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who played as a

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. Allan began his career at

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in 1963, where he was a League Cup runner-up in 1968-69. He joined

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in 1971 and collected his only winner's medal at

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, when the Dark Blues defeated

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1–0 in the 1973 Scottish League Cup Final. Allan was called up to the Scotland squad that season, earning his only two

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in warm-up matches for the

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. He was selected in the squad for

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but was considered back-up to

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and did not play during the tournament. Allan reverted to part-time status when he started working at

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plant and wound down his career with brief spells at

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, Heart of Midlothian,

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and

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before retiring in 1983.

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