Martin Allen (footballer)
Allen in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin James Allen | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, Berkshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1989 | Queens Park Rangers | 136 | (16) |
| 1989–1995 | West Ham United | 190 | (25) |
| 1995–1997 | Portsmouth | 45 | (4) |
| 1997–1998 | Southend United | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 376 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1987 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | Barnet | ||
| 2004–2006 | Brentford | ||
| 2006–2007 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| 2007 | Leicester City | ||
| 2008–2009 | Cheltenham Town | ||
| 2011 | Barnet | ||
| 2011–2012 | Notts County | ||
| 2012 | Barnet (Caretaker) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Gillingham | ||
| 2014–2016 | Barnet | ||
| 2016–2017 | Eastleigh | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Martin James Allen (born 14 August 1965) is an English former football player and manager. He played more than 100 games as a midfielder for each Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and Southend United. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at non-league Barnet. He has since managed Brentford, Milton Keynes Dons, Leicester City, Cheltenham Town, Barnet and Notts County. He rejoined Barnet as manager on 16 April 2012 on a short term, three-match contract succeeding Lawrie Sanchez. In July 2012 he became manager of Gillingham and in the 2012–13 season led the team to the Football League Two title, earning Allen his first promotion as a manager and Gillingham's first divisional title in 49 years. He was sacked as Gillingham manager in October 2013. Allen rejoined Barnet for a fourth spell in 2014, leading the Bees back into League Two before dropping divisions to join Eastleigh in December 2016, a role he held only until the following February.
Often referred to by his nickname of "Mad Dog", Allen began his career with Queens Park Rangers, signing professional in 1983 and spending six years at Loftus Road playing in the 1986 League Cup Final defeat against Oxford United, before a £670,000 move to West Ham United. Signed by manager Lou Macari, Allen made his debut on 26 August 1989 in a 3–2 home win against Plymouth Argyle. He scored the second goal, the other West Ham goals coming from David Kelly and Kevin Keen. Under manager Billy Bonds Allen was part of the team which won promotion to the First Division in 1991 and to the Premier League in 1993. Allen was frequently booked during his West Ham career and had a reputation for poor discipline. He was sent off in a match on 17 January 1990 for a two-footed lunge on Derby County's Mark Patterson. During a game on 30 November 1991 against Sheffield Wednesday, managed by Allen's manager at Queens Park Rangers, Trevor Francis, Allen was booked after only 20 seconds of being on the pitch for a jump tackle on Carlton Palmer which saw Palmer carried off with a suspected broken leg. Although not sent-off, West Ham manager Bonds fined Allen a week's wages. During his time at Queens Park Rangers Allen had been refused permission, by manager Francis, to attend the birth of his first child as Allen would miss an important match. Allen attended the birth and was disciplined by the club. Under Bonds and Harry Redknapp Allen formed a successful partnership with Peter Butler with Allen contributing 34 goals from midfield in 234 appearances. However, by 1995 team discipline was poor at West Ham and with Allen playing alongside Julian Dicks, John Moncur and Don Hutchison bookings were commonplace. Allen was again dismissed in a match against Queens Park Rangers on 3 May 1995 after fouling Rufus Brevett. He would play only five more games before being allowed to leave.
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