Career
McAllister joined local club Bolton Wanderers as an apprentice in June 1970. As a central defender he played on 156 occasions including one as substitute and scoring twice. He signed for Spurs in February 1975 in a £80,000 transfer deal where he went on to make 209 appearances including five as sub and scoring ten goals in all competitions.
In the summer of 1977, he went on loan to the Washington Diplomats of the North American Soccer League.
McAllister joined Charlton Athletic in August 1981, where he featured in 55 matches and netted six goals. In 1984 he played one game for the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
He finished his first class career at Rochdale after a further three appearances. McAllister emigrated to Sydney, Australia, where he worked as a finance manager for many years.
He is now retired and relocated to Queensland in late 2015.
