 Alcock playing forPeterborough United in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Craig Alcock[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-12-08)8 December 1987 (age 37)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Truro, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Yeovil Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Yeovil Town | 107 | (3) |
| 2006 | →Weston-super-Mare (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | →Taunton Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007 | →Tiverton Town (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Peterborough United | 112 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Sheffield United | 27 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | →Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Doncaster Rovers | 54 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Yeovil Town | 21 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Harlow Town | 28 | (5) |
| Total | 370 | (8) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Craig Alcock (born 8 December 1987) is an English former professionalfootballer who played as adefender. Having begun his career atYeovil Town he spent time on loan atWeston-super-Mare,Taunton Town andTiverton Town before moving toPeterborough United. Alcock then played forSheffield United,Doncaster Rovers andCheltenham Town. Following a return to Yeovil Town and a stint atHarlow Town, he retired from playing in 2022. Alcock is a U16s coach atLuton Town.[2]
Born inTruro,Cornwall,[1] Alcock started his career with theYeovil Townyouth system in 2004.[3] At the start of the 2005–06 season Alcock was awarded a first team contract along with fellow youth teammatesTom Clarke and Jake Smeeton.[4] Due to being over-age for playing in the youth side for Yeovil Town, he had three short-termloan spells in the 2006–07 season withConference South sideWeston-super-mare, Southern League sidesTaunton Town andTiverton Town.[5] He made his first team debut as a substitute away atGillingham in the final league match of the2006–07 season.[6]
After making a breakthrough and challenging for the number one right back slot in the2007–08 season, Alcock became a regular starter during the2008–09 season due to injuries and suspensions concerningLee Peltier. In February 2008 Alcock had to play in goal after an injury toSteve Mildenhall againstWalsall; he came on at 0-0 but Yeovil ended up losing 2–0.[7] In May 2009, Alcock signed a new 2-year contract with Yeovil Town,[8] and after new captainStefan Stam was dropped due to injury and poor form, Alcock was madecaptain for the remainder of the season.[9]
In early summer 2010, Alcock was linked with a move to championship sideNorwich City but remained with Yeovil for the remainder of the season and in May 2011 was informed by the club that he was one of seven Yeovil players who would be awarded new contracts.[10]
Despite being offered a new deal at Yeovil, in July 2011 Alcock signed forPeterborough United on a three-year deal with Yeovil receiving £100,000 in compensation due to his age.[11] Alcock made 112 appearances for Posh in all competitions over his three seasons at the club, including winning theEFL Trophy in 2014, before being released at the end of the2013–14 season.[12]
In July 2014, Alcock signed a two-year deal withSheffield United.[13] Alcock started as a regular in the side both at centre half and then in his more customary role at right back. However, after an injury he has found himself in a more peripheral role, made harder by the January arrivals of additional full backsKieron Freeman andJohn Brayford. In his second season at United, Alcock again found match time hard to come by, and as a result joined fellowLeague One sideDoncaster Rovers on a 28-day loan on 10 November 2015.[14] The loan was made permanent on 7 January 2016.[15]
On 7 August 2018,Cheltenham Town signed the now free agent Alcock on a free transfer.[16] On 26 January 2019, Alcock was released by Cheltenham.[17]
On 1 February 2019, following his release from Cheltenham, Alcock re-signed forYeovil Town on a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[18]
Alcock is also a keen cricketer playing for Wincanton CC in the Somerset League.[19] Alcock studied for his A-Levels atSexey's School in Bruton, Somerset.[20]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Yeovil Town | 2006–07[21] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007–08[22] | League One | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[23] | League One | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2009–10[24] | League One | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| 2010–11[25] | League One | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| Total | 107 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 3 | ||
| Tiverton Town (loan) | 2006–07[26] | Southern Premier Division | 12 | 0 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Peterborough United | 2011–12[27] | Championship | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[28] | Championship | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[29] | League One | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 0 | ||
| Sheffield United | 2014–15[30] | League One | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2015–16[31] | League One | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2015–16[31][e] | League One | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[32] | League Two | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[33] | League One | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[f] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Cheltenham Town | 2018–19[34] | League Two | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | 2018–19[34] | League Two | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20[35] | National League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Harlow Town | 2020–21 | Isthmian South Central Division | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2021–22[36] | Southern Division One Central | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[g] | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| Total | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 38 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 362 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 430 | 9 | ||
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