Jack Allen (soccer player, 1900)

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Jack Allen
Personnel
Surname James Thomas Allen
birthday 1st quarter 1900
place of birth Sneinton ,  England
position defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Walker Celtic
1921-1924 Crystal Palace 16 (0)
1924-1925 Hartlepools United 29 (3)
1925– AFC Jarrow
1 Only league games are given.

James Thomas "Jack" Allen (* 1st quarter 1900 in Sneinton ; † unknown) was an English football player . The defender played from 1921 to 1925 for Crystal Palace and Hartlepools United a total of 45 games in the divisions of the Football League .

Career

Allen played for Walker Celtic , a club from Newcastle upon Tyne , in the Northern Football Alliance before joining second division Crystal Palace in 1921 . At Crystal Palace he did not get beyond the role as a supplementary player in three seasons, the defender pair formed at this time Jack Little and Ernie Rhodes , the latter was ousted by Charlie Cross during the 1922/23 season . After a 0-0 draw in September 1922 against city rivals Fulham FC , the Athletic News correspondent praised : "Allen proved to be more than a useful partner for Little and made commendable attempts to reach the strikers with long flat passes." More than five ( 1921/22, 1922/23) or six (1923/24) season appearances were not recorded for Allen when the club was placed in the lower half of the table.

In June 1924 Allen was a free transfer League free change permitted by the Committee of Football and the defender returned to the North East of England and joined the in the Third Division North gambling club Hartlepool United F.c. on. At Hartlepools he was mainly in the first half of the season in the squad and played 29 league and 5 FA Cup games, three times he was successful as a penalty taker of his team; Club supporters were also amazed at his reserve role later in the season.

After a season that finished the club as third from bottom in 20th place, which he only narrowly avoiding the need for re-election, Allen left the financially troubled club again, which increased the following season put on amateur and joined the in the North Eastern League gambling AFC Jarrow , where he became team captain.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to The English National Football Archive (ENFA) , accessed on August 11, 2017; Foster mentions 1899 differently
  2. ^ Ian King: Crystal Palace - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, Derby 2011, ISBN 978-1-85983-809-9 , pp. 260 ff .
  3. ↑ NO EXCITEMENT. Poor Form by Crystal Palace and Fulham. . In: Athletic News , September 11, 1922, p. 6.  (link subject to charge)
  4. ^ Sheffield Men on Offer. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , June 2, 1924, p. 9.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ HARTLEPOOLS UNITED. . In: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail , February 17, 1925, p. 4.  (link with costs)
  6. ↑ HARTLEPOOLS UNITED. . In: Athletic News , August 3, 1925, p. 13.  (link with costs)
  7. ^ Colin Foster: A Century Of Poolies: The Who's Who Of Hartlepool United, 1908-2008 . 2008, p. 2 .
  8. ↑ NORTH-EASTERN LEAGUE. UNITED RESERVES v. JARROW. . In: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail , December 5, 1925, p. 6.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allen, James Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH between January 1900 and March 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Sneinton
DATE OF DEATH 20th century