Players - Allan Jones

Allan Jones
Birthdate: 6 January 1940
Birthplace: Flint, Wales
Date of death: 1993
Other clubs: Brentford (1963-70)
Liverpool debut: 19.12.1959
Last appearance: 20.04.1963
Contract expiry: 17.08.1963
Win ratio: 20% W:1 D:1 L:3
League games / goals: 5 / 0
Total games / goals: 5 / 0

Player Profile

A full-back that later made a career for himself at Brentford, playing 280 matches. Jones was a Welsh schoolboy international who joined Liverpool in 1955, signing professional forms for Liverpool two years later when he was 17-years-old. When regular right-back John Molyneux was unavailable for the visit of Cardiff City a few days before Christmas 1959, Jones stepped in to replace him. The Welshmen won 4-0 but it was a significant day in the club's history as it was the first game Bill Shankly was in charge of Liverpool. Shanks only called on Jones on four more occasions, the only games that Gerry Byrne missed during the club's return to the First Division in 1962/63.
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 5 0 0 0 0 5
1959-1960 1 0 0 0 0 1
1960-1961 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961-1962 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962-1963 4 0 0 0 0 4
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
1 90 Cardiff City
1 90 Manchester United
1 90 Nottingham Forest
1 90 Fulham
1 90 Tottenham
Total Venue
3 Home
2 Away
Total Competition
5 League
Total W D L Win % Manager
5 1 1 3 20% Bill Shankly
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 19.12.1959 Cardiff City Anfield League
Related Articles
Historic match: Shankly's first game in charge

Match report from News Chronicle and Daily Dispatch on Liverpool - Cardiff City 19.12.1959. This was Bill Shankly's first game in charge.

Scrapbook
20 October 1962
20 October 1962
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Brentford 1963-1964 England Third Division 45 1 55 1
Brentford 1964-1965 England Third Division 37 0 42 0
Brentford 1965-1966 England Third Division 44 0 48 0
Brentford 1966-1967 England Fourth Division 23 1 27 1
Brentford 1967-1968 England Fourth Division 43 1 46 1
Brentford 1968-1969 England Fourth Division 45 0 50 0
Brentford 1969-1970 England Fourth Division 12 0 13 0
Total 249 3 281 3