River Allen (footballer)

River Allen
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Truro City
Youth career
2004–2007 Tamarside
2007–2014 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Plymouth Argyle 3 (0)
2015 → Gosport Borough (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Truro City (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2016 Gateshead 4 (0)
2016 Bodmin Town[1] 14 (1)
2016– Truro City 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:41, 9 September 2016 (UTC).


River Allen (born 7 November 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bodmin Town.

Career

Allen first signed for the Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence at the age of 11, going on to represent Plymouth Argyle's under 18s as an apprentice. He signed his first professional contract for the club in 2014.

He made his first appearance for the club as an 107th-minute substitute for Lee Cox in a League Cup first round game against Leyton Orient on 12 August 2014, in which he took and scored the first Argyle penalty in the penalty shootout after a 3–3 draw at Home Park.[2] Four days later, he made his first league appearance in the Devon Derby against Exeter City, as a 76th-minute substitute for Tyler Harvey in Argyle's 3–0 League Two home win.[3]

In March 2015, after completing a month-long loan at Gosport Borough in the Conference South,[4] Allen signed for Southern League club Truro City until the end of the 2014–15 season.[5] He made his Truro debut as a substitute in the 2–1 win at Chippenham Town on 21 March.[6]

Allen was released by Plymouth Argyle manager John Sheridan on 17 May 2015 along with a number of other first team players. Sheridan promptly resigned from his position only days later.

On 1 June 2015 it was announced that Allen had gone on trial at National League side Gateshead and on 11 June played in a pre-season friendly against Premier League side Newcastle United.[7] On 28 June 2015 Allen signed a 1-year contract with Gateshead.[8] He made his Gateshead debut on 26 September as a substitute in a 1–0 victory at Forest Green Rovers.[9] After starting the three of the following four matches, Allen did not feature for the first team again before his contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 14 January 2016.[10]

In February 2016, Allen signed for South West Peninsula League Premier Division side Bodmin Town.[11] He made his debut on 20 February in a 2–0 Cornwall Senior Cup victory over Mousehole A.F.C.[12] and scored his first senior goal in the semi-final of the same competition on 1 March in a 5–2 win over Helston Athletic.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "River Allen". Bodmin Town F.C. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle 3–3 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Allen's Gosport stats". Gosport Borough F.C. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Now Allen signs for Truro". Pitchero Non-league. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Truro up to third after impressive victory". Truro City F.C. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "REPORT: Gateshead 0-1 Newcastle United". Gateshead F.C. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "River Allen: Gateshead sign ex-Plymouth Argyle midfielder". BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "REPORT: Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Gateshead". Gateshead F.C. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Allen moves on". Gateshead F.C. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Football: Bodmin boss Gilbert fires angry broadside following postponement - February 17". Cornish Guardian. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Match Report Cornwall Senior Cup - Round 3". Bodmin Town F.C. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Match Report Cornwall Senior Cup - Semi Final". Bodmin Town F.C. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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