George Allan (footballer)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Allan 23 August 1875 17 October 1899 was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th century. Born in Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland, the Centre-forward played for Vale of Avon, Linlithgow Athletic, Broxburn Shamrock and Leith Athletic before being signed by Liverpool manager John McKenna and W. E. Barclay in September 1895. The 20 year old Allan made quite an impact for Liverpool after making his debut in a Football League Second Division match a 5-1 home thumping of Newcastle on 14 September 1895, he scored his first goal for the club 7 days later on the 21 September against Loughborough Town at the Athletic Ground. This sparked an impressive goals per game run for the rest of the 1985/96 promotion season, he bagged an amazing 25 league goals from just 20 appearances, averaging 1.25 goals per games, Allan scored a further 3 goals in the promotion Test matches the equivalent of today''s play-offs helping the Anfield club regain their spot back in the top flight of English football.... Mehr