Joe Allon

Was Joe Allon Any Good?

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Joe Allon

Hes been lifelong mates with Vinnie Jones, after living with him for 5 years...he even appearing on Vinnies "This is your Life" great mates with Dennis Wise. He was in the same youth team as Gazza, and was friends with him since the age of 7. Joe is back working around the North east, and is Director of an Event Management Company now, "Players Inc" and does after dinner speaking and organises sports events !!

Go Geordie, Geordie, Joe!!
 

Joe Allon

I was moaning about Joe always being offside in Stripes after one game and this bloke who over heard me introduced himself as Joe’s mate.

He told me that he too had criticised Joe the week before, but apparently Joe being offside was the manager’s tactic.

The offside rule was different then, there was none of this “you have to be interfering with play” so when we were defending, Jo was encouraged to get as deep into the oppositions half as he could an dour defenders were told to kick the ball across our half way line.

This apparently stopped us conceding more dangerous throw ins and allowed us to regroup as the free kick given for offside would be deep in the opponents half, wherever Joe was standing.

I suppose too that when we broke and counter attacked Jo would come back onside and Marcus Gayle would kick the ball pass a defender on the wing, who would chase after it and often play Joe onside. Marcus had the pace to beat a lot of defenders and Joe’s marker would often not ne goal side of him
 

Joe Allon

I liked Joe - he was a character on the field as well as a half decent player
 

Joe Allon

'Ayes B said:
I was moaning about Joe always being offside in Stripes after one game and this bloke who over heard me introduced himself as Joe’s mate.

He told me that he too had criticised Joe the week before, but apparently Joe being offside was the manager’s tactic.

The offside rule was different then, there was none of this “you have to be interfering with play” so when we were defending, Jo was encouraged to get as deep into the oppositions half as he could an dour defenders were told to kick the ball across our half way line.

This apparently stopped us conceding more dangerous throw ins and allowed us to regroup as the free kick given for offside would be deep in the opponents half, wherever Joe was standing.

I suppose too that when we broke and counter attacked Jo would come back onside and Marcus Gayle would kick the ball pass a defender on the wing, who would chase after it and often play Joe onside. Marcus had the pace to beat a lot of defenders and Joe’s marker would often not ne goal side of him
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What a load of BOLLOX...:confused::confused:
 

Joe Allon

Joe Allon

Quality player, came from Chelsea. I can still remember him lobbing the keeper for a goal. Pure class.
 

Joe Allon

Marmite,but I liked him.
 

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Joe Allon

54 today !
And one of my dad's favourite players, even though my dad supported Spurs (long uninteresting story)
 

Joe Allon

He was a bit of a clown. Remember his habit of chasing down back passes running like a loon towards the opposition keeper flapping his arms. He would not be in my top 10 Bees strikers of the last 35 years.
 

Joe Allon

It was all in the timing but he really wasn't very good for us. Difficult gig though given the circumstances.
 

Joe Allon

You had to wear a tinhat if you were behind the goal and he was practising his shooting before the game. But he was a reasonably good forward. One of those players that would have done so much better with better coaching as he did have some natural talent.
 

Joe Allon

Downbeat Bee said:
Essentially more negative than positive.

He did score quite a few goals and that is largely what he was there to do.

So seems churlish to say he did little else, but he did not.

Not a 'donkey'

But players like Taylor and Blissett were far, far better
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Just came across this and thought 'that sums it up' and then saw who wrote it.
 

Joe Allon

I liked Joe Allen. You can’t argue with his goals to games ratio. The real shocking thing about his hatrick on 12th February at Bristol Rovers was that we never won another game that season. Rovers had beaten us at home 4-3 just the previous month.
 

Joe Allon

Paul O'Brien said:
Murray Jones was bad, I agree. But John Goodman would have had problems heaving his 400 pound body around the pitch. I think he made the right decision in sticking to Roseanne.


Or did you mean Don Goodman?
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Don Goodman was a very good player. An awful lot better than Murray Jones not that’s difficult
 

Joe Allon

djheavens said:
Don Goodman was a very good player. An awful lot better than Murray Jones not that’s difficult
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…and John Goodman was a big tall bloke who played up front for Millwall and Wimbledon, and somehow played international football
 

Joe Allon

We used to joke that Allon could trap a ball further than most could kick it! That season in the old first division was disastrous and set us back quite a few years..
 

Joe Allon

Geordie Joe decent goalscorer but not a great player but cant argue 28 goals in 56 games
 
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Joe Allon

Paul O'Brien said:
Murray Jones was bad, I agree. But John Goodman would have had problems heaving his 400 pound body around the pitch. I think he made the right decision in sticking to Roseanne.


Or did you mean Don Goodman?
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Jon was a local lad who ended up at Norwich, big, strong, handful
 

Joe Allon

Glenisterbee said:
I liked Joe Allen. You can’t argue with his goals to games ratio. The real shocking thing about his hatrick on 12th February at Bristol Rovers was that we never won another game that season. Rovers had beaten us at home 4-3 just the previous month.
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Mundee hatrick?
 

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sonofabee said:
Far from a legend for us, scored goals but we never warmed to him. Thought he was Gazza and a big character, he came with a big rep and had big teeth but ordinary player.
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Scored a couple of cracking goals one away game. Think Port Vale or Stoke. Somewhere like that coming in from quite far out.
 

Joe Allon

A more than decent goal scorer. Great hat trick at Bristol Rovers but one dimensional and he was not the most disciplined off the field - or on when he 2as sent off against Wycombe.
 
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