River Allen (footballer)

River Allen

Allen with Plymouth Argyle in October 2014
Personal information
Full name	River Brian Zach Allen [1]
Date of birth	(1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth	Plymouth, England
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tiverton Town
Youth career
2004–2007	Tamarside
2007–2014	Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Plymouth Argyle	3	(0)
2015	→ Gosport Borough (loan)	4	(0)
2015	→ Truro City (loan)	5	(0)
2015–2016	Gateshead	4	(0)
2016	Bodmin Town	16	(1)
2016–2018	Truro City	47	(2)
2018	→ Tiverton Town (loan)	3	(0)
2018	Tiverton Town	8	(3)
2018–2019	Truro City	23	(1)
2019–2020	Tiverton Town	26	(12)
2020–2022	Plymouth Parkway
2022–	Tiverton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

River Brian Zach Allen (born 7 October 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tiverton Town.

Career

Allen first signed for the Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence at the age of 11, going on to represent Plymouth Argyle's under 18s as an apprentice. He signed his first professional contract for the club in 2014.

He made his first appearance for the club as a 107th-minute substitute for Lee Cox in a League Cup first-round game against Leyton Orient on 12 August 2014, in which he took and scored the first Argyle penalty in the penalty shootout after a 3–3 draw at Home Park. ^[3] Four days later, he made his first league appearance in the Devon Derby against Exeter City, as a 76th-minute substitute for Tyler Harvey in Argyle's 3–0 League Two home win. ^[4]

In March 2015, after completing a month-long loan at Gosport Borough in the Conference South, ^[5] Allen signed for Southern League club Truro City until the end of the 2014–15 season. ^[6] He made his Truro debut as a substitute in the 2–1 win at Chippenham Town on 21 March. ^[7]

Allen was released by Plymouth Argyle manager John Sheridan on 17 May 2015 along with a number of other first team players. Sheridan promptly resigned from his position only days later.

On 1 June 2015 it was announced that Allen had gone on trial at National League side Gateshead and on 11 June played in a pre-season friendly against Premier League side Newcastle United. ^[8] On 28 June Allen signed a one-year contract with Gateshead. ^[9] He made his Gateshead debut on 26 September as a substitute in a 1–0 victory at Forest Green Rovers. ^[10] After starting the three of the following four matches, Allen did not feature for the first team again before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 14 January 2016. ^[11]

In February 2016, Allen returned to Cornwall and signed for South West Peninsula League Premier Division side Bodmin Town. ^[12] He made his debut on 20 February in a 2–0 Cornwall Senior Cup victory over Mousehole A.F.C. ^[13] and scored his first senior goal in the semi-final of the same competition on 1 March in a 5–2 win over Helston Athletic. ^[14]

In the summer of 2018 he signed permanently for Tiverton Town.

On 6 October 2018 he returned to Truro City.

In June 2019 he returned to Tiverton Town after being released by Truro City. In August 2020, he announced that he was leaving Tiverton due to work commitments, as he had started a new career as a trainee financial advisor and could not devote the necessary time to travelling. ^[15] He subsequently dropped down a couple of divisions to play for South West Peninsula League side Plymouth Parkway for the 2020–21 season before it was curtailed. At the end of the season the club were awarded upward movement into the Southern League. ^[16] In August 2022, Allen returned to Tiverton Town. ^[17]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 November 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Season	Club	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Plymouth Argyle	2014–15 [18]	League Two	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Gosport Borough (loan)	2014–15 [2]	Conference South	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Truro City (loan)	2014–15 [19]	SFL - Premier Division	5	0	0	0	—		0	0	5	0
Gateshead	2015–16 [20]	National League	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Bodmin Town	2015–16 [21]	SWPL - Premier Division	16	1	0	0	—		8 [lower-alpha 1]	1	24	2
Truro City	2016–17 [2]	National League South	32	1	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	34	1
	2017–18 [2]		13	1	2	0	—		0	0	15	1
	Truro City total		45	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	49	2
Career total			77	3	2	0	1	0	10	1	90	4

1. Four appearances and a goal in the Cornwall Senior Cup; four appearances in the Walter C. Parson Cup
2. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References

1. "River Allen". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
2. River Allen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
3. "Plymouth Argyle 3–3 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
4. "Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
5. "Allen's Gosport stats". Gosport Borough F.C. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
6. "Now Allen signs for Truro". Pitchero Non-league. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
7. "Truro up to third after impressive victory". Truro City F.C. 21 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
8. "REPORT: Gateshead 0-1 Newcastle United". Gateshead F.C. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
9. "River Allen: Gateshead sign ex-Plymouth Argyle midfielder". BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
10. "REPORT: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Gateshead". Gateshead F.C. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
11. "Allen moves on". Gateshead F.C. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
12. "Football: Bodmin boss Gilbert fires angry broadside following postponement - February 17". Cornish Guardian. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "Match Report Cornwall Senior Cup - Round 3". Bodmin Town F.C. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
14. "Match Report Cornwall Senior Cup - Semi Final". Bodmin Town F.C. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
15. Whitney, Steve (15 August 2021). "Allen Blow for Tiverton". Southern Football League. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
16. "10 - River Allen". Plymouth Parkway F.C. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
17. "River Allen's Back at Tiverton". southern-football-league.co.uk. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
18. "Games played by River Allen in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
19. "River Allen". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
20. "Games played by River Allen in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
21. "River Allen". Bodmin Town F.C. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

External links

• Devon portal
• Cornwall portal

• River Allen at Soccerbase
• River Allen at Soccerway