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Ronnie Allen

West Bromwich Albion FC

 5 appearances, 2 goals

P 5 W 4 D 0 L 1 F 13: A 6
80% successful
 1952-58

captain: none
minutes played: 450
Ronnie Allen

Timeline
  Ronald Allen
Birth 15 January 1929 in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [registered in Stoke on Trent, March 1929].
 Attended Hanley High School
Death 9 June 2001 in Hardwick Court Nursing Home, Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, suffering with Alzheimer's Disease, aged 72 years 146 days. [registered in South Stafford, June 2001]

Source

 Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies It's Goals That Count - Ronnie Allen. (StanleyPaul, 1955)
 

Scoring for Port Vale and West Bromwich Albion was just a matter of routine by the time this book was published - good coverage of both clubs. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
  The Complete Footballer: The Ronnie Allen Story - Tony Matthews (2005).

Club Career
Club(s) Played his junior football with Bucknall Boys Bridgade, Wellington Scouts and Northwood Mission in Handly. Joined Port Vale FC as an amateur in December 1944, turning professionally in March 1946 and made 123 league appearances, scoring 34 league goals. Signed for West Bromwich Albion FC on 2 March 1950 for £18,000, going onto make 405 league appearances, with 208 league goals. Joined Crystal Palace FC in May 1961, another 100 league appearances followed, along with 34 league goals. Spent the 1964-65 season as player-coach, retiring from playing in March 1965. Ending his career with a total of 276 league goals in 638 league appearances.
Club honours FA Cup winner 1953-54;
Individual honours Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions First Division Top Scorer 1954-55 (27).
Height/Weight 4' 10", 7st 10lbs [1944], 5' 8", 11st [1950], 5' 8", 10st 9lbs [1957].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career
Club(s): Joined Wolverhampton Wanderers FC as senior coach in March 1965, under Andy Beattie. Took over as manager in September 1965, sacked in November 1968, after bringing them into the First Division.  AC Bilbao in Spain on 1 March 1969 until November 1971, SC de Portugal in Portugal in April 1973, Walsall FC July to December 1973, West Bromwich Albion FC consultant from January 1977, taking over as manager from the June, until January 1978.  Then national coach of Saudi Arabia 1978, PanAthínaikos FC 1980, West Bromwich Albion FC 1981-82 (general manager 1982-83), remained coach with Albion in some capacity until 1996.
Club honours: Cope del Rey winner 1968-69; La Liga runner-up 1969-70.

England Career
Player number 717th player to appear for England
Position(s) Outside-right, Centre-forward
First match No. 272, 28 May 1952, Switzerland 0 England 3, a friendly match at Hardturm Stadion, Zürich, aged 23 years 134 days.
Last match No. 293, 1 December 1954, England 3 West Germany 1, a friendly match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years 320 days. 
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1954 (provisional party), 1958 (provisional party);
British Championship 1953-54, 1954-55;
Team honours British Championship winners 1953-54, 1954-55;
Individual honours England B (two appearances, 1954)
Distinctions None

Beyond England
Remained with the West Bromwich Albion set-up, remaining a part-time coach until 1996. - Media


The Numbers
parties Apps comp. apps unused minutes goals ave.min comp. goals captain
8 5 2 four 450 2 225 min 1 one none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
5 4 0 1 13 6 +7 1 0 2.6 1.2 80 +3

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 0 0 3.00 1.50 100.0 +2
Away 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 1 0 2.333 1.00 66.7 +1

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
World Cup 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
British Championship 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 0 0 3.50 2.00 100.0 +2
The 1953-54 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
Friendly 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 1 0 2.00 0.667 66.7 +1

Tournament Record

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP/BC 1953-54 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
WCP All 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC/WCP 1953-54 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
BC 1954-55 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 0 0 3.00 2.00 100.0 +1
BC All 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 0 0 3.50 2.00 100.0 +2

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
BC 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 0 0 3.50 2.00 100.0 +2
The 1953-54 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 0 0 3.50 2.00 100.0 +2
 
 Match History
 
 Club: West Bromwich Albion F.C. - five full appearances (450 min) 2ᵍ manager: Walter Winterbottom - five full appearances (450 min) 2ᵍx

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 23
270 18 May 1952 - Italy 1 England 1, Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze
tour		 AD unused sub
271 25 May 1952 - Austria 2 England 3, Praterstadion, Wien AW unused sub
1 272 28 May 1952 - Switzerland 0 England 3
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich		 AW   7
  

the 717th player to appear for England.
the 27th West Bromwich Albion player to represent England

275 26 November 1952 - England 5 Belgium 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW replacement unused sub
  

Age 24
282 21 October 1953 - England 4 Rest of the World 4, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD unused sub
  

Age 25 B  
one appearance - Scotland March 1954

2 285 3 April 1954 - Scotland 2 England 4
 Hampden Park, Glasgow		 BC/
WCP		 AW 62 header 9
3 286 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0
Stadion JNA, Beograd		 tour AL   9
B  
party member - Yugoslavia 16 May 1954
287 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest   AL party member
B  
one appearance  - Switzerland▼ 23 May 1954
1 May 1954 was the date set by FIFA for a list of forty names to be submitted, from which the final 22 could be selected for each country's World Cup party. England's list appeared on 22 April 1954, nine days ahead of the deadline. 18 were destined not to make the final cut, including Ronnie Allen.
  
4 292 10 November 1954 - England 3 Wales 2
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 BC HW 82 9
5 293 1 December 1954 - England 3 West Germany 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HW 48 9
  

Age 29
319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW party member
England's selectors announced their forty-man party from whom the final 22 would be selected, on April 22 1958. The 18 players who failed to make the cut on May 28 included, once again, Ronnie Allen.
   


   

 
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