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to take
Aleksic's place in goal for the rest of the match; despite this setback, Hoddle was untroubled in goal, and Spurs won 1–0 with
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side Barnet in 1982, following a brief loan spell at former club Luton Town. He later emigrated to South Africa and played for
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736:. Despite being an FA Cup-winning goalkeeper just one year previously, he dropped back into non-League football with
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1117:
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at
Wembley. Aleksic featured in both the original tie and the replay, which was won with a brace from
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in what was officially described as an 'accidental collision'. The injury left midfielder
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in March 1973, which
Plymouth won 3–2. The "Pilgrims" posted a 17th-place finish in the
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in
December 1978 for a fee of £100,000. The club posted a 14th-place finish in the
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511:, he was so keen that he used to iron his bootlaces before playing. He was given a
81:
1593:
at Post War
English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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1804:
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431:. In 1982, he was loaned back to Luton Town before he went back into
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in which he conceded one goal in both the original game and the
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in 1972. The next year he returned to the
Football League with
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761:
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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before taking up employment at the Golfer's Club in
1605:"Wembley hero Aleksic mourned by former team-mates"
439:. He later migrated to South Africa and played for
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646:. He played 77 league games in his three years at
618:permanently when he was moved on to league rivals
487:games for the "Valiants" as a 17-year-old in the
372:(14 April 1951 – 17 October 2012) was an English
720:. However, he soon lost his first-team place to
1988:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
669:. He faced competition between the sticks from
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21:
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1791:
1771:"The tale of Joe Jordan and Milija Aleksic"
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1627:
527:. With Rangers he was a member of the 1972
507:. An emergency replacement for the injured
363:*Club domestic league appearances and goals
1973:National League (English football) players
582:(they finished one point behind champions
121:
20:
1853:at the English National Football Archive
594:. In August 1976, he played two games on
759:
1517:
531:winning team, following a 3–0 win over
376:who made 138 league appearances in the
1903:Men's association football goalkeepers
1561:
1559:
1533:
1531:
1529:
1527:
1525:
1523:
1521:
622:in November 1976, who were managed by
467:; he was a childhood friend of future
1893:Footballers from Newcastle-under-Lyme
7:
1978:English expatriate men's footballers
704:, and also lifted the FA Cup with a
419:. Three years later, he moved on to
129:
586:). They then held their own in the
1883:British people of Yugoslav descent
626:. The "Hatters" finished sixth in
14:
1983:English emigrants to South Africa
1888:English people of Serbian descent
92:1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
1798:Bevan, Chris (25 January 2008).
1603:Pearson, Guy (20 October 2012).
665:season under the stewardship of
634:. Luton then dropped to 13th in
1968:English Football League players
1963:Northern Premier League players
1685:"Statistics for Milija Aleksic"
724:, and was on the bench for the
1943:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
1476:Football League Third Division
700:club made a top ten finish in
696:scoring the winning goal. The
630:, four points behind promoted
578:with a second-place finish in
459:father, he grew up in a small
1:
1918:Stafford Rangers F.C. players
590:, finishing in 16th place in
1923:Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
1913:Eastwood Hanley F.C. players
1635:"milija aleksic – fact file"
642:, and then finished 18th in
610:. He was then loaned out to
542:In 1973, he returned to the
407:in December 1976, following
1567:"Obituary – Milija Aleksic"
732:. Spurs finished fourth in
515:in May 1969 and moved into
2004:
1928:Oxford United F.C. players
1827:"Classic Cup finals: 1981"
1542:. Witan Books. p. 5.
475:. His career started with
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1933:Ipswich Town F.C. players
1898:English men's footballers
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42:
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1958:Durban City F.C. players
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1478:second-place promotion:
716:and a scruffy goal from
403:before he was signed by
1938:Luton Town F.C. players
1855:(subscription required)
1540:Port Vale Personalities
742:Alliance Premier League
681:, notorious 'hard man'
387:in 1969, he played for
1908:Port Vale F.C. players
1740:"Tottenham Hotspur FC"
726:1981 FA Charity Shield
653:Aleksic was signed by
370:Milija Anthony Aleksic
35:Milija Anthony Aleksic
677:. In one tie against
1800:"Were you there...?"
1571:tottenhamhotspur.com
554:. He played against
59:Newcastle-under-Lyme
27:Personal information
1948:Barnet F.C. players
1744:sporting-heroes.net
1695:on 15 February 2006
1538:Kent, Jeff (1996).
762:
517:non-League football
433:non-League football
391:before lifting the
374:football goalkeeper
23:
1639:archive.mehstg.com
1384:Luton Town (loan)
760:
602:; both games were
16:English footballer
1775:tottenhamblog.com
1769:Harris, Matthew.
1501:FA Charity Shield
1486:Tottenham Hotspur
1449:
1448:
1215:Tottenham Hotspur
756:Career statistics
679:Manchester United
659:Tottenham Hotspur
632:Nottingham Forest
574:, before winning
421:Tottenham Hotspur
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366:
264:Tottenham Hotspur
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1783:
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1702:
1700:
1691:. Archived from
1689:rageonline.co.uk
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1675:
1674:
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1670:
1660:"GoS-DB Players"
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1600:
1594:
1588:
1582:
1581:
1579:
1577:
1563:
1554:
1553:
1535:
1457:Stafford Rangers
1392:Second Division
1156:Second Division
1122:Second Division
1088:Second Division
763:
667:Keith Burkinshaw
608:Cambridge United
584:Blackburn Rovers
525:Stafford Rangers
483:. He played two
397:Stafford Rangers
332:
316:
298:
278:
260:
242:
222:
202:
184:
172:Stafford Rangers
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49:
47:
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1862:
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1845:
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1810:
1808:
1797:
1796:
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1779:
1777:
1768:
1767:
1758:
1748:
1746:
1738:
1737:
1733:
1723:
1721:
1719:lutontown.co.uk
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1712:
1708:
1698:
1696:
1683:
1682:
1678:
1668:
1666:
1658:
1657:
1653:
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1615:
1613:
1602:
1601:
1597:
1589:
1585:
1575:
1573:
1565:
1564:
1557:
1550:
1537:
1536:
1519:
1514:
1470:Plymouth Argyle
1454:
1326:First Division
1292:First Division
1258:First Division
1224:First Division
935:Second Division
900:Third Division
866:Third Division
857:Plymouth Argyle
826:Fourth Division
758:
746:Wits University
710:Manchester City
698:White Hart Lane
694:Osvaldo Ardiles
648:Kenilworth Road
638:under new boss
614:. Aleksic left
588:Second Division
552:Plymouth Argyle
544:Football League
537:Wembley Stadium
509:Stuart Sharratt
497:Shrewsbury Town
449:
441:Wits University
401:Plymouth Argyle
378:Football League
330:
320:Wits University
314:
296:
276:
258:
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220:
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188:Plymouth Argyle
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70:
69:17 October 2012
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1880:
1875:
1865:
1864:
1859:
1858:
1851:Milija Aleksic
1843:
1818:
1787:
1756:
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1706:
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1623:
1595:
1591:Milija Aleksic
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1081:
1075:
1074:
1071:
1068:
1065:
1062:
1059:
1056:
1053:
1050:
1048:First Division
1045:
1040:
1033:
1032:
1029:
1026:
1023:
1020:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1008:
1006:Third Division
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998:
991:
990:
987:
984:
981:
978:
975:
972:
969:
966:
962:
961:
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823:
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802:
799:
796:
793:
790:
787:
783:
782:
779:
776:
773:
770:
767:
757:
754:
655:First Division
568:Third Division
546:, signing for
471:international
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445:
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364:
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347:
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156:
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134:
125:
118:
113:
109:
108:
107:Senior career*
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90:
86:
85:
84:, South Africa
79:
78:Place of death
75:
74:
73:(aged 61)
67:
63:
62:
56:
55:Place of birth
52:
51:
41:
37:
36:
33:
29:
28:
22:Milija Aleksic
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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1881:
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1870:
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1801:
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1661:
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1549:0-9529152-0-0
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1444:
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1435:
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1429:
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1423:
1421:Career total
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1400:
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1394:
1391:
1389:
1386:
1383:
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1319:
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1306:
1303:
1300:
1297:
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1291:
1289:
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1285:
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1278:
1275:
1272:
1269:
1266:
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1260:
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1255:
1252:
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1244:
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1238:
1235:
1232:
1229:
1226:
1223:
1221:
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1216:
1212:
1208:
1205:
1202:
1199:
1196:
1193:
1190:
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1183:
1179:
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1173:
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1161:
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1087:
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1063:
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1054:
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1049:
1046:
1044:
1041:
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1035:
1034:
1030:
1027:
1024:
1021:
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1012:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1002:
999:
996:
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993:
992:
988:
985:
982:
979:
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944:
941:
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847:
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838:
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832:
829:
827:
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822:
819:
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814:
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794:
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784:
764:
755:
753:
751:
747:
743:
739:
735:
731:
727:
723:
719:
715:
714:Ricardo Villa
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707:
703:
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695:
691:
687:
686:broke his jaw
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660:
656:
651:
649:
645:
641:
637:
633:
629:
625:
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617:
613:
609:
606:clashes with
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601:
600:Oxford United
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593:
589:
585:
581:
577:
573:
569:
565:
561:
557:
553:
549:
545:
540:
538:
534:
530:
526:
522:
518:
514:
513:free transfer
510:
506:
502:
498:
494:
491:season, both
490:
486:
482:
478:
474:
470:
466:
463:community in
462:
458:
454:
446:
444:
442:
438:
434:
430:
426:
422:
418:
414:
413:Oxford United
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406:
402:
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379:
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371:
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