Alan Curbishley

What I admire about Alan Curbishley isn't the playing career across West Ham, Villa and the rest, but the quiet stubbornness of his management. Steering Charlton from 1991 to 2006 to become the club's second-longest-serving manager is, to me, far harder than any flashy short-term success. He's the kind of unglamorous, build-it-brick-by-brick figure English football quietly runs on. No grand proclamations, no headline-chasing transfers, just steady, professional craftsmanship at an unfashionable club. I have a real soft spot for managers who measure their worth in seasons survived rather than soundbites, and Curbishley is exactly that breed.

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Name (English)

Alan Curbishley

Name (Japanese)

アラン・カービシュリー

Reading

あらん・かーびしゅりー

Born

November 8, 1957 (age 68)

Origin

Forest Gate, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / sports commentator

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Curbishley
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470741

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach
• sports commentator

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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