By Timofe
December 26 2003

Alan Dickens

	Nickname	Dicko
	Position	Scrum Half
	Date of Birth	04/02/76
	Previous Club	Sale
	Height	5' 10"
	Tykes Debut	31/08/02
	Honours

Alan Dickens joined Tykes from Sale at the beginning of  season 2002/2003, initially on a temporary contract. His play in the successful first half of the season was sure footed and efficient and his contract was extended until the end of the season. For much of it he was competing with Derek Hegarty for the starting spot at scrum half, although by the end of it he had established himself in the position.

Contracted again for the 2003/4 season he expected to compete with newly arrived Clive Stuart Smith and an opportunity to prove himself came when the latter was injured early in the season. However it was not to be and as we write Alan is recovering from a hand injury.

Alan is an efficient scrum half who does nothing flash but does have the gas for the occasional break to keep the opponents napping. As a result he has scored a number of key tries for the team.

Apart from his play his main claim to fame came on TV when he was at the bottom end of an altercation with his old chum and sparring partner at Sale, Bryan "Basil" Redpath.

(updated 26/12/2003 by Oopnorth)