Tom Allan (footballer)

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Tom Allan
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Allan playing for York City in 2013
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Allan [1]
Date of birth (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth York, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) [3]
Position(s) Centre back / Left back
Team information
Current team
 Farsley Celtic
Youth career
2002–2011 York City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 York City 10 (0)
2011 → Hucknall Town (loan) 1 (0)
2013 → Harrogate Town (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2015 Gateshead 20 (1)
2015–2018 Alfreton Town 103 (13)
2016–2017 → Tadcaster Albion (loan) 5 (3)
2018–2020 York City 5 (0)
2018–2019 → Alfreton Town (loan) 19 (2)
2019 → Farsley Celtic (loan) 7 (2)
2019–2020 → Farsley Celtic (loan) 11 (1)
2020 → Scarborough Athletic (loan)
2020–2021 Farsley Celtic 14 (2)
2021 Alfreton Town 6 (3)
2021– Farsley Celtic 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Thomas James Allan (born 30 October 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back or left back for National League North club Farsley Celtic. He has played in the Football League for York City.

Contents

Allan started his career with hometown club York City aged eight and had a loan spell with Hucknall Town of the Northern Premier League Division One South in 2011. He signed a professional contract with York in December 2012, and made his first-team debut in League Two shortly after. He had a loan spell with Conference North club Harrogate Town in 2013 before being released by York in 2014. He spent one season with Conference Premier club Gateshead before being released.

Career

York City

Allan training with York City in 2013 Tom Allan 03-08-2013 1.jpg
Allan training with York City in 2013

Born in York, Allan joined the youth system of hometown club York City in 2002 at the age of eight. [4] He signed for Northern Premier League Division One South club Hucknall Town on loan in October 2011, making his only appearance as a substitute against Stamford before returning to York in November. [5] [6] While still a second-year trainee, he signed a one-and-a-half-year professional contract with York on 6 December 2012, with manager Gary Mills commenting: "Tom has come on unbelievably in the last 12 months and thoroughly deserves his first professional contract". [7] [4] He made his first-team debut as a 56th-minute substitute for Chris Doig in York's 4–1 home win over Bristol Rovers on 15 December 2012. [8] Allan made his full debut on 13 April 2013 in a 2–0 away win over Northampton Town, and finished the 2012–13 season with five appearances for York. [8]

He joined Conference North club Harrogate Town on a one-month loan on 21 November 2013, having made four appearances for York up to that point in 2013–14. [9] His debut came two days later in a 3–0 victory away to Workington, and made one more appearance for the club before returning to York on 20 December 2013. [10] [11] Allan came on as an 89th-minute substitute for Will Hayhurst in York's 0–0 away draw with Fleetwood Town in the play-off semi-final second leg, resulting in the team being eliminated 1–0 on aggregate. [12] This was his sixth appearance for York in 2013–14. [12] He was released by York in May 2014, as the offer of a new two-year contract was withdrawn after he failed to respond to it within a one-month timeframe. [13]

Non-League

Allan joined Conference Premier club Gateshead, managed by his former York manager Mills, on 30 June 2014. [14] He signed a one-year contract that would be extended by a further year pending on him making a pre-determined number of appearances. [14] He made his debut on 23 August 2014 as a second-half substitute for Lewis Guy in a 6–1 home defeat to Grimsby Town. [10] He scored his first career goal on 25 October 2014 in a 4–0 home win against Gainsborough Trinity in the FA Cup. [10] Allan made 22 appearances and scored 2 goals [10] for a Gateshead team that ranked 10th in the Conference Premier in 2014–15. [15] He was released by new manager Malcolm Crosby in June 2015. [16]

Allan signed for newly relegated National League North club Alfreton Town on 6 July 2015 on a one-year contract. [17] Allan dropped down two divisions in December 2016 by joining Northern Premier League Division One North club Tadcaster Albion on loan. [18] He scored on his debut on 17 December 2016 in a 3–2 away win over Radcliffe Borough, dispossessing Lassana Nalatche before shooting into the bottom corner. [19] In June 2017, Allan signed a new one-year contract at Alfreton. [20]

Return to York City

Allan re-signed for York City, with the club now in the National League North, on 17 May 2018. [21] He rejoined Alfreton Town on 16 November 2018 on loan until 1 January 2019, having started only four matches for York in 2018–19. [22] His debut came the following day when starting Alfreton's 3–1 home win over Nuneaton Borough in the league. [23] The loan was extended until the end of the season in January 2019. [24]

Allan missed the start of the 2019–20 season with a three-match suspension before joining York's divisional rivals Farsley Celtic on 16 August 2019 on a one-month loan. [25] He made seven appearances for Farsley, scoring two goals, [10] and after returning to York went straight into the starting line-up for their 2–0 away win over Irlam in the FA Cup as cover for the injured Steve McNulty. [26] [27] He returned to Farsley Celtic on 17 October on loan until 4 January 2020, [28] making 13 appearances and scoring 1 goal during his second loan spell. [10] [29] Allan joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Scarborough Athletic on 20 February on a one-month loan. [30]

Allan was released by York at the end of the 2019–20 season, [31] in which he made two appearances for the club in all competitions. [10] [32] York had finished in second place in the 2019–20 National League North on points per game after the season was suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom [33] before being eliminated from the play-offs in the semi-final. [34]

Farsley Celtic

Allan signed for Farsley Celtic on 1 August 2020 on a one-year contract. [35]

Alfreton Town

Prior to the 2021–22 season, Allan returned to former club Alfreton Town. [36]

Return to Farsley Celtic

After a short spell with Alfreton, Allan returned to Farsley Celtic in October 2021. [37]

Style of play

Allan primarily plays at centre back and left back. [38] By late 2016, he had started playing as a left winger. [19]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
York City 2011–12 [39] Conference Premier 00——0000
2012–13 [8] League Two 5000000050
2013–14 [12] League Two5000001 [lower-alpha 1] 060
Total100000010110
Hucknall Town (loan) 2011–12 [6] Northern Premier League
Division One South		10———10
Harrogate Town (loan) 2013–14 [10] Conference North 20———20
Gateshead 2014–15 [10] Conference Premier20121—00222
Alfreton Town 2015–16 [10] [40] National League North 36230—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0402
2016–17 [10] [41] National League North30461—00365
2017–18 [10] [42] National League North37721—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0408
Total10313112—2011615
Tadcaster Albion (loan) 2016–17 [43] Northern Premier League
Division One North		53——2 [lower-alpha 3] 073
York City 2018–19 [10] [44] National League North5010——60
2019–20 [10] [32] National League North0020—0020
Total5030—0080
Alfreton Town (loan)2018–19 [10] [45] National League North192——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0202
Farsley Celtic (loan)2019–20 [10] [29] National League North183——2 [lower-alpha 2] 0203
Farsley Celtic 2020–21 [10] National League North14220—2 [lower-alpha 2] 1183
Total325200041386
Alfreton Town 2021–22 [10] National League North6310—0073
Career total203271930010123231

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