Malcolm Allen (footballer)

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Personal information
Malcolm Allen
Full name	Malcolm Allen
Date of birth	21 March 1967 (1967-03-21) (age 41)
Place of birth	Deiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985–1988 1987 1988–1990 1990–1993 1993–1995 1996	Watford Aston Villa Norwich City Millwall Newcastle United Stevenage Borough	39 (5) 4 (0) 35 (8) 81 (24) 10 (5) ???
National team
1986–1993	Wales	14
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Malcolm Allen (b. 21 March 1967 in Deiniolen, Gwynedd) is a former Welsh professional footballer who played for Watford, Aston Villa, Norwich City, Millwall, Newcastle United and Stevenage Borough. Allen attained 14 caps for Wales between 1986 and 1993. After retiring from the professional game and moving into coaching he became a TV football pundit.

Allen began his career with Watford as an apprentice before turning professional. He played and scored for the Hornets in their FA Cup semi-final defeat against Tottenham in 1987. He joined Norwich for a fee of £175,000 in the summer of 1988. A playing highlight for Allen was scoring four times, in Norwich City's record FA Cup victory, 8-0 versus Sutton United F.C..

While a player, in 1989, an incident between Allen and David O'Leary sparked a mass brawl at Arsenal's Highbury stadium.^[1] O'Leary picked up Allen by the scruff of his neck and carried him some yards. Police officers needed to intervene,^[2]and Arsenal were fined £20,000.^[3]^[4]

In August 2006, Allen was in court charged with assault.^[5] In April 2008, charged from his Watford home, he was given a suspended sentence and a ban for drink-driving after admitting drinking ten pints of beer.^[6]