Chelsea FC Profile: Cecil Allan
Full Name: Cecil Allan
Born: Saturday, 1st August 1914
Place of birth: Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Died: Monday, 12th May 2003 (aged 88)
Place of death: Colchester, Essex, England
Burial: Buried - St Michael's Churchyard, Myland, Colchester, Essex
Involvement with Chelsea:
Men's Non First-Team from 1935 to 1938
Pending individual appearances being added to the database, this is the information from Peter Wollaston's reserve Team players book:
Cecil Allan started his football career in Ireland, originally with Linfield Swifts before joining Cliftonville where he played for several years as an amateur, being an apprentice at Harland & Wolff as well. He joined Chelsea in March 1936 but in his debut match for the reserves he damaged his cartilage and never made the first team. However, in addition to the 13 Combination appearances, his name was in the proposed line-up of a further 9 Combination games.
Having a problem with his knee, he was transferred to Colchester United in June 1938 and was to play 16 matches for them in the period prior to and after the Second World War. On leaving them in 1946 Allan joined Colchester Casuals as captain and coach. He later worked in the sheet metal industry and managed the local works team. During the war he was a guest player for Dundela, Bangor and Crewe Alexandra.
Prior to joining Chelsea Allan had earned 1 full and 1 amateur cap for Ireland.
13 Reserve Appearances, 0 goals between 1936-38
Playing Career:
Linfield
Cliftonville
Chelsea (Nov 1935 to Jun 1938) - cost: unknown
Colchester United
Colchester Casuals
See full chronological appearance listing HERE
Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances
| Non-Competitive First-Team Goals
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Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Cecil Allan made 2 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played
Comp | Date | Home | Away | Att | |||
London Challenge Cup | 4th Oct 1937 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
London Challenge Cup | 13th Oct 1937 | Chelsea | 0 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | unknown | ![]() |
Non-First-Team Appearances
| Non-First-Team Goals
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Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Cecil Allan made 39 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Non-First-Team Matches Played
Comp | Date | Home | Away | Att | |||
Reserve League | 30th Nov 1935 | Chelsea | 3 | 2 | Southend United | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 4th Dec 1935 | Dartford | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 14th Dec 1935 | Guildford City | 5 | 3 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 21st Dec 1935 | Luton Town | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 25th Dec 1935 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Brentford | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 28th Dec 1935 | Chelsea | 2 | 3 | Bristol City | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 26th Feb 1936 | Chelsea | 0 | 4 | Guildford City | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 2nd Jan 1937 | Chelsea | 1 | 2 | Leicester City | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 9th Jan 1937 | West Ham United | 4 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 23rd Jan 1937 | Chelsea | 6 | 0 | Clapton Orient | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 1st Feb 1937 | Luton Town | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 11th Feb 1937 | Peterborough United | 1 | 4 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 27th Feb 1937 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | 6 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 6th Mar 1937 | Worcester City | 1 | 2 | Chelsea | 1,460 | ![]() |
Friendly | 26th Mar 1937 | Kings Lynn | 4 | 4 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 29th Mar 1937 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Portsmouth | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 28th Aug 1937 | Lowestoft Town | 2 | 6 | Chelsea | 17,000 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 1st Sep 1937 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Southampton | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 4th Sep 1937 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | Northampton Town | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 11th Sep 1937 | Luton Town | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 13th Sep 1937 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 18th Sep 1937 | Chelsea | 0 | 2 | Coventry City | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 25th Sep 1937 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 3 | Chelsea | 3,738 | ![]() |
Friendly | 30th Oct 1937 | Bury Town | 3 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 6th Nov 1937 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | 1,000 | ![]() |
Friendly | 20th Nov 1937 | Margate | 2 | 1 | Chelsea | 907 | ![]() |
Reserve League | 4th Dec 1937 | Fulham | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 11th Dec 1937 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | Millwall | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 18th Dec 1937 | Brentford | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 1st Jan 1938 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Clapton Orient | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 15th Jan 1938 | Great Yarmouth Town | 0 | 6 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 5th Feb 1938 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Southend United | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 5th Mar 1938 | Golders Green | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 12th Mar 1938 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 16th Mar 1938 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | Charlton Athletic | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 26th Mar 1938 | Hereford United | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Reserve League | 30th Mar 1938 | Southend United | 5 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | ![]() |
Friendly | 9th Apr 1938 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | Chelsea | 1,269 | ![]() |
Friendly | 15th Apr 1938 | Bedford Town | 2 | 0 | Chelsea | 2,000 | ![]() |
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