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Post by groo on Sept 23, 2006 23:35:22 GMT 5
ALAN FETTIS  Full Name: Alan William Fettis Date of Birth: 1st February 1971, Belfast Height: 6ft 2" ( 1.68m) Weight: 13.07 st Position Played: Goalkeeper, Striker Current Club: Sunderland ( coach) Previous Clubs: Ards, Hull City, West Bromwich Albion ( loan), Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City ( loan), York City, Sheffield United ( loan), Grimbsy Town ( loan), Macclesfield, Bury, Derby County ( assistant coach), Cheltenham Town ( coach & scout) Honours: Northern Ireland: 25 caps Ards: League Cup ( runners-up) (1991) York City: Division 3 PFA Team of the season (2003) A word from Alan: -“ It was an honour to be part of Blackburn and to play and work with the quality of players that were there during my period. To work with great coaches, such as, Roy Hodgson and Brian Kidd and with fantastic goalkeepers like, Tim Flowers, John Filan, Alan Kelly, is something I’m proud of. It was, and still is, a great club, and will continue to be.” “ Good luck with the development of your supporters club. I wish you and the club every success."
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Post by groo on Sept 23, 2006 23:36:50 GMT 5
Alan signed for Blackburn Rovers on 10th September 1997, for a fee believed to be in the region of £300,000. He struggled to make the 1st team jersey his own and eventually fell down the pecking order when Brian Kidd arrived. He did however manage to keep two clean sheets in his 12 appearances for the club. York City came to his call, and joined them for a fee of £50,000 on March 1st 2000.
He stayed with York for three season and then had further spells with Hull, Macclesfield and joined Bury FC for a free in July 2006.
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Post by groo on Sept 23, 2006 23:56:49 GMT 5
![]() [/img] The latest news, is that Alan broke his arm in last Tuesday nights 1-0 defeat against Sheffield United in the Carling Cup. It came when he dived in to clear the ball away from striker Nicky Law. Despite his injury Alan continued on for a further three minutes. Scans later revealed the bad news about the break and will face about three months out and should return to play in December 06. I'm sure I'm with everyone here, as we convey our thoughts to Alan and wish him a speedy recovery. |
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Post by groo on Aug 3, 2007 20:39:22 GMT 5
FETTS APPOINTED ASSISTANT GOALKEEPING COACH.
Former Rover Alan Fettis has been appointed as Assistant Goalkeeping Coach at Premier League newcomers Derby County. Alan was released from Bury FC in May 2007 after spending last season with them. Alan suffering a break to his wrist in the Cup game against Sheffield United thus ruling him out of action for a few months.
Fettis will team up with former Rovers Andy Todd & Jay McEveley and will be working closely with Number one coach Pete Williams, coaching senior goalkeepers Stephen Bywater, Ben Hinchliffe & Lewis Price.
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Post by groo on Feb 18, 2010 9:31:28 GMT 5
ALAN FETTIS( updated February 2010) Alan Fettis is currently the Academy goalkeeping coach at Sunderland Athletic after leaving Cheltenham Town in July 2009. He is also the goalkeeping coach for the Northern Ireland B International side. Since his first coaching appointment at Derby County, Alan was appointed goalkeeping coach at Cheltenham Town in 2008, and was also given the role of chief scout at the club.  Fettis made the move to Wearside after enduring a turbulent year with Cheltenham when as one stage he was released because of the club's money troubles. The then Cheltenham manager, Martin Allen, commented, " I was conscious that a contract hadn't been agreed because we've wanted to sort it out all summer. "He is very good and it wasn't a surprise when I took the call. He's done excellently with Scott Brown." Fettis snapped up the opportunity to further his career with the Premiership side, where he is working with Academy Manager Ged McNamee and his assistant Kevin Ball. Speaking about the move, Fettis stated, He told the club's official website: " I'm very excited. It's a wonderful place to work - you get that just from driving through the gates and seeing the facilities and meeting the staff." " The youth team did really well last year and so did the reserves, and with the first-team staying in the Premier League, it just feels like a fabulous place to be at the moment. It's exciting times for the club," added Alan. Just before Alan's move to Sunderland, Nigel Worthington promoted Fettis to the Northern Ireland B International set-up. He had previously been the coach for the Northern Ireland Under-18 squad and his first game to prepare for was against Scotland.
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