Talk:James Allan (footballer, born 1866)

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The Glasgow Herald 17 April 1893: James Allan accompanying the Queen's Park team to London. But this may have been the referee James A. Allan (Caledonian) who appears in an unspecified newspaper in londonhearts.com - or what appears to be a member of the Scottish FA.

And a great many contemporary sources mention a John Allan playing for Queen's Park, Rangers, and Scotland. e.g. the match report in another unspecified paper (The Scotsman?) in londonhearts.com: Glasgow Herald 8 Nov 1886 & 31 Jan 1887 mentions John Allan in two Queen's Park teams: and he's specified as a forward each time, which matches the Scotland player. Glasgow Herald again, ed. 9 Jan 1888: John Allan 'reappearing' in Queen's Park's 'front division'. Eds. 31 Jan & 14 March Mar 1887: John Allan in other Queen's Park forward lines. Ed. 21 Oct 1889: John Allan playing in the forwards for Rangers. Ed. 31 March 1890: 'forward John Allan was in good form' for Rangers. There's simply no sign of a James Allan in any of these 1886-88 teams in which John Allan's mentioned - or having anything to do with Queen's Park before 1893. And the clinchers: the Glasgow Herald once yet again, ed. 10 Sep 1888: 'John Allan, of international fame, made his first appearance with Kilbirnie for the season'. Since no other Allan played for Scotland around that time, this has to have been him. The absolute clincher: Dundee Courier 9 March 1887: the Scotland team v England, including John Allan (Queen's Park).

Cris Freddi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.3.81 (talk) 01:58, 19 November 2011 (UTC)