Jeannie Allott

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Jeannie Allott
Personal information
Birth name Jean Allott
Date of birth (1956-11-17) 17 November 1956 (age 65)
Place of birth Crewe, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1976 Fodens
Zwart-Wit '28
KFC '71
National team
1972–1976 England
1985–1987 Netherlands 12 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jeannie Allott (born 17 November 1956) is a former footballer who represented both England and the Netherlands at international level.

Club career[]

When Allott was eight years old she featured in Sports Illustrated's 'Faces in the Crowd' segment, as the only girl player in the school football team at Wistaston Green Primary School.[1] In 1966 Allott debuted in a charity match for Fodens, originally a works team from the Edwin Foden, Sons & Co. lorry manufacturing plant in nearby Sandbach. She remained part of the Fodens team which defeated Southampton in the 1974 final of the Women's FA Cup, winning the Player of the Match award.[2]

In 1976 Allott moved to the Netherlands and joined the Zwart-Wit '28 club.[3] By May 1988 she was playing for KFC '71.[4]

International career[]

In 1972, Allott progressed through a series of trials to be selected in Eric Worthington's first England team. She scored in the team's first official match, a 3–2 win over Scotland in Greenock on 18 November 1972. At sixteen years and one day old she remains England's youngest goal scorer.[5]

After becoming established in women's football in the Netherlands, Allott was called up to the Netherlands women's national football team for their 1987 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying campaign. She scored the only goal on her debut against France and a hat-trick in the return fixture, a 5–3 win for the Dutch in Cambrai. She won 12 caps for the Netherlands, scoring a total of eight goals.

References[]

  1. ^ "Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated. 29 November 1965. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ Slegg, Chris; Gregory, Patricia (6 May 2021). A History of the Women's FA Cup Final. The History Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0750996594. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Players: Jeannie Allott". Women's Football Archive. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Dames KFC '71 kampioen West II" (in Dutch). Leydse Courant. 20 May 1988. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ Morrison, Neil; Gandini, Luca; Simões 'Kaizeler', João; Villante, Eric (27 August 2020). "Women - Youngest Goal-scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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