Express & Star

Alan Hall, who was one of the most influential figures in Wolverhampton amateur football, has died in hospital aged 74 after a long illness.

He was a driving force behind the city’s Sunday league for 30 years.

Mr Hall started as a player for Three Tuns FC in the the early 1960s shortly after the 1958 formation of the Wolverhampton and District Sunday League in 1958.

He became their manager three years after joining the club and led them to 15 years of unprecedented success winning 30 trophies and reaching the semi final of the National Sunday Cup.

He then managed Marstons for three years before retiring. He was a life member of the Wolverhampton Sunday League which holds its 50th anniversary dinner on May 17.

He spent many years on its management council and finance committee and was also manager of the league’s representative side.

Friend and former Wolverhampton Sunday League chairman John Slyde said today: “Life was never dull with Alan. He put the league on the map and in Three Tuns produced what was probably its best ever team.”

Ex Wolves soccer star Phil Parkes, who played for Mr Hall at Marstons, said today: “He was deeply involved with the Sunday league scene in Wolverhampton an d a very successful manager. I have always loved that type of football and when I was playing for Wolves I would still to go to watch the Three Tuns.”

Mr Hall who worked as a salesman and lived in Pattingham died last Friday at New Cross Hospital. His funeral is at Bushbury Crematorium on May 14 at 11am.