Joe Allen (footballer, born 1909)

Joe Allen
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Allen
Date of birth	30 December 1909
Place of birth	Bilsthorpe, England
Date of death	1978 (aged 68–69)
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1932	Tottenham Hotspur
1932–1934	→ Northfleet United (loan)
1932–1933	Tottenham Hotspur
1932–1933	Queens Park Rangers F.C.
1933–1934	Mansfield Town
1935–1937	RC Roubaix
1937	FC Nancy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Allen (30 December 1909 – October 1978) was a professional footballer who played for Northfleet, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Mansfield Town; Racing Club de Roubaix and FC Nancy.^[1]

Football career

Allen played for local club Bilsthorpe Colliery before joining Tottenham Hotspur for his first spell at White Hart Lane in 1932.

In the same year he moved to the Spurs nursery club Northfleet United on loan.^[2] The inside forward rejoined the Lilywhites where he scored one goal in his solitary match for the club.^[3] A 1-1 draw with Bradford City at White Hart Lane in April 1933, in a season where Tottenham would be promoted from the old Second Division.^[4]

In 1933 he signed for Queens Park Rangers where he went on to feature in 51 matches and scoring on six occasions for the Loftus Road outfit.

Allen moved to Mansfield Town and competed in a further eight games and netting five goals.

He ended his career in France playing for RC Roubaix and then FC Nancy.^[5]

References

^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 8. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
^ "Kent's nursery clubs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
^ "A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
^ "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".
^ Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

[1] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 8. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.

[2] "Kent's nursery clubs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

[3] "A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

[4] "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".

[5] Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

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