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During his career, he made over 50 appearances in the Football League.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4After attracting attention as an amateur player, he signed for Cardiff City in 1967 and made his professional debut soon after. However, a broken ankle and strong competition for places limited him to nine league appearances over three seasons. During his time with Cardiff, he became the first player to score a headed hat-trick in a European competition during a match against Mj\u00f8ndalen IF in 1969.He moved to Bristol Rovers in 1970 for \u00a312,500, scoring 18 league goals in 57 appearances. After a brief loan spell with Swansea City in 1973, he moved to South Africa.Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Early life[edit]Early career[edit]Cardiff City[edit]Later career[edit]References[edit]Early life[edit]Born in Forfar,[2] Allan grew up in the village of Killiecrankie. At the age of fifteen, he began working in a mine alongside his father in the nearby town of Tullibody. However, after three months, the family relocated to Yorkshire.[3]Early career[edit]Allan began his football career as an amateur, featuring for Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers. He was offered a part-time contract with Welsh side Rhyl, managed by Albert Dunlop, who were playing in the Cheshire League. He developed a reputation as a prolific goalscorer for Rhyl, earning himself the nickname “The Boy with the Golden Boots”.[3] His form attracted attention from several clubs and Dunlop personally travelled with Allan in an attempt to secure a transfer. The pair later met Tony Kay, who warned Allan that Dunlop was using the transfer as a way of making money for himself. Allan instead returned to Rhyl where the chairman confirmed the suspicions and instead contacted Cardiff City.[3]Cardiff City[edit]After impressing manager Jimmy Scoular,[4] Allan joined Cardiff in 1967 for a fee of \u00a312,500.[3][5] He made his professional debut for the club on 19 August 1967, the opening day of the 1967\u201368 season, in a 1\u20131 draw with Plymouth Argyle. In his second appearance a month later,[6] Allan suffered a broken ankle.[3] After an extended period out, he made his return to the first team over a year later, scoring his first senior professional goal during a 2\u20130 victory over Bury.[6] Despite scoring eight times in eleven matches during a tour of Mauritius and Zambia on his return,[3][7] Allan found first team opportunities limited due to the presence of several senior forwards at the club, including John Toshack, Brian Clark and Bobby Brown.[4] Allan later stated that he was largely overlooked as “Jimmy Scoular, thought the club could sell John Toshack and kept playing him.”[3]Although he continued to struggle for league appearances during the 1969\u201370 season,[6] Allan did feature for the club in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. On 1 October 1969, he became the first player to score a headed hat-trick in a European club competition when he achieved the feat during a 5\u20131 victory over Norwegian side Mj\u00f8ndalen IF during the second leg of their first round tie.[3][8] All three of the goals were scored during a seven-minute spell of the first half, later described as “a header at the near post, one at the far post and a diving header in the middle.”[3]Later career[edit]In March 1970, he left Cardiff to sign for Bristol Rovers,[9] again for a fee of \u00a312,500.[5] In March 1973, he was allowed to join Swansea City on loan, being signed by manager Harry Gregg. He scored one goal in seven league appearances before returning to Bristol.[5] He left Bristol in March 1974, moving to South Africa where he played for Cape Town City.[4] He later had a spell as player-manager of non-league side Harrogate Railway Athletic.[5]References[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/sandy-allan-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Sandy Allan – Wikipedia"}}]}]