Taylor Allen

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Taylor Allen
Personal information
Full name Taylor Ellis Allen [1]
Date of birth (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Walsall, England
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Romulus 35 (5)
2019 Nuneaton Borough 16 (2)
2019–2022 Forest Green Rovers 14 (1)
2019–2020 → Hereford (loan) 8 (1)
2020 → Gloucester City (loan) 6 (0)
2020–21 → Leamington (loan) 8 (1)
2022– Walsall 81 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:23, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Taylor Ellis Allen (born 16 June 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL League Two club Walsall.

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Career

Allen began his career at Midland Football League side Romulus while completing an apprenticeship as a sports coach. [3] Allen joined Nuneaton Borough in January 2019, winning man of the match on his National League North debut, before having a trial with Leicester City in March, where he played for the under-23 team in Premier League 2. Allen turned down offers from English Premier League clubs to sign for Forest Green Rovers in summer 2019 on a one-year deal. He made his EFL League Two debut as a substitute against Oldham Athletic on 3 August 2019, scoring the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute. [4]

Taylor joined National League North side Hereford on 25 October 2019 on a one month loan, with the loan being extended on 27 November 2019 for a further month. [5]

Taylor then joined Gloucester City on loan for an initial month. [6]

On 2 December 2020, Allen joined Leamington on an initial one-month loan deal. [7] The loan was then extended for a further month. [8] On 9 February 2021, the loan was further extended for an additional month. [9]

On 20 June 2022, Allen agreed to join League Two club Walsall on a one-year contract from 1 July when his Forest Green contract were to expire. [10] He signed a contract extension at the end of the 2023 season.

Allen scored his first Walsall goal in a 3–1 win over Wrexham on 29 December 2023 [11] and captained the club for the first time in a 3–0 win over Morecambe. He signed a further extension to 2026 at the end of the 2024 season. [12] He made his 100th appearance in all competitions for Walsall in a 2–1 loss to Colchester on 8 February 2025 in a match where he also received a red card. After the match he apologised to Walsall fans for this. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Romulus 2018–19 MFL Premier DivisionNo data currently available
Nuneaton Borough 2018–19 [14] National League North 16200—00162
Forest Green Rovers 2019–20 [15] EFL League Two 5100201 [a] 081
2020–21 [16] EFL League Two5000003 [a] 080
2021–22 [17] EFL League Two4000104 [a] 090
Total141003080251
Hereford (loan) 2019–20 [14] National League North8100—0081
Gloucester City (loan) 2019–20 [14] National League North6000—0060
Leamington (loan) 2020–21 [14] National League North8100—0081
Walsall 2022–23 [18] EFL League Two22030103 [a] 0290
2023–24 [19] EFL League Two28310103 [a] 0333
2024–25 [20] EFL League Two31620304 [a] 0406
Total10311605010012411
Career total13314608018016514

Honours

Forest Green Rovers

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Forest Green Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 28. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Taylor Allen". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ↑ The Apprenticeship Journey – Taylor Allen
  4. ↑ Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic
  5. ↑ Bull, Organic (27 November 2019). "Bulls News: Taylor Allen's Loan Extended". Bulls News. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Gloucester City AFC: Taylor Allen joins on loan". 24 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Forest Green Rovers youngster checks in on loan". Leamington FC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Forest Green youngster extends loan spell". Leamington FC. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Forest Green forward Allen extends Leamington loan". Nonleaguedaily.com. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Taylor Allen joins Walsall". www.saddlers.co.uk. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Walsall 3-1 Wrexham - Wrexham end 2023 with heavy defeat at Walsall". BBC Sport. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Walsall defender Allen signs contract extension". BBC Sport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Taylor Allen issues apology after seeing red on Walsall milestone". Express and Star. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Taylor Allen at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  21. ↑ "Mansfield Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers: Draw seals title for Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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