Turkish Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 our first million pound signing has sadly passed away from cancer at just 54 years old. Very talented player who like a lot of big money Saints signings we never saw the best of. Was very good for Swindon and Portsmouth but never reached those heights for us. Sounds like he had been battling cancer for a long time. Very sad, RIP. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Very sad news. That is a terribly young age to go at. RiP and condolences to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 RIP Alan. 54 is far too young to go. Such a shame it didn't work out for him with us, he was clearly talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Sad news. Remember him at Swindon he was scoring goals for fun. We signed him for a million to go along side Barry Horne IIRC and he was, not the best, shall we say. I can remember being excited as our first million pound man and could not pronounce his name in the playground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Sad news. As others have said, he came him with great expectations as he was our first million pound player but for whatever reason never lived up to those expectations with us. Did well elsewhere though and for the Republic of Ireland. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergoose Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 That's very sad news, RIP Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Nick75Sfc said: Sad news. Remember him at Swindon he was scoring goals for fun. We signed him for a million to go along side Barry Horne IIRC and he was, not the best, shall we say. I can remember being excited as our first million pound man and could not pronounce his name in the playground Very sad news, saw it had spread but so so young. Classic Saints - paid relatively big money - come onto that in a minute - and played the signing out of position. This article confirms what I recall, which was that he was wasted on the left. Then Branfoot arrived and as someone who could actually play football he had no chance. Sold him to the Fish Counter for £400k IIRC which was a loss on his £700k fee. He was listed as a £1m signing but typical of the Askham era, the club seemed reluctant to select him for a 30th game so Swindon got the final £300k. Better to take a £300k loss than allow a talented player to shine, let’s back the club’s joint worst manager ever (with Pellegrino) instead with more of his favourite players from divisions 3 and 4. Typical backwater thinking, can’t even blame Les Reed. Speedie and Dixon were to follow... https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/alan-mcloughlin/ Edited 4 May, 2021 by saint1977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkoksaint Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 RIP Alan. Taken far too soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Very sad news, thoughts with the family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behind Enemy Lines Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Very sad news. Remember thinking we were big to be signing a £1m player at the time! My thoughts to family, friends and colleagues that were close to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 4 May, 2021 Author Share Posted 4 May, 2021 56 minutes ago, saint1977 said: Very sad news, saw it had spread but so so young. Classic Saints - paid relatively big money - come onto that in a minute - and played the signing out of position. This article confirms what I recall, which was that he was wasted on the left. Then Branfoot arrived and as someone who could actually play football he had no chance. Sold him to the Fish Counter for £400k IIRC which was a loss on his £700k fee. He was listed as a £1m signing but typical of the Askham era, the club seemed reluctant to select him for a 30th game so Swindon got the final £300k. Better to take a £300k loss than allow a talented player to shine, let’s back the club’s joint worst manager ever (with Pellegrino) instead with more of his favourite players from divisions 3 and 4. Typical backwater thinking, can’t even blame Les Reed. Speedie and Dixon were to follow... https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/alan-mcloughlin/ That’s how I remember it. Good player but his best position was as a central attacking midfielder what they’d now call a number 10. we signed him for a lot of money back then and stuck him left midfield. Like you say Branfoot came in and he had no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Far too young. The same age as my wife’s sister. I remember his first games. He had a big price tag to live up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Very sad news, 54 is no age. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 4 May, 2021 Share Posted 4 May, 2021 Too young to remember him at Saints, but remember his equalising goal against us (Northern Ireland) which took the Republic to USA 94. Arguably the most hostile game of football ever and he was the sub that stood up when it mattered. RIP Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 5 May, 2021 Share Posted 5 May, 2021 The Echo are still not reporting this, as if it isn’t like they are a current news outlet or anything. Saints first million pound player, lived locally, shows you how crap they are now. pas others have said, a lot of pressure on him when Arkham opened his biscuit tin at long last and never really performed that brilliantly but listening to him on Solent, sounded like a decent guy despite being resigned to play for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 5 May, 2021 Share Posted 5 May, 2021 17 hours ago, saint1977 said: Very sad news, saw it had spread but so so young. Classic Saints - paid relatively big money - come onto that in a minute - and played the signing out of position. This article confirms what I recall, which was that he was wasted on the left. Then Branfoot arrived and as someone who could actually play football he had no chance. Sold him to the Fish Counter for £400k IIRC which was a loss on his £700k fee. He was listed as a £1m signing but typical of the Askham era, the club seemed reluctant to select him for a 30th game so Swindon got the final £300k. Better to take a £300k loss than allow a talented player to shine, let’s back the club’s joint worst manager ever (with Pellegrino) instead with more of his favourite players from divisions 3 and 4. Typical backwater thinking, can’t even blame Les Reed. Speedie and Dixon were to follow... https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/alan-mcloughlin/ The Saints Players piece is a good read. I had high hopes for AM. Very sad news at such a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 5 May, 2021 Share Posted 5 May, 2021 14 hours ago, woodsaint1 said: Too young to remember him at Saints, but remember his equalising goal against us (Northern Ireland) which took the Republic to USA 94. Arguably the most hostile game of football ever and he was the sub that stood up when it mattered. RIP Alan. https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/feb/15/forgotten-story-17-november-1993?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other You might like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 5 May, 2021 Author Share Posted 5 May, 2021 1 hour ago, Noodles34 said: The Echo are still not reporting this, as if it isn’t like they are a current news outlet or anything. Saints first million pound player, lived locally, shows you how crap they are now. pas others have said, a lot of pressure on him when Arkham opened his biscuit tin at long last and never really performed that brilliantly but listening to him on Solent, sounded like a decent guy despite being resigned to play for them. Pretty sure it was McLoughlin there was a bit of controversy around his testimonial a few years ago. Six months or so later he hadn't seen a penny from Pompey. Their chairman got quizzed about it and made some excuse like McLaughlin hadn't decided how he wanted the money paid to him. Rumours (unfounded) doing the round was they were skint so had spent the money planning to pay him later. No idea if it was true or not but it certainly made the chairman look very uncomfortable when asked about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 5 May, 2021 Share Posted 5 May, 2021 10 hours ago, Fan The Flames said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/feb/15/forgotten-story-17-november-1993?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other You might like this. Great read. They even made a play "A Night in November" about the game and the subsequent Republic venture to USA 94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 6 May, 2021 Share Posted 6 May, 2021 18 hours ago, Turkish said: Pretty sure it was McLoughlin there was a bit of controversy around his testimonial a few years ago. Six months or so later he hadn't seen a penny from Pompey. Their chairman got quizzed about it and made some excuse like McLaughlin hadn't decided how he wanted the money paid to him. Rumours (unfounded) doing the round was they were skint so had spent the money planning to pay him later. No idea if it was true or not but it certainly made the chairman look very uncomfortable when asked about it. If that is true, and you would suspect it is, given their track record, that's about as low as you get. That money would have been a big difference to his life changing circumstances, younger people on here have to realise that whilst footballers were always paid well of course, it was nothing like the disparity you see now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 6 May, 2021 Share Posted 6 May, 2021 Tragic news, especially at a young age. Felt sorry for him after joining us. Saw him paly for Swindon and he looked excellent, really making things spark for them playing a free role. On joining us he was given a wide and restricted role which prevented him from imposing himself on the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 May, 2021 Author Share Posted 6 May, 2021 (edited) My first memory of him was He scored a great goal for Swindon when we beat them 4-2 after extra time in the league cup in about 1990 he beat a couple of players and score to Put them a goal up, they went in at half time 2-0 Up. their goalkeeper was having a blinder. Saints scored early in the second half the shearer and Ruddock came on both playing up front. We equalised then scored two more in extra time, the first a cracking Le Tissier free kick. The dell was rocking, brilliant night game, packed with full away end, pitch invasions after goals and at the end, one of the best games and atmospheres I can remember. just found some footage Edited 6 May, 2021 by Turkish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 6 May, 2021 Share Posted 6 May, 2021 32 minutes ago, Turkish said: My first memory of him was He scored a great goal for Swindon when we beat them 4-2 after extra time in the league cup in about 1990 he beat a couple of players and score to Put them a goal up, they went in at half time 2-0 Up. their goalkeeper was having a blinder. Saints scored early in the second half the shearer and Ruddock came on both playing up front. We equalised then scored two more in extra time, the first a cracking Le Tissier free kick. The dell was rocking, brilliant night game, packed with full away end, pitch invasions after goals and at the end, one of the best games and atmospheres I can remember. just found some footage That was ‘one of those great nights at The Dell’. I distinctly remember a mate had put some money on us winning the treble that year, yeah I know, but we were so hot. At halt time we were taking the piss but he was laughing at the end. My favourite season without a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 6 May, 2021 Share Posted 6 May, 2021 4 hours ago, Turkish said: My first memory of him was He scored a great goal for Swindon when we beat them 4-2 after extra time in the league cup in about 1990 he beat a couple of players and score to Put them a goal up, they went in at half time 2-0 Up. their goalkeeper was having a blinder. Saints scored early in the second half the shearer and Ruddock came on both playing up front. We equalised then scored two more in extra time, the first a cracking Le Tissier free kick. The dell was rocking, brilliant night game, packed with full away end, pitch invasions after goals and at the end, one of the best games and atmospheres I can remember. just found some footage Very sad news regarding Alan McLoughlin, 54 is no age. Lovely video above, great goal from Alan and a reminder of a 4-2-4 with Wallace, Rideout, Shearer and MLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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