Michael Allen (footballer)

Michael Allen
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-03-30) 30 March 1949
Place of birth South Shields, England
Playing position Left back, midfielder
Youth career
1966–1967 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1967–1971 Middlesbrough 34 (0)
1971–1979 Brentford 205 (4)
Whitby Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Michael Allen was an English football left back who made over 230 appearances in the Football League, most notably for Brentford.[1]

Playing career

Middlesbrough

Born in South Shields, Allen began his career at nearby Division Three side Middlesbrough in 1966. Boro achieved promotion to Division Two during the 1966/67 season and Allen made his professional debut on 30 December 1967, in a 2-1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers.[2] He scored his only goal for the club in a 1-1 FA Cup third round draw with Millwall on 4 January 1969.[3] Allen failed to make a breakthrough into the first team, his best tally being 15 appearances during the 1969/70 season.[2] He departed Ayresome Park a few months into the 1971/72 season, having made 38 appearances and scored one goal for Middlesbrough.[2]

Brentford

Allen dropped through the leagues to join Division Four high-flyers Brentford in October 1971 in a £10000 deal.[1] Operating as a midfielder, his 33 appearances during the 1971/72 season helped the club to a third-place finish and promotion to Division Three.[4] The Bees were relegated back to Division Four at the first time of asking and after moving to his preferred left back position in 1974,[5] Allen put in a Player of the Year award-winning season in 1975/76, missing only one league game.[1] Allen helped the club secure promotion back to Division Three in 1978 with a fourth-place finish.[1] He made just seven appearances in Division Three and departed Griffin Park at the end of the 1978/79 season.[1] Allen made 255 appearances and scored 13 goals during nearly 9 years with the Bees.[1]

Whitby Town

In 1979, Allen returned to his native northeast and saw out his career with a spell at Northern League side Whitby Town.[1]

Personal life

After retiring from football, Allen worked for ICI.

Honours

As an individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. 1 2 3 "Micky Allen". 11v11.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Middlesbrough v Millwall, 04 January 1969". 11v11.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ↑ https://scfcheritage.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/1975-76.pdf
  6. 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the 70s. Legends Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 978-1906796709.


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