Clive Allen
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Birth name | Clive Darren Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 May 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stepney, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Havering/Essex Schools | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romford Juniors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1980 | Queens Park Rangers | 49 | (32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | Crystal Palace | 25 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1984 | Queens Park Rangers | 87 | (40) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | Tottenham Hotspur | 105 | (60) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Bordeaux | 19 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Manchester City | 53 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Chelsea | 16 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | West Ham United | 38 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Millwall | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Carlisle United | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 407 | (194) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980 | England U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | England | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Clive Darren Allen (born 20 May 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for seven different London clubs. Allen was a prolific striker throughout his career.
In 1986-87 he won the PFA and Football Writers' Association player of the year awards. He also won 5 caps for England from 1984 to 1988.
Early life
Clive Allen was born in Stepney, London on 20 May 1961. His father, Les Allen, was a member of Tottenham Hotspur's Double-winning team of 1960–61. His younger brother, Bradley Allen, and cousins Martin and Paul Allen also played football professionally.[2]
Club career
Queens Park Rangers
He started his career at Queens Park Rangers in the late 1970s, and scored 32 league goals in 49 appearances, before moving to Arsenal.[3]
Arsenal
Allen signed for Arsenal in the summer of 1980 for a fee of £1.25m. He did not play a competitive match for the club, although he did play three pre-season matches. He soon moved on to Crystal Palace in a swap deal with Kenny Sansom.[4]
Crystal Palace
Allen was Palace's top scorer for the
In one of his earliest games for the club, Allen was at the centre of a notorious incident in the defeat against
Return to Queens Park Rangers
QPR, still in the
Over the next two seasons, Allen scored 27 League goals as QPR first won the Second Division Championship in 1982–83 and then finished fifth in the First Division in 1983–84. He moved to Tottenham for a £700,000 fee.[10]
Tottenham Hotspur
Allen scored twice on his debut on 25 August 1984, a 4–1 away win at Everton, and scored 10 goals from 18 appearances in his first season, in which Spurs finished third behind Liverpool and Everton.[11][12]
In
Bordeaux
He moved from Spurs to join Bordeaux in March 1988, scoring 13 goals in 19 league games.[13][14]
Later career
In July 1989 he joined
He scored seven goals in 16 games over the next three months with Chelsea, scoring the winning goal in an
He scored 14 goals in the
In January 1994, when Allen was out of favour at West Ham United, Tottenham manager
He ended his career with three league games for Carlisle United in 1995–96.[3]
International career
In the summer of 1984, Allen was given his first England cap against Brazil. In total he made five appearances for England without scoring.[20]
American football career
In 1997, he played as Kicker for the London Monarchs in NFL Europe.[21]
Personal life
His son
.Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1978–79 | First Division | 10 | 4 | — | 10 | 4 | |||||
1979–80 | Second Division | 39 | 28 | — | 39 | 28 | ||||||
Total | 49 | 32 | — | 49 | 32 | |||||||
Crystal Palace | 1980–81 | First Division | 25 | 9 | — | 25 | 9 | |||||
Queens Park Rangers | 1981–82 | Second Division | 37 | 13 | 2 | 1 | — | 39 | 14 | |||
1982–83 | Second Division | 25 | 13 | — | 25 | 13 | ||||||
1983–84 | First Division | 25 | 14 | — | 25 | 14 | ||||||
Total | 87 | 40 | 2 | 1 | — | 89 | 41 | |||||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1984–85 | First Division | 13 | 7 | 4[a] | 2 | 17 | 9 | ||||
1985–86 | First Division | 19 | 9 | — | 19 | 9 | ||||||
1986–87 | First Division | 39 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | — | 54 | 49 | ||
1987–88 | First Division | 34 | 11 | — | 34 | 11 | ||||||
Total | 105 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 173 | 112 | ||||
Bordeaux | 1988–89 | Division 1 | 19 | 13 | 3[a] | 0 | 22 | 13 | ||||
Manchester City | 1989–90 | First Division | 30 | 10 | — | 30 | 10 | |||||
1990–91 | First Division | 20 | 4 | — | 20 | 4 | ||||||
1991–92 | First Division | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 53 | 16 | — | 53 | 16 | |||||||
Chelsea | 1991–92 | First Division | 16 | 7 | — | 16 | 7 | |||||
West Ham United | 1991–92 | First Division | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | |||||
1992–93 | Second Division | 27 | 14 | — | 27 | 14 | ||||||
1993–94 | Premier League | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | ||
Total | 38 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 42 | 17 | |||
Millwall | 1994–95 | First Division | 12 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
Carlisle United | 1995–96 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 407 | 194 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 422 | 199 |
Honours
Individual
- 1986–87 First Division[25]
References
- ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4456-1118-1.
- ^ a b "Clive Allen". Post War English & Scottish Football League A — Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ David Gerges. "Sol Campbell, Clive Allen, Joey Beauchamp and the Top 10 shortest transfers of all-time". Mirror Football. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ www.holmesdale.net, Holmesdale Online. "1980/81 revisited". Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Back in the Day: September 6th - The Clive Allen Ghost Goal". rednbluearmy.co.uk. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ QPR 1 Crystal Palace 0. YouTube — QPR Official. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
- ^ QPR 1 WBA 0. YouTube — QPR Official. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
- ^ "The 1982 FA Cup Final Replay: QPR (0) – Tottenham Hotspur (1)". indyrs.co.uk. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4481-4253-8.
- ^ "Clive Allen". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Tottenham Hotspur 1984–1985". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Great players: Clive Allen". History of the club. Tottenham Hotspur. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Clive Allen". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4456-1737-4.
- ^ "Clive Allen". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Top 3 Goal Nets: Chris Scull Remembers..." West Ham United. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Clive Allen". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- Independent.co.uk. 14 January 1994. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Clive Allen". England Football Online. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Halling, Nick (12 May 1997). "American football: Allen puts Monarchs back on target". The Independent. London. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-909245-96-9.
- ^ "Clive Allen » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Clive Allen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 146.
External links
- Clive Allen at Englandstats.com