Martin James Allen (born 14 August 1965) is an English football manager and former player. He played more than 100 games as a midfielder for both Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and Southend United. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at non-league Barnet. He has since managed Brentford, Milton Keynes Dons, Leicester City, Cheltenham Town and Notts County. He rejoined Barnet as manager on 16 April 2012 on a short-term, three-match contract succeeding Lawrie Sanchez. In July 2012 he became manager of Gillingham and in the 2012–13 season led the team to the Football League Two title, earning Allen his first promotion as a manager and Gillingham's first divisional title in 49 years. He was sacked as Gillingham manager in October 2013. Allen rejoined Barnet for a fourth spell in 2014, leading the Bees back into League Two before dropping divisions to join Eastleigh in December 2016, a role he held only until the following February. More about Martin Allen
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Often referred to by his nickname of "Mad Dog", Allen began his career with Queens Park Rangers, signing professional in 1983 and spending six years at Loftus Road playing in the 1986 League Cup Final defeat against Oxford United, before a £670,000 move to West Ham United. Signed by manager Lou Macari, Allen made his debut on 26 August 1989 in a 3–2 home win against Plymouth Argyle. He scored the second goal, the other West Ham goals coming from David Kelly and Kevin Keen. Under manager Billy Bonds Allen was part of the team which won promotion to the First Division in 1991 and to the Premier League in 1993. Allen was frequently booked during his West Ham career and had a reputation for poor discipline. He was sent off in a match on 17 January 1990 for a two-footed lunge on Derby County's Mark Patterson. During a game on 30 November 1991 against Sheffield Wednesday, managed by Allen's manager at Queens Park Rangers, Trevor Francis, Allen was booked after only 20 seconds of being on the pitch for a jump tackle on Carlton Palmer which saw Palmer carried off with a suspected broken leg. Although not sent-off, West Ham manager Bonds fined Allen a week's wages. During his time at Queens Park Rangers Allen had been refused permission, by manager Francis, to attend the birth of his first child as Allen would miss an important match. Allen attended the birth and was disciplined by the club. Under Bonds and Harry Redknapp Allen formed a successful partnership with Peter Butler with Allen contributing 34 goals from midfield in 234 appearances. However, by 1995 team discipline was poor at West Ham and with Allen playing alongside Julian Dicks, John Moncur and Don Hutchison bookings were commonplace. Allen was again dismissed in a match against Queens Park Rangers on 3 May 1995 after fouling Rufus Brevett. He would play only five more games before being allowed to leave.In total, we tracked 78 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Martin Allen (West Ham SIGNED x 11 FA Cup 1980 16x12 photo Bonds Brooking Lampard Martin Allen) was sold in September 2014 for £59.99 while the cheapest item (Stunning Signed Martin Allen Barnet Football Photograph Sale) found a new owner for £0.49 in February 2016. The month with the most items sold (4) was February 2016 with an average selling price of £1.33 for an autographed item of Martin Allen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2014 with £59.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.50 was February 2020. In average, an autographed item from Martin Allen is worth £2.45.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Martin Allen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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Martin Allen - WEST HAM UNITED - Signed 1994 Merlin Card | £2.49 | ||
MARTIN ALLEN HAND SIGNED 6X4 PHOTO CHELTENHAM TOWN FOOTBALL AUTOGRAPH | £2.99 | ||
Martin Allen west ham genuine authentic autograph signature and photo AFTAL COA | £14.99 | ||
MARTIN ALLEN WEST HAM UNITED 1989-1996 ORIGINAL SIGNED MAGAZINE PICTURE CUTTING | £3.50 | ||
Martin Allen West Ham United Signed 8x6” Photo wCOA | £5.00 | ||
Martin Allen WEST HAM UTD Signed 6x4 Photo. | £2.00 | ||
MARTIN ALLEN.WEST HAM UTD .9X7 INCH SIGNED PRESS PHOTO. | £4.99 | ||
MERLIN ULTIMATE MARTIN ALLEN WEST HAM SIGNED CARD | £1.49 | ||
Tony Cottee & Martin Allen (West Ham United) signed picture | £3.99 | ||
West Ham United Signed Team Photo From 1993 , Lee Chapman , Martin Allen + More | £12.00 |