Stan Ackerley

Australian former footballer and coach

Stan Ackerley
Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-07-12) 12 July 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Youth career
1959–1961	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1962	Oldham Athletic	2	(0)
1962	Kidderminster
1962–1963	Altrincham	17	(0)
1963	Slavia
1964	APIA
1964–1965	Witton Albion	4	(1)
1965–1970	APIA
1973	Croatia
1974–1975	Toongabbie
International career
1965–1969	Australia	27	(0)
Managerial career
1974–1976	Toongabbie
1998–2001	Penrith Panthers
2002–2004	Schofields Scorpions
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stan Ackerley (born 12 July 1942 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) is an Australian former footballer and coach.

Playing career

Club career

Ackerley spent two seasons on the books of Manchester United from 1959 until 1961 where he played in the youth team. During the 1961–62 season he played two matches for Oldham Athletic before joining Kidderminster Harriers later in the season. In 1962 he signed for Altrincham, playing 17 matches during the 1962–63 season.^[1]^[2]

In 1963 Ackerley immigrated to Australia where he joined Slavia in the Victorian State League. The following year he moved to the NSW State League where he turned out for APIA on a $4,500 fee.^[3] Apart from a short stint back in England for Witton Albion,^[4] he played at APIA until 1970.^[1]

International career

Ackerley made his debut for Australia in their 6-1 defeat to North Korea in November 1965 in Phnom Penh.^[5] He was captain of the Socceroos in three matches, the first in a match against Japan in Melbourne in 1968. He played the last of his 27 full international matches against Israel in Sydney in December 1969.^[6]

Coaching career

After retiring from football Ackerley coached a number of teams in New South Wales including Toongabbie, Penrith Panthers and Schofields Scorpions. He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Canterbury-Marrickville.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ackerley, Stan". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ "Stan Ackerley". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ Grant, Sid (1974). Jack Pollard's Soccer Records. North Sydney: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 0909950741.
^ "Altrincham FC Legends".
^ "Big soccer defeat brings reshuffle". The Age. 24 November 1965. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
^ "Stan Ackerley". Wall of Achievement Awards. Penrith City Council. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ Warren, Scott (14 October 2008). "Coaches boost Spartans". Blacktown Advocate. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

Football Australia Hall of Fame

Players

Men	Abonyi Ackerley Adair Almond Alston Armstrong Arnold Baartz Barnes Baumgartner Bennett Bignall Blair Bresciano Buljevic Byrne Cameron E. Campbell Chipperfield Clarke Cole Conquest Coolahan Corry Crino Crowhurst Curran Date Davidson De Bruyckere Drummond Dunn Evans Farina Fraser Gibb I. Gray Greedy Harding Harris B. Henderson T. Henderson H. Honeysett J. Hughes Ivanović Jack Jennings Johns Johnston Keith Kewell Kosmina Krncevic Lawrie Lazaridis Lennard Lord Loughran Mackay Maher Marocchi Marston Masters Maunder McMillan McNabb Melta Mitchell Moore Mori Moriarty Morrow Murphy Nunn Nyskohus S. O'Connor Okon Ollerton Olver O'Neill Parsons Perin Petersen Postecoglou Quill Raskopoulos Ratcliffe Reilly Richards Rooney Sander Savor Schaefer Schwarzer Sharne Slater G. Smith T. Smith Stewart Tansey Tobin Utjesenovic A. Vidmar T. Vidmar Viduka Vojtek Wade Warren Watkiss J. Watson Wilkinson Williams Wilson Yankos Zabica Zelic
Women	Alagich Brentnall Casagrande Deas Dodd Dolan Forman Garriock Gill Gegenhuber Heydon S. Hughes McCallum Millman Monteath J. Murray P. O'Connor Peters Salisbury Tann Wainwright Wardell Wheeler

Men