neither could touch alan biley
had to laugh at this description of him whilst getting an image to post......
Alan Biley - chirpy striker
Chirpy striker Alan Biley brought pleasure to Pompey fans in the early 1980s with his hunger for goals. While there have been more prolific scorers in Pompey's history, few who have pulled on the royal blue shirt have been as
charismatic as the blond-haired striker.
Alan Biley had an aura about him. Fans and colleagues loved his jovial and amiable manner off the field, while on it he had the knack of being in the right place at the right time. The majority of the 22,446 fans inside Fratton Park on December 22, 1984, will probably never forget the two goals he scored in time added on after a pitch invasion by a fan dressed as Santa Claus. The quickfire, last-gasp brace turned a looming 1-0 defeat against Oxford into a 2-1 victory. His goalscoring record was impressive enough before Pompey paid Everton £125,000 for his signature in August 1982.
The little man, for he was only 5ft 8in tall, had joined Luton Town as an apprentice, not far from his Leighton Buzzard birthplace, and helped Cambridge United to a higher level of football with 75 goals in 160 matches. Short spells at Derby County, Everton, and Stoke checked his scoring record, but the Rod Stewart lookalike got off to a dream start for Pompey, scoring on his home debut against Sheffield United. His consistency, along with a great understanding with strike partner Billy Rafferty, was critical in Pompey's continued upturn in the 1980s.
Biley scored two hat-tricks for the Blues, both at Fratton Park. The first came against Lincoln City on a foggy November evening in 1982 and the second on the last day of the 1983-84 season in a 5-0 win against Swansea. That match saw the arrival of new manager Alan Ball, who ultimately did not see eye to eye with the ebullient character. Ball did the unthinkable and sold Biley to second division rivals Brighton for £60,000 in March 1985.
they could both learn a lot from a compilation of his career.
note to ronaldo.....charismatic doesnt mean knobs ladyboys