Kenny Allen (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Richard Allen | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Thornaby-on-Tees, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Tow Law Town | |||
1968 | Hartlepool | 7 | (0) |
1968–1972 | Hellenic | ||
1972 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | (0) |
1972–1973 | Workington | ||
1973–1978 | Bath City | ||
1978–1983 | AFC Bournemouth | 152 | (0) |
1983 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
1983 | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Halmstads BK | 13 | (0) |
1984–1985 | Torquay United | 58 | (0) |
1985–1986 | Swindon Town | 45 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Torquay United | 74 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Bath City | 9 | (0) |
1989 | Newport County | ||
1989 | Torquay United | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kenneth Richard Allen (born 12 January 1948) is an English retired professional football goalkeeper.
Kenny Allen began his career as an amateur with
He had a spell with Workington before joining Bath City in July 1973.[2] He made nearly 300 appearances for Bath over the next five years.
In August 1978, Allen joined
From Peterborough, he moved to Sweden, playing for
In September 1985, he left
By now his grey hair and moustache made him instantly recognisable and he helped Torquay to remain in league football, playing in the first great escape when Torquay drew 2–2 with
He moved on to recently relegated Newport County, but as Newport folded and failed to complete their Conference season, he returned to Torquay for a third time in April 1989 to cover for the injured Ken Veysey and played at Wembley in the Associate Members' Cup Final as Torquay's only other professional keeper Mark Coombe was cup-tied. He retired from football in June 1989 to work for the Post Office.
In May 2001, the Torquay Herald Express reported that Allen was living in Paignton, captaining Chudleigh cricket team and working as an ambulance driver for the South & West Devon Health Authority
References
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ a b c "Past Players – A". Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ "Allsvenskan i Fotboll 1983". Fotboll Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
External links
- Player Profile – Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk