About Terry Alcock
Born 1946. Terry Alcock is a British association football player.
Career Port Vale Alcock was born in Hanley and attended Wellington Road School, where he played as a goalkeeper before later converting into a versatile central defender. Starting his career at Third Division club Port Vale in 1963, he played two games in 1963–64, before he turned professional in September 1964 under Freddie Steele. He then featured 31 times in the 1964–65 season, as the "Valiants" were relegated into the Fourth Division. which was a Port Vale club record at the time. In the 1971–72 season he spent a short time on loan at Fourth Division club Bury, playing six league games and scoring one goal. Alcock played in the 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup, scoring in Blackpool's 10–0 victory over Lanerossi Vicenza on 10 June 1972 at Bloomfield Road, en route to Blackpool's appearance in the final. Alcock scored the "Seasiders" goal as they lost out 3–1 to Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. Blackpool finished seventh in the second tier in 1972–73, before posting a fifth-place finish in 1973–74 under Harry Potts; they ended the campaign just two places and two points behind promoted Carlisle United. They then finished seventh in 1974–75 and tenth in 1975–76. In December 1976, he joined league rivals Blackburn Rovers on loan, playing three league and two FA Cup games. He played a total of 191 league games for the "Seasiders", scoring 21 goals.
Later career He re-joined Port Vale in February 1977, who were now managed by former teammate Roy Sproson. He returned to Burslem to replace an absent David Harris, and scored twice in three League Cup appearances in 1977–78.
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1963–64 Third Division
1964–65 Third Division
1965–66 Fourth Division
1966–67 Fourth Division
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1967–68 Second Division
1968–69 Second Division
1969–70 Second Division
1970–71 First Division
1971–71 Second Division
1972–73 Second Division
1973–74 Second Division
1974–75 Second Division
1975–76 Second Division
193!!21!!5!!1!!31!!2!!229!!24 Bury (loan) 1971–72 Fourth Division
Blackburn Rovers (loan) 1976–77 Second Division
1976–77 Third Division
1977–78 Third Division
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Halifax Town 1977–78 Fourth Division
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Honours Blackpool Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1969–70 Anglo-Italian Cup: 1971; runner-up: 1972
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