Thomson Sandlands Allan (born 5 October 1946) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as a

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. Allan began his career at Hibernian in 1963, where he was a League Cup runner-up in 1968-69. He joined

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in 1971 and collected his only winner's medal at

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, when the Dark Blues defeated

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1–0 in the

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. Allan was called up to the Scotland squad that season, earning his only two caps in warm-up matches for the

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. He was selected in the squad for

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but was considered back-up to Leeds United's David Harvey and did not play during the tournament. Allan reverted to part-time status when he started working at

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plant and wound down his career with brief spells at Meadowbank Thistle, Heart of Midlothian,

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and

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before retiring in 1983.

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