Alan Fettis

A rarity in football as a goalkeeper with Football League goals to his name, Alan Fettis has had an interesting, but up-and-down career...

Name: Alan William Fettis
Born: 1 February 1971, Belfast
Height: 6.01ft
Weight: 13.09 st
Position: Goalkeeper

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 25 Full Caps (1991-1998), 3 B Caps (1994-1998), 1 Under-18 Cap, 1 Under-17 Cap, 1 Under-16 Cap; Schoolboy Caps.
Club Honours: (with Ards) Irish League Cup Runner-Up 1990/91.

Club Career:
Teams............... --Seasons-- -League- FA Cup FL Cup -Other-
Glentoran......................... 0(0)/0
Ards................ 88/89-90/91 .42(0)/0 ............... 23(0)/0
Hull City........... 91/92-95/96 131(4)/2 .5(0)/0 .7(1)/0 .7(0)/0
West Bromwich Albion 95/96..Loan ..3(0)/0
Nottingham Forest... 95/96-97/98 ..4(0)/0 .0(1)/0 .1(0)/0
Blackburn Rovers.... 97/98-99/00 ..9(2)/0 .1(0)/0
Leicester City...... 99/00..Loan ..0(0)/0
York City........... 99/00-02/03 125(0)/0 12(0)/0 .3(0)/0
Hull City........... 02/03-03/04 .20(0)/0 .1(0)/0 ........ 2(0)/0
Sheffield United.... 03/04..Loan ..2(1)/0
Grimsby Town........ 03/04..Loan .11(0)/0
Macclesfield Town... 04/05-06/07 .61(0)/0 .3(0)/0 .2(0)/0 .9(0)/0
Bury................ 06/07........ 9(0)/0 .1(0)/0 .2(0)/0
Totals.......................... 417(7)/2 25(1)/0 21(1)/0 33(0)/0

Biography:
A former Youth international, Alan Fettis made his name in the Irish League with Ards before a £50,000 move to Hull City. He established himself in the Northern Ireland squad through the early 1990s, taking advantage of the long-spells of injury that ruled out Tommy Wright.

Spells in the top-flightwith Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers both offered little in the way of first-team opportunities, and both saw relegation. Fettis' international career was ended with the emergence of Maik Taylor, though Sammy McIlroy did include him in the international squad on a few occasions.

One of the most experienced goalkeepers in the lower English Leagues, Fettis has never wanted for a club. Aside from his international caps, claims to fame include two goals for Hull City (scored during a striker injury crisis at the club), and being named as Ards' greatest 'keeper of all time.

Full bio to follow.

Official Bury Site
Football Heroes Forest, Sheffield United
Wikipedia Article

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
13-11-1991 Denmark...... A L 1-2 ECQ
28-04-1992 Lithuania.... H D 2-2 WCQ
18-11-1992 Denmark...... H L 0-1 WCQ
11-06-1994 Mexico....... N L 0-3 FR
07-09-1994 Portugal..... H L 1-2 ECQ
29-03-1995 Rep. Ireland. A D 1-1 ECQ
26-04-1995 Latvia....... A W 1-0 ECQ
22-05-1995 Canada....... A L 0-2 FR
25-05-1995 Chile........ N L 1-2 FR
07-06-1995 Latvia....... H L 1-2 ECQ
03-09-1995 Portugal..... A D 1-1 ECQ
11-10-1995 Liechtenstein A W 4-0 ECQ
15-11-1995 Austria...... H W 5-3 ECQ
27-03-1996 Norway....... H L 0-2 FR
29-05-1996 Germany...... H D 1-1 FR
31-08-1996 Ukraine...... H L 0-1 WCQ
05-10-1996 Armenia...... H D 1-1 WCQ
30-04-1997 Armenia...... A D 0-0 WCQ
11-10-1997 Portugal..... A L 0-1 WCQ
25-03-1998 Slovakia..... H W 1-0 FR
22-04-1998 Switzerland.. H W 1-0 FR
03-06-1998 Spain........ A L 1-4 FR
15-09-1998 Turkey....... A L 0-3 ECQ
10-10-1998 Finland...... H W 1-0 ECQ
18-11-1998 Moldova...... H D 2-2 ECQ

Summary: 25/0. Won 6, Drew 7, Lost 12.