Malcolm Allen (footballer)

Malcolm Allen
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-03-21) 21 March 1967
Place of birth Deiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Watford 39 (5)
1987Aston Villa (loan) 4 (0)
1988–1990 Norwich City 35 (8)
1990–1993 Millwall 81 (24)
1993–1995 Newcastle United 12 (7)
1996 Stevenage Borough
Total 171 (44)
International career
1986–1993 Wales 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malcolm Allen (born 21 March 1967) is a Welsh football coach, former professional footballer and sports pundit and co-commentator.

As a player, Allen was a striker, notably having a brief spell in the Premier League with Newcastle United and a loan spell with Aston Villa, although spells with Watford, Norwich City and Millwall in the Football League brought most of his appearances during his career. He retired having had a brief spell with non-league side Stevenage Borough. He was capped 14 times by Wales, scoring 3 goals.

Since retiring, Allen has worked as a youth team coach for Aberystwyth, but now works in media and is a pundit and commentator for S4C show Sgorio.