Sean McAllister

Football player infobox| playername= Sean McAllister
fullname = Sean Brian McAllister


nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|8|15|df=y
cityofbirth = Bolton
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=8
clubnumber = 8
currentclub = Sheffield Wednesday
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 0000–2003
2003–2006
youthclubs = Bolton Wanderers
Sheffield Wednesday
years = 2006–
2007
2007–2008
clubs = Sheffield Wednesday
→ Mansfield Town (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
caps(goals) = 17 (1)
07 (0)
00 (0)
pcupdate = 20:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Sean Brian McAllister is an English footballer, who was born on 15 August, 1987. He plays primarily as a central midfielder, but is a lively 'box-to-box' player who likes to cover ground and battle with opposition players.

As a young player McAllister started his career at Bolton Wanderers. In the summer of 2003 Sheffield Wednesday swooped to sign him from the Lancashire club, and Sean joined the Wednesday academy.

Having previously been an unused substitute in the Sheffield derby at Hillsborough, McAllister made his senior debut for Sheffield Wednesday the following week on 25 February 2006, coming on as a substitute after 56 minutes at St Mary's when Wednesday were already 3–0 down against Southampton. Despite not having made an impact on the scoreline (Wednesday lost the game 3–0) Sean impressed and earned himself a place on the subs bench in two more matches towards the end of the 2005–06 season.

On 12 April 2006 Sean was named Sheffield Wednesday Young Player of the Year 2005–06, despite playing only 35 minutes of first team football, having impressed with his many reserve team and academy appearances.

McAllister finally made his full debut for Wednesday on the last day of the season (30 April 2006) starting the game against Derby at Pride Park, with Wednesday going on to win the game 2–0. McAllister's performances during the season earned him a senior contract with Wednesday which he signed over the summer of 2006.

On 19 August 2006 Sean scored his first senior goal for Wednesday. After coming on as a sub for the injured Wade Small in the 11th minute Sean scored Wednesday's first as they recovered from a goal down at half-time to beat Plymouth Argyle 2–1.

Sean would rarely feature again that season, only making one substitute appearance under Paul Sturrock's successor Brian Laws.

After failing to feature for the first team during the start of the 2007–08 campaign he was sent out on a two month loan to League Two side Mansfield Town on 6 September 2007. [cite news
url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10304~1107231,00.html
title=Sean Set For Stags Spell
date=6 September 2007
publisher=swfc.co.uk
accessdate=2008-02-09] This was followed by a loan spell at Bury, however McAllister was never brought off the bench during his time there. He was recalled by Sheffield Wednesday as backup early in his second month at Gigg Lane and went on to break in to the first team again in February 2008.

References

* [http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10304~35987,00.html Sean McAllister player profile] at swfc.co.uk
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