MALCOLM ALLISON

Born:    xx/xx 19xx


Record:  Year      Club                 Apps  Gls
                   Charlton
         195x-1958 West Ham


Manager:           Bath City
         1964-1965 Plymouth Argyle
         1971-1973 Manchester City
         1973-1976 Crystal Palace
         1976-1977 Galatasaray
         1977-1978 Memphis
         1978-1979 Plymouth Argyle
         1979-1980 Manchester City
         1980-1981 Crystal Palace
         1981-1982 Sporting Lisbon
         1982-1984 Middlesbrough
                   Willington
                   Turkey (National Team)
                   Kuwait (National Team)
                   Vitoria Setubal
                   Farense
                   Fisher Athletic
         1992-1993 Bristol Rovers

Malcolm Allison will forever be remembered for his contribution to the greatest times with Manchester City, but not as manager, but as the brilliant Coach under Joe Mercer.

Allison served City as Manager twice: 1971-73 and 1979-80. Both spells were brief and neither of the especially successful. The first was tampered by him living in the long shadows of Joe Mercer after the departure of the brilliant manager that had won City everything between 1968 and 71. During his second spell he almost broke the bank with his immaculate tranfer dealings. Out went popular faces like Brian Kidd, Dave Watson, Gary Owen, Peter Barnes, Kenny Clements and Asa Hartford. And the youngsters he brought in could not stand the pressure.

In January 1980 City were humiliated at Halifax and in October Allison and Book were dismissed by Swales. Allison was angry with the sacking and believed he should have been given more time to turn things around. The thruth was that Swales could no longer handle the big wages and spendings that Allison was demanding.

After City Allison went on to manage a number of clubs both on national and internationale level. Most exotic were perhaps the national posts at Kuwait and Turkey, but his greatest moments as manager came with Sporting Lisbon in 1981/82 when he led them victory in both the Portuguese League and Cup.