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Bradley Allen

Bradley James Allen (born 13 September 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is an academy coach at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

As a player, he was a forward who notably played in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers and Charlton Athletic. He also played in the Football League for Colchester United, Grimsby Town, Peterborough United and Bristol Rovers before finishing his career with spells in non-league with Hornchurch and Redbridge. He represented England at under-21 level, earning eight caps and scoring two goals.

Allen joined Tottenham Hotspur as a youth team coach in 2013, having previously worked as a PE Teacher and sports co-commentator.

Born in Harold Wood, London, Allen began his career with Queens Park Rangers, where he signed professionally in 1988 during the tenure of Jim Smith, although Smith was replaced by Trevor Francis midway through Allen's first professional season. Over the coming years, he went from strength to strength and began to see regular runs in the first-team. During the inaugural Premier League season in 1992–93 season, Allen played six times and scored twice, once in a 1–1 draw with Chelsea in January 1993 and the winner during a 2–1 win against Aston Villa at Loftus Road in May 1993. On 20 November 1993, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Everton.

Allen was eventually placed on the transfer list during the ill-fated 1995–96 season in which Rangers were relegated. In total, Allen scored 27 goals in 81 league games for QPR.

First Division Charlton Athletic paid £400,000 for Allen's services in March 1996. He scored six goals in 21 appearances in the league and League Cup in his first full season with the club but chances became harder to come by for Allen, as he made only 14 first-team appearances and could net only two goals during the 1997–98 season as Charlton were promoted to the Premier League. He then made only one appearance for the club in the 1998–99 season, and then joined Division Two side Colchester United in February 1999. This spelt the end of his time with Charlton, having scored nine goals in 40 league appearances.

Recruited by Colchester manager Mick Wadsworth, Allen made his debut for the U's in a 1–1 home draw with Reading on 27 February 1999, before being replaced by Steve Forbes after 68 minutes. He scored one goal while on loan with the club, a 40th-minute equaliser during a 2–2 draw with Oldham Athletic on 9 March. Allen made four appearances in total during his short stay at Layer Road.

Allen was placed on the transfer list at Charlton and transferred to Grimsby Town in the summer of 1999, who at the time plied their trade in the First Division under Alan Buckley. He scored nine goals in 36 games in all competitions in the 1999–2000 season but found himself limited to just 25 appearances in the 2000–01 season, being limited by injuries and only managing to score six goals. The 2001–02 season saw a return of five goals in 31 games, but his injury record and Grimsby's financial plight saw Allen released at the end of the season. He ended his Grimsby stay with 15 goals in 80 league games.

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