Thomson Allan

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Thomson Allan
Full name	Thomson Sandlands Allan
Date of birth	October 5, 1946 (1946-10-05) (age 61)
Place of birth	Longbridge, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
	Edina Hibs
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963-1971 1971-1978 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1982 1982	Hibernian Dundee Meadowbank Thistle Hearts Falkirk East Stirling	070 (0) 159 (0) 002 (0) 024 (0) 012 (0) 001 (0)
National team
1974	Scotland	002 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomson Sandlands Allan (born 5 October 1946, in Longridge, West Lothian) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Allan began his career at Hibernian in 1963, where he was a League Cup runner-up in 1968-69. He joined Dundee in 1971 and collected his only winner's medal at Dens Park, when the Dark Blues defeated Celtic 1-0 in the 1973-74 League Cup final.

Allan was called up to the Scotland squad that season, earning his only two caps in warm-up matches for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was selected in the squad for West Germany but was considered back-up to Leeds United's David Harvey and did not play during the tournament.

Allan reverted to part-time status when he started working at British Leyland's Bathgate plant and wound down his career with brief spells at Meadowbank Thistle, Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk and East Stirling before retiring in 1982.

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Profile at Official Scottish FA site

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Harvey • 2 Jardine • 3 McGrain • 4 Bremner • 5 Holton • 6 Blackley • 7 Johnstone • 8 Dalglish • 9 Jordan • 10 Hay • 11 Lorimer • 12 Allan • 13 Stewart • 14 Buchan • 15 Cormack • 16 Donachie • 17 Ford • 18 Hutchison • 19 Law • 20 Morgan • 21 McQueen • 22 Schaedler • Coach: Ormond