Kyle Allison (born 3 April 1990 in

Dunfermline Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...

) was a Scottish professional goalkeeper who plays for Scottish Junior club

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. He has played in the

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for Cowdenbeath,

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and Dunfermline Athletic and in the Juniors for Linlithgow Rose, Ballingry Rovers and

Kelty Hearts Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home ...

before joining

Career

Allison began his career at Cowdenbeath, making his debut aged 16, coming on as a substitute for David Hay after 23 minutes of Cowdenbeath's 4–2 win over

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on 2 December 2006. He left the club in July 2008, after asking to be released from his contract. Allison then signed for

playing in their under-19 side in his first season, including in their semi-final of the Scottish Youth Cup against

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. Unfortunately he had to go off injured after 30 minutes having suffered a double fracture of his jaw, with Inverness going on to lose 6–2. His first team debut came in August 2009, as Inverness beat Annan Athletic 4–0 in the Scottish League Cup. At the end of the 2009–10 season he was released by Inverness. On 26 May 2010, Allison joined Dunfermline Athletic on a one-year deal. He made his first appearance for the club on 30 October 2010, as a substitute for the injured Chris Smith as Dunfermline beat Stirling Albion 3–0. His only other appearance for Dunfermline came in a Scottish Cup tie away to Aberdeen on 6 February 2011. Dunfermline lost the game 1–0, the goal coming in injury time when Allison tried to clear a cross but punched the ball against his team-mate

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's legs and into the net. At the end of his contract he was released by Dunfermline. On 6 August 2011, Allison was an unused substitute as a trialist for

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against

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. He then signed for Junior club Linlithgow Rose. In July 2012, Allison signed for Ballingry Rovers and then on 20 June 2014, joined

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* * (Cowdenbeath appearances 2006/07 Wrong name) Living people 1990 births Scottish men's footballers Cowdenbeath F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Scottish Football League players Linlithgow Rose F.C. players Ballingry Rovers F.C. players Kelty Hearts F.C. players Penicuik Athletic F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub