Philip Allen (footballer)

Philip Allen
Personal information
Full name Philip John Allen[1]
Date of birth 5 November 1902
Place of birth Hanwell, England
Date of death May 1992 (aged 89)[1]
Place of death Newton Abbott, England
Playing position Full back
Youth career
Grenadier Guards
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1924 Brentford 3 (0)
Peterborough & Fletton United
Wellingborough Town
Stamford
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Philip John Allen (5 November 1902 – May 1992) was an English professional football full back who appeared in the Football League for Brentford.[2]

Club career

Brentford

A full back, Allen joined Division Three South side Brentford in 1922.[2] He made his first team debut for the club in a 1–0 defeat to Reading on 25 November 1922.[3] The appearance turned out to be his only first team outing during the 1922–23 season, but he managed two appearances in the following campaign, which came in defeats to Brighton & Hove Albion and Southend United in September and October 1923.[3] Confined mostly to the reserve team, Allen failed to make any further appearances before departing at the end of the 1923–24 season.[2]

Non-league football

After his release from Brentford, Allen dropped into non-league football and appeared for Southern League side Peterborough & Fletton United and Northamptonshire League clubs Wellingborough Town and Stamford.[2]

Personal life

Allen served in the Grenadier Guards.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1922–23[3] Third Division South 1 0 0 0 1 0
1923–24[3] 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 3 0 0 0 3 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 7. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. 1 2 3 4 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 367. ISBN 0951526200.


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