Got a story , call 01793 501832 or text 80360, starting your message with ‘SWINDON NEWS’ 6:20am Monday 17th August 2009 The former Everton,
Arsenal and Southampton star died in 2007 aged 61 following a heart attack, but his family have helped organise an evening where Swindon Town will host the Alan ‘Ball of Fire’ Trophy and the Alan ‘Perpetual Motion’ Ball Celebrity Trophy. The event will see an England Legends XI, managed by World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst, take on an International Legends XI, managed by ex-Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish. And that won’t be the end of the action with a Rock & Pop XI, managed by The Beautiful South’s Paul Heaton, going head to head with a TV All Stars XI managed by The Bill actor Andrew Lancel.
Ball’s daughter, Keely Allan, revealed the family will be in keen attendance at the County Ground to see her father’s memory kept alive.