Oliver Thomas Allen (born 7 September 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a

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in the Football League for

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. His father

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played for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1980s.

Playing career

Allen is a former West Ham United trainee who also played for Tottenham Hotspur at youth level. He moved to Birmingham City during 2005. He scored 13 goals in 18 games for Birmingham's reserves, but never played for the first team, moving to

on a free transfer in January 2007. He had some success at Barnet, scoring four goals in four consecutive games in February, but did not add to that tally, and was released by the club in May 2007. After impressing on trial – scoring a goal against Tottenham Hotspur in a friendly – Allen signed a two-year contract with

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side Stevenage Borough. In February 2008, he went on loan to Crawley Town. At the end of the 2007–08 season he retired from football due to a persistent knee injury and the remainder of his contract was cancelled by Stevenage. However, in January 2009, he returned to football with

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side Thurrock, but made only one appearance from the substitutes bench, against Hampton & Richmond Borough, before leaving the club because of injury. On transfer deadline day in March 2009, Allen joined Billericay Town.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Oliver 1986 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Birmingham City F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Oliver Sportspeople from Brentwood, Essex Footballers from Essex