Jock Allan
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jock Allan
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| birth_date = c. 1891
| birth_place = Cardenden, Scotland
| death_date =
| position = Full back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Dunfermline Athletic
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| years2 = 1910–1911
| clubs2 = Hibernian
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1911–1913
| clubs3 = East Fife
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| years4 = 1913–1922
| clubs4 = Bury
| caps4 = 132
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1922–1923
| clubs5 = Reading
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| years6 = 1923–1928
| clubs6 = J&P Coats
| caps6 = 120
| goals6 = 0
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John Allan was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back. Allan began his career in the Scottish League before moving to The Football League. After he was banned for life by the Football Association for match fixing, Allan moved to the United States and played for five seasons in the American Soccer League.
Great Britain
Allan began his professional career with Dunfermline Athletic. In 1910, he moved to Hibernian F.C. where he played two games in September.[http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player.php?playerid=256 Hibernian F.C.: Jock Allan] He then transferred to East Fife. On 10 May 1913, he transferred to Bury and remained with the team until 1923. On 1 May 1920, Bury tied at Coventry City, which allowed Coventry to remain in the Football League at the expense of Lincoln City. It eventually came to light that Coventry and Bury had conspired to fix the match. On 29 May 1923, after investigating the allegations, the Football Association Management Committee announced that Allan and several other players, managers and executives were banned for life.[http://www.themightyshakers.co.uk/oldsites/gordon/history/Trivia/match-fixing.htm The Match Fixing Scandal in the 1920s] {{dead link|date=March 2018}}[https://www.ccfpa.co.uk/?p=43394 Blast From The Remote Past: On This Day 1920: CCFC Survive In What Became 'The Bury Affair'], Coventry City Former Players' Association, 1 May 2019[https://staceywest.net/2017/11/17/coventry-match-fixing-scandal-relegates-imps/ Coventry Match-Fixing Scandal Relegates Imps], The Stacey West, 17 November 2017 By then Allan had transferred to Reading, but was immediately released by the team.
United States
Following his suspension by the FA, Allan moved to the United States in 1924 where he signed with J&P Coats of the American Soccer League. He played only three games with Coats at the end of the 1923–1924 season, but became a fixture on the team's backline for the next three seasons. He saw time in only 13 games during the 1927–1928 season. He left the ASL in 1928.{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | ISBN =0-8108-3429-4 }}
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Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Category:Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Category:East Fife F.C. players
Category:Hibernian F.C. players
Category:Pawtucket Rangers players
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Footballers from Cardenden
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States