Players - Messina Allman

Messina Allman
Birthdate: 5 April 1883
Birthplace: Burslem, England
Date of death: December 1943
Other clubs: Burslem Highergrave (1901-03), Burslem Port Vale (1903-05), Reading (1905-07), Portsmouth (1907), Plymouth Argyle (1907-08), Stoke (1908), Wrexham (1909-10), Grantham (1910-11), Ton Pentre (1911), Leicester Fosse (1911-12), Croydon Common (1912-16), Crystal Palace (1919-20), Maidstone United (1920-21)
Signed from: Stoke
Signed for LFC: 06.07.1908
Liverpool debut: 13.03.1909
Last appearance: 13.03.1909
Contract expiry: September 1909
Win ratio: 0% W:0 D:0 L:1
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 1 / 0
League games / goals: 1 / 0
Total games / goals: 1 / 0

Player Profile

"Dick" Allman was Burslem Port Vale's top scorer in the 1904/05 season with eight goals in 27 second division matches as his club struggled at the wrong end of the table. He joined Reading in the Southern league in May 1905, scoring 17 goals in 63 matches. He made short stops at Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle before heading north to Liverpool in July 1908. Allman's one and only appearance in the Football League for Liverpool came at home to Bristol City on 13 March 1909. Just for the record, the visitors won the game 2-1. 

After drifting from one club to another Allman finally found a home in the Southern league with Croydon Common making 113 appearances and scoring 34 goals. He enlisted in the Army in 1915 and served in France, but still made 32 appearances for the club during wartime. Allman remained settled in Croydon, where he later worked as a tramway conductor. He died in 1943.
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 1 0 0 0 0 1
1908-1909 1 0 0 0 0 1
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
1 90 Bristol City
Total Venue
1 Home
Total Competition
1 League
Total W D L Win % Manager
1 0 0 1 0% Tom Watson
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 13.03.1909 Bristol City Anfield League
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Ton Pentre Southern League Division 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Burslem Highergrave 1901-1903 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Port Vale 1903-1904 England Second Division 8 3 9 3
Reading 1905-1907 Southern League Division 1 63 17 63 17
Portsmouth 1907-1908 Southern League Division 1 1 0 1 0
Plymouth Argyle 1907-1908 Southern League Division 1 21 7 21 7
Stoke 1908 England League Division 2 0 0 0 0
Wrexham 1909-1910 Birmingham & District League 1 0 1 0
Grantham 1910-1911 Midland Amateur League 0 0 0 0
Leicester City 1911-1912 England Second Division 7 3 7 3
Croydon Common 1912-1913 Southern League Division 2 24 8 56 0
Croydon Common 1913-1914 Southern League Division 2 29 10 60 0
Croydon Common 1914-1915 Southern League Division 1 26 3 56 0
Crystal Palace 1919-1920 Southern League Division 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Maidstone United 1920-1921 Kent League N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 180 51 274 30