The Club are saddened to hear of the death of former Cambridge United player-manager Alan Moore on Monday 7th April 2008 after a long fight with ill-health. Alan will be sorely missed.

Our thoughts are very much with his family and friends at this sad time, and in particular his wife with whom he had just shared their Diamond Wedding Anniversary.

The funeral will be held on Friday 18th April 2008 at 4.30pm at the Cambridge Crematorium. All those wishing are welcome to attend.

Fans Director Brian Attmore pays a tribute to Alan Moore with this extract from the Book 'Cambridge United 100 Greats'.

Alan Moore - inside forward, player-manager 1959-63

In December 1959 Cambridge United signed Alan Moore as player-coach. He scored twice on his debut in a stunning 5-1 victory over the league leaders and in February the thirty-two year old was appointed manager.

Alan Moore was born in Hebburn, Newcastle in 1927 and at the age of twelve was invited for an England Schoolboys trial. That never took place as the Second World War broke out. On leaving school he worked as an electrician and when playing for St Kilda's Juniors in 1944 he scored seven goals against Sunderland Youth team. Sunderland signed him as an amateur and he later turned professional.

Unable to break into the first team, he joined Chesterfield in 1948 and in 1951 moved to Hull. Within six months Nottingham Forest paid £12,000 for him. A first team regular for five years, Coventry signed him for £10,500 only for Moore to break his leg in his first game. After three seasons there, and spells with Brighton and Rochdale, he quite League football, having scored 62 goals in 269 games.

Moore moved to Wisbech before being recruited by Cambridge. He soon convinced the Board to move to a first team squad of full-time professionals, then made seven signings, including Northern Ireland international Sam McCrory, although the dapper manager lost another ex-international, Brian Moore.

At the end of 1960/61 season, United were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division for the first time. The championship was only denied them in a 'winner-takes-all' final game, a 3-0 defeat at Kettering when 2,000 Cambridge United fans made the journey. Moore then led them to winning the Southern League Cup and East Anglian Cup for the first time.

In the 1962/63 season he took them to the first round proper of the FA Cup and second place in the Southern League's top division, only for his reign to end with his surprise resignation in October 1963. He later managed two local sides, Great Shelford and Histon and opened a sports shop.

Despite a series of heart attacks, he could often be seen in his retirement walking his dog near the Abbey Stadium as he continued to live within sight of the ground in Newmarket Road. He cycled considerable distances, was a regular at a local bowls club and still enjoyed a game of golf.

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