Career
Allen played for local club Bilsthorpe Colliery before joining Tottenham Hotspur for his first spell at White Hart Lane in 1932. In the same year he moved to the Spurs nursery club Northfleet United on loan. The inside forward rejoined the Lilywhites where he scored one goal in his solitary match for the club
In 1933 he signed for Queens Park Rangers where he went on to feature in 51 matches and scoring on six occasions for the Loftus Road outfit.
Allen moved to Mansfield Town and competed in a further eight games and netting five goals. He ended his career in French team Remote Control Roubaix and Football Club Nancy.