18th November 1972

Oxford

Chris Allen, formerly with Oxford United and Nottingham Forest, spent part of the 2000/01 pre-season period with Exeter City. He joined Slough Town a few weeks later. 

Chris was been between clubs during the summer of 2000 having been releaed by Stockport County in May 2000 and not signing for Slough Town until August 2000. Later that season he had a brief spell at Brighton without making a first-team appearance before returning to the non-league scene with Dover Athletic and Oxfordshire club North Leigh United. He then embarked on a coaching career that saw him working at Oxford United, Coventry City and Southampton. He also managed North Leigh.

Prior to the summer of 2000, Chris's playing career had started with Oxford United in 1991 and, after 150 league games (12 goals) for his home town club together with England under-21 appearances, he joined Nottingham Forest in a £400,000 deal in February 1996. Making 25 league appearances for Forest, with loan spells at Luton Town and Cardiff City along the way, he then had a less-successful time with Port Vale and Stockport County prior to making his final Football League appearance during the 1999/2000 season