High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alan Stubbs (born 6 October 1971 in Kirkby, Merseyside, England) is a retired English footballer who played as a centre back. He was forced to retire from professional football due to a troublesome knee injury on the 20 August 2008. The final match of his career was against Doncaster Rovers on 9 August 2008. Stubbs is now on the coaching staff at Everton.