
The queen of the south legend passed away on saturday evening at the age of 75. The englishman who was a goalkeeper amassed 731 outings for queens between 1963 and 1982 and was appointed an honorary director of the club in 2001 a position he held until. The only thing bigger than allan ball s hands was his heart. Queen of the south football club are a scottish professional football club formed in march 1919 and located in dumfries the club plays in the scottish championship the second tier of scottish football they are officially nicknamed the doonhamers but are usually referred to as queens or qos.
Just a few moments after the final whistle went at ainslie park the club lost a true legend when allan ball sadly passed away. Queen of the south s record appearance holder allan ball has died at the age of 75 the dumfries club has confirmed. The goalkeeper was an ever present in the doonhamers line up for 19 years and is. In later years he.