- Thomson Allan
Football player infobox
playername = Thomson Allan
fullname = Thomson Sandlands Allan
height = height|ft=5|in=10
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1946|10|5
cityofbirth = Longbridge
countryofbirth =Scotland
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs = Edina Hibs
years = 1963-1971 1971-1978 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1982 1982
clubs = Hibernian Dundee Meadowbank Thistle Hearts Falkirk East Stirling
caps(goals) = 070 (0) 159 (0) 002 (0) 024 (0) 012 (0) 001 (0)
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalyears = 1974
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 (0)Thomson Sandlands Allan (born
5 October 1946 in Longridge,West Lothian ) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as agoalkeeper .Allan began his career at Hibernian in 1963, where he was a League Cup runner-up in 1968-69. He joined Dundee in 1971 and collected his only winner's medal at
Dens Park , when the Dark Blues defeated Celtic 1-0 in the 1973-74 League Cup final.Allan was called up to the Scotland squad that season, earning his only two caps in warm-up matches for the
1974 FIFA World Cup . He was selected in the squad forWest Germany but was considered back-up to Leeds United's David Harvey and did not play during the tournament.Allan reverted to part-time status when he started working at
British Leyland 'sBathgate plant and wound down his career with brief spells at Meadowbank Thistle, Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk and East Stirling before retiring in 1982.External links
* [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=113748&CFID=444975&CFTOKEN=92461787 Profile] at Official Scottish FA site
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