[2] He first joined Villa in August 1884 (before the foundation of the Football League), played in the first Villa League team to debut at Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, then home of Wolverhampton Wanderer's.
He scored Villa's first Football League hat-trick in a 9–1 home win over Notts County on 29 September 1888, his debut League goal was on 15 September 1888 at Wellington Road, in a 5–1 win over Stoke.
Allen scored a second League hat-trick in a 6–2 win at Turf Moor, the home of Burnley, on 5 October 1889.
In 1890-91, another poor season for Aston Villa, finishing 9th in the League, Allen only played four matches scoring once.
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