Mark Allen (soccer player)

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Mark Allen
Personnel
Surname Mark Stephen Allen
birthday 18th December 1963
place of birth Newcastle-upon-Tyne ,  England
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1981-1983 Burnley FC 2 0(1)
1983-1984 Tranmere Rovers 10 0(0)
1984 Pallo-Iirot 18 (13)
1984-1985 FC Runcorn 7 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Mark Stephen Allen (born December 18, 1963 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne ) is a former English football player .

Career

Allen came as an apprentice (German apprentice) to Burnley FC . There he received a professional contract in December 1981 and made his competitive debut in the semi-finals of the Football League Group Cup against FC Wimbledon in February 1982 (final score 0: 5). Due to the injury-related failure of the regular striker Steve Taylor Allen came in early March as a substitute twice in the Third Division , which Burnley finished as champions, used, and scored Burnley's 2-1 defeat by Exeter City . With the engagement of Paul McGee a little later , Allen was only left with the role of reservist, a situation that did not change even after the promotion. After he had not received a contract beyond the 1982/83 season, Allen joined the fourth division team Tranmere Rovers in August 1983 .

For Tranmere he came to a total of twelve competitive appearances until December 1983, the only hit he succeeded in the first-round replay of the FA Cup against Bolton Wanderers (final score 1: 4). After he was no longer considered in the second half of the season, his contract was dissolved in May 1984. Allen then played for the Finnish second division side Pallo-Iirot , for whom he scored 13 goals in 18 games. In late 1984, the striker returned to England and was briefly while in the fünftklassigen Alliance Premier League antretenden FC Runcorn active, for which he was able to record a goal in seven league games.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ray Simpson: The Clarets Collection 1946 - 1996: A Post was who's who of Burnley Football Club . Ray Simpson, 1996, ISBN 978-0-9521799-0-0 , pp. 15 .
  2. ^ Peter Dunk: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984-85 . Queen Anne Press, London 1984, ISBN 978-0-356-10446-1 , pp. 368 .
  3. ↑ Juha Vuorinen, Markku Kasila: Pelimiehet - Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930-2006 ( Finnish ). Sports Museum Foundation of Finland, 2007, ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5 , p. 20.
  4. ^ John Harman: Alliance to Conference 1979-2004: The First 25 Years . Tony Williams Publications, 2005, ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7 , pp. 536 ff .
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allen, Mark Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle-upon-Tyne