Alex Notman

Infobox Football biography


playername = Alex Notman
fullname = Alexander McKeachie Notman
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|12|10
cityofbirth = Edinburgh
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
position = Striker
currentclub = Wroxham
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Manchester United
years = 1996–2000
1999
2000
2000–2003
2004
2007 2007–
clubs = Manchester United
→Aberdeen (loan)
→Sheffield United (loan)
Norwich City
King's Lynn
Boston United Wroxham
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
002 0(0)
010 0(3)
054 0(1)
001 0(0)
001 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Scotland U21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Alexander McKeachie Notman (born 10 December 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish football player who currently plays for Wroxham.

Early life

Notman was born near Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at Newbattle Community High School in Dalkeith from 1991 to 1996.

Career

He was a highly-rated youth player at Manchester United after joining them in 1996, and featured for the Scotland U-21 side. However, he failed to break into the Manchester first team (due to the presence of Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham) and he had loan spells at Aberdeen F.C. and Sheffield United. Notman signed for Norwich City for a fee of £250,000 on 28 November 2000, making his debut a few days later. He had never made a Premier League appearance for Manchester United, and at Carrow Road he had plenty of opportunities to play in Division One, helping them reach the playoff final in 2001-02 where they lost on penalties to Birmingham City.

He damaged ankle ligaments in late 2002 during an East Anglian Derby match at Portman Road and, after failing to fully recover, retired from the professional game in 2003. Notman signed for non-league King's Lynn in January 2004. However ankle problems continued and he was forced to retire, and had a match in his honour at Carrow Road in May 2005. He returned to football again in 2007, signing for Boston United on their relegation from the Football League - they were placed in the Conference South rather than the Conference National due to their precarious financial state which had seen them enter receivership during the 2006-07 League Two campaign.

He made his debut in the recently televised Setanta Shield second round defeat to Kettering Town. He moved on to Wroxham a few months later.

He is currently training for his coaching badges.

External links

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* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/notman.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]