William Allan (footballer, born 1880)

William Allan
Personal information
Full name	William Roberts Allan
Date of birth	1880
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death	1965 (aged 84–85)
Place of death	Falkirk, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Woodbine Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Vale of Carron
1899–1901	East Stirlingshire
1900	→ Camelon (loan)
1901–1904	Falkirk
1904–1905	Rangers
1905–1906	Albion Rovers
1906–1908	Falkirk
1908–1916	Hibernian
1916–1921	Falkirk
1918–1919	→ Clackmannan (loan)
1921	Stenhousemuir
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Roberts Allan (1880 – 1965) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He had three spells at hometown club Falkirk (after also starting out locally with East Stirlingshire)^[1] and spent six seasons with Hibernian,^[2] featuring on the losing side in the 1914 Scottish Cup Final (lost to Celtic after a replay.^[3]^[4] He also had spells with Rangers^[5] and Albion Rovers, and made a final Scottish Football League appearance (in a total of more than 400) for Stenhousemuir in an emergency, aged 41.^[6] The closest he came to international recognition was a trial for the Scottish League XI in 1910 during his time at Hibs.^[6]

References[edit]

^ East Stirlingshire & Falkirk players to 1946/47, Falkirk Football Historian, 8 July 2013
^ (Hibernian player) Allan, William, FitbaStats
^ "Scottish Cup Final | Easy Victory for Celtic Over Hibernians". The Scotsman. 17 April 1914. Retrieved 17 September 2020 – via The Celtic Wiki.
^ Association Football. | Scottish Cup–Replayed Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1914
^ (Rangers player) Allan, William, FitbaStats
^ ^a ^b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)