14 Facts About Clive Allen

Clive Darren Allen was born on 20 May 1961 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for seven different London clubs.

Clive Allen won 5 caps for England from 1984 to 1988.

Clive Allen was born in Stepney, London on 20, May 1961.

Clive Allen started his career at Queens Park Rangers in the late 1970s, and scored 32 league goals in 49 appearances, before moving to Arsenal.

Clive Allen did not play a competitive match for the club, although he did play three pre-season matches.

Clive Allen soon moved on to Crystal Palace in a swap deal with Kenny Sansom.

In one of his earliest games for the club, Clive Allen was at the centre of a notorious incident in the defeat against Coventry City on 6 September 1980, his shot flying into the goal and rebounding from the stanchion holding up the netting so quickly that it was ruled not a goal, the referee mistakenly ruling that the ball had hit the frame of the goal.

Clive Allen was injured in the final against Tottenham Hotspur and subsequently missed the replay.

Clive Allen scored, but was on the losing side alongside his cousin Paul Allen, in the 1987 FA Cup Final.

Clive Allen moved from Spurs to join Bordeaux in March 1988, scoring 13 goals in 19 league games.

Clive Allen managed three appearances and scored twice in the league for City the following season, and was transferred to Chelsea in December 1991.

Clive Allen scored seven goals in 16 games over the next three months with Chelsea, scoring the winning goal in an FA Cup fourth-round tie against Everton.

Clive Allen then joined West Ham United in March 1992, scoring once in four league games, but was unable to stop them from being relegated.

In 2019, Clive Allen published his autobiography, Up Front: My Autobiography.