Dick Allman
Messina Wilson Allman (5 April 1883 – December 1943) was an English footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Messina Wilson Allman | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England | ||
| Date of death | December 1945 (age 60) | ||
| Place of death | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burslem Park Boys | |||
| 1901–1903 | Burslem Higherhave | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903–1905 | Burslem Port Vale | 35 | (11) |
| 1905–1907 | Reading | 61 | (17) |
| 1907 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
| 1907–1908 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | (6) |
| 1908 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
| 1908 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
| 1908 | Grantham | 0 | (0) |
| 1909–1910 | Wrexham | 33 | (15) |
| 1910 | Ton Pentre | 0 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Leicester Fosse | 7 | (3) |
| 1912–1915 | Croydon Common | 79 | (21) |
| 1919–1920 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1920 | Maidstone United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 236 | (73) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He turned professional with Burslem Port Vale in April 1903, before joining Reading in May 1905. Two years later he signed with Portsmouth via Plymouth Argyle, and helped the "Greens" to finish as Southern League runners-up in 1907–08. He joined Stoke in May 1908, before moving on to Liverpool two months later. He then had spells with Grantham, Wrexham, and Ton Pentre; scoring the winning goal for Wrexham in the 1910 Welsh Cup final. He joined Leicester Fosse in November 1911, before transferring to Croydon Common in June 1912. He helped Croydon to win the Southern League Division Two title in 1913–14. After a spell guesting for Arsenal during World War I, he ended his career after the war with non-playing spells with Crystal Palace and Maidstone United.