Taylor Allen

Taylor Allen
Personal information
Full name Taylor Ellis Allen[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Walsall, England
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Romulus 35 (5)
2019 Nuneaton Borough 16 (2)
2019–2022 Forest Green Rovers 14 (1)
2019–2020 → Hereford (loan) 8 (1)
2020 → Gloucester City (loan) 6 (0)
2020–21 → Leamington (loan) 8 (1)
2022– Walsall 69 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:23, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Taylor Ellis Allen (born 16 June 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL League Two club Walsall.

Career

Allen began his career at Midland Football League side Romulus while completing an apprenticeship as a sports coach.[3] Allen joined Nuneaton Borough in January 2019, winning man of the match on his National League North debut, before having a trial with Leicester City in March, where he played for the under-23 team in Premier League 2. Allen turned down offers from English Premier League clubs to sign for Forest Green Rovers in summer 2019 on a one-year deal. He made his EFL League Two debut as a substitute against Oldham Athletic on 3 August 2019, scoring the only goal of the game in the 72nd minute.[4]

Taylor joined National League North side Hereford on 25 October 2019 on a one month loan, with the loan being extended on 27 November 2019 for a further month.[5]

Taylor then joined Gloucester City on loan for an initial month.[6]

On 2 December 2020, Allen joined Leamington on an initial one-month loan deal.[7] The loan was then extended for a further month.[8] On 9 February 2021, the loan was further extended for an additional month.[9]

On 20 June 2022, Allen agreed to join League Two club Walsall on a one-year contract from 1 July when his Forest Green contract were to expire.[10] He signed a contract extension at the end of the 2023 season.

Allen scored his first Walsall goal in a 3–1 win over Wrexham on 29 December 2023[11] and captained the club for the first time in a 3–0 win over Morecambe. He signed a further extension to 2026 at the end of the 2024 season.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Romulus 2018–19 MFL Premier Division No data currently available
Nuneaton Borough 2018–19[13] National League North 16 2 0 0 — 0 0 16 2
Forest Green Rovers 2019–20[14] EFL League Two 5 1 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 8 1
2020–21[15] EFL League Two 5 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 8 0
2021–22[16] EFL League Two 4 0 0 0 1 0 4[a] 0 9 0
Total 14 1 0 0 3 0 8 0 25 1
Hereford (loan) 2019–20[13] National League North 8 1 0 0 — 0 0 8 1
Gloucester City (loan) 2019–20[13] National League North 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
Leamington (loan) 2020–21[13] National League North 8 1 0 0 — 0 0 8 1
Walsall 2022–23[17] EFL League Two 22 0 3 0 1 0 3[a] 0 29 0
2023–24[18] EFL League Two 28 3 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 33 3
2024–25[19] EFL League Two 19 5 2 0 3 0 3[a] 0 27 5
Total 69 8 6 0 5 0 9 0 89 8
Career total 121 13 6 0 8 0 17 0 152 13
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Forest Green Rovers

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Forest Green Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 28. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Taylor Allen". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ^ The Apprenticeship Journey – Taylor Allen
  4. ^ Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic
  5. ^ Bull, Organic (27 November 2019). "Bulls News: Taylor Allen's Loan Extended". Bulls News. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Gloucester City AFC: Taylor Allen joins on loan". 24 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Forest Green Rovers youngster checks in on loan". Leamington FC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Forest Green youngster extends loan spell". Leamington FC. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Forest Green forward Allen extends Leamington loan". Nonleaguedaily.com. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Taylor Allen joins Walsall". www.saddlers.co.uk. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Walsall 3-1 Wrexham - Wrexham end 2023 with heavy defeat at Walsall". BBC Sport. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Walsall defender Allen signs contract extension". BBC Sport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d Taylor Allen at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  18. ^ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  19. ^ "Games played by Taylor Allen in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  20. ^ "Mansfield Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers: Draw seals title for Rovers". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.