Allan Jones (footballer, born 1940)

Allan Powell Jones (6 January 1940 – September 1993) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a full back. He is best remembered for the seven years he spent in the Football League with Brentford, making over 280 appearances for the club. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.[2]

Allan Jones

Personal information
Full name	Allan Powell Jones[1]
Date of birth	(1940-01-06)6 January 1940
Place of birth	Flint, Wales
Date of death	September 1993 (aged 53)[1]
Place of death	Ealing, England[1]
Playing position(s)	Full back
Youth career
1955–1957	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1963	Liverpool	5	(0)
1963–1970	Brentford	249	(3)
1970–1972	Croatia
National team
	Wales Schoolboys
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Liverpool

Jones began his career at Second Division club Liverpool, joining as an amateur in April 1955.[3] After two years in the youth team, Jones signed a professional contract in April 1957.[3] He had to wait until 19 December 1959 to make his first team debut, when he deputised for John Molyneux in a 4–0 victory over Cardiff City, a match also notable for the fact that it was Bill Shankly's first in management at Anfield.[3] Jones went on to make only four further appearances for Liverpool and departed the club at the end of the 1962–63 season.[3]

Brentford

Jones signed for newly-promoted Third Division club Brentford for a £5,000 fee in August 1963.[4] He became an integral part of the team at left back and made 55 appearances during the 1963–64 season.[5] Jones took over the right back position when Ken Coote retired in 1964 and despite being placed on the transfer list at his own request in August 1966,[6] he averaged 35 league appearances per season until 1969–70, when he made only 13 appearances in all competitions, mostly in a utility role.[4][5] He departed Griffin Park at the end of the 1969–70 season and made 281 appearances and scored three goals for the club.[4]

Croatia

Jones signed a two-year deal with Australian club Croatia in 1970.[4]

International career

Jones played for Wales Schoolboys and his mid-1960s performances for Brentford drew the attention of the senior selectors, but he failed to win a call into a squad.[4]

Honours

Brentford

• London Challenge Cup: 1966–67[7]

Individual

• Brentford Hall of Fame[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	1960–61[3]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1962–63[3]	First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Brentford	1963–64[5]	Third Division	45	1	6	0	4	0	55	1
	1964–65[5]		37	0	4	0	1	0	42	0
	1965–66[5]		44	0	2	0	2	0	48	0
	1966–67[5]	Fourth Division	23	1	4	0	0	0	27	1
	1967–68[5]		43	1	2	0	1	0	46	1
	1968–69[5]		45	0	2	0	3	0	50	0
	1969–70[5]		12	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
	Total		249	3	21	0	11	0	281	3
Career total			254	3	21	0	11	0	286	3

References

1. "Allan Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
2. Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
3. Player profile. "Liverpool career stats for Allan Jones – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". LFChistory. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
4. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0955294914.
5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 387–390. ISBN 0951526200.
6. "Yes And No For Jones". The Brentford & Chiswick Times. 26 August 1966.
7. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.