Derek Allan

Derek Allan

Personal information
Full name	Derek Thomas Allan
Date of birth	24 December 1974 (1974-12-24) (age 36)
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1993	Ayr United	5	(0)
1993–1996	Southampton	1	(0)
1996	→ Brighton (loan)	8	(0)
1996–1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	67	(2)
1999–2001	Kingstonian	60	(4)
2001–2004	Queen of the South	47	(0)
2004–2005	Dumbarton	6	(0)
–	Total	194	(6 )
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Derek Thomas Allan (born 24 December 1974) is a Scottish former football defender.

Playing career

Allan was born in Irvine, Scotland and started his professional career at Ayr United, where he made only five appearances. After just one year at the club he was sold to Southampton of the English Premiership for a fee of £75,000 in March 1993.

Southampton's manager Ian Branfoot saw Allan as "one for the future" but a series of niggling groin strains restricted him to just eight minutes when he came on as a late substitute for Matthew Bound in a 1–0 defeat at Manchester City on 1 May 1993.^[1]

In March 1996 Jimmy Case took him on loan to Brighton, before making the move permanent. In the three years he spent at Brighton he made 67 league appearances, scoring twice. In 1999 Allan joined non-league side Kingstonian and was player of the season in the 1999–00 season. During his time at Kingstonian he took up part time employment with a stationery supplier.^[1]

In 2001 he was signed by Scottish side Queen of the South. His stay was again hampered by injuries^[2] and he was limited to just 47 league appearances. Allan spent the last season of his career at Dumbarton, before early retirement at the age of just 30.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. pp. 227 & 472. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 
2. ^ "Queen of the South Squad Details 2003/2004". www.qosfc.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070305180440/http://www.qosfc.com/profile034.htm. 

External links

• Derek Allan career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Allan, Derek
Alternative names
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	24 December 1974
Place of birth	Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death