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.^[4] 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]

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 7. ISBN 190589161X.
2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-0955294914.
3. "Brentford Football Club History". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. "Brentford Football Club History". Retrieved 5 October 2014.