Ally Maxwell

Alistair Espie Maxwell (born 16 February 1965) is a Scottish football coach and former professional footballer. He is currently a youth coach for SC Del Sol Soccer Club in the United States, having previously played for Motherwell, Rangers and Dundee United, and coached Greenock Morton and US side Sereno Golden Eagles.

Club career Born in Hamilton, Maxwell started his career at Motherwell, spending the 1987–88 season on loan at Clydebank before becoming the first-choice goalkeeper at the Fir Park club at the start of the next campaign. However, he did not play for the club during the next season due to a contract dispute with manager Tommy McLean, who brought in the experienced Billy Thomson and Dutchman Sieb Dijkstra to fill the position.

After a loan spell in England with Bolton Wanderers Maxwell moved to Rangers for a £300,000 fee, picking up a Scottish League Cup winners' medal in 1993 followed by a Scottish Cup runners-up medal, as Dundee United gained revenge for Maxwell's heroics three years previously in the 1994 Scottish Cup final. He also played sufficient league games for medals in each of his three seasons at Ibrox which were part of the club's '9 in a row' run. A move to Greenock Morton followed, where he played regularly for two seasons before becoming a coach and then manager at the club.

On 1 November 2019, it was announced that Maxwell was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.

International career Although present in several Scotland squads, Maxwell never received a cap. He did, however, play in the first half of a Scotland B international against Wales at Wrexham in 1994.

Coaching career Maxwell was briefly a goalkeeping coach at Hamilton Academical, after managing Morton for half a season in 2001.

A UEFA 'A' licensed professional coach, he now resides in the USA. He works as the goalkeeping coach at SC Del Sol in Arizona, where he has been since 2008.

Honours Motherwell Scottish Cup: 1990–91

Rangers Scottish League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Scottish League Cup: 1993–94