Jack Allan (football player, 1883)
| Jack Allan | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | John Thomas Allan | |
| birthday | January 16, 1883 | |
| place of birth | South Shields , England | |
| position | Half forward (right), center forward | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Bishop Auckland FC | ||
| 1904-1906 | Manchester United | 35 (21) |
| Bishop Auckland FC | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
John Thomas "Jack" Allan (born January 16, 1883 in South Shields ; † unknown) was an English football player .
Career
Allan played for Bishop Auckland FC , one of England's leading amateur clubs , in the early 20th century . He won the FA Amateur Cup with the club in 1900 with a 5-1 success over Lowestoft Town , in 1902 he was again in the final of the most important amateur competition in English football in a 5-1 defeat against the Old Malvernians . In May 1904 he turned professional and played for Manchester United in the Football League Second Division . In his league debut, he scored two goals against Burslem Port Vale and was a regular goal scorer as the season progressed. At the end of the season, United only just missed promotion to the First Division when they were in third place , a result to which Allan had contributed 16 goals in 27 missions. For the following season, Manchester strengthened in the offensive area with Clem Beddow , Jack Picken , Charlie Sagar and Enoch West significantly, so that it was mostly enough for Allan, despite his performances from the previous season, only to appearances in the reserve team.
There, Allan , who actually lived in the center forward or right half- forward position , played as a center runner , a position he did not like. Only towards the end of the 1905/06 season he came again for the first team to a series of three missions in which he scored five goals. At the end of the season, Manchester rose again to the First Division after twelve years, in which Allan remained in three missions without scoring in October 1906 and was reamateurised some time later to rejoin his previous club, Bishop Auckland.
literature
- Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . 2nd revised edition. Soccerdata, Nottingham 2004, ISBN 1-899468-67-6 , pp. 7 .
- Garth Dykes: The United Alphabet - A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United FC ACL & Polar Publishing Ltd., Leicester 1994, ISBN 0-9514862-6-8 , pp. 10 f .
Individual evidence
- ^ Dean Hayes: Manchester United Football Facts . John Blake Publishing Ltd, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-84454-795-1 , pp. 89 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allan, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allan, John Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Shields |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |