| 词条 | Allen Foster |
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| name = Allen Foster | image = | fullname = Allen Foster[1] | birth_date = 1887 | birth_place = Rawmarsh, England | death_date = 8 August {{Death year and age|1916|1887}}[2] | height = | position = Inside left | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Parkgate Athletic | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = {{0|0000}}–1909 | clubs2 = Rotherham Town | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1909–1911 | clubs3 = Bristol City | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1911–1916 | clubs4 = Reading | caps4 = 146 | goals4 = 67 | death_place = Corbie, France[3] }}Allen Foster (c. 1887 – 8 August 1916) was an English professional football inside left, who made over 140 appearances in the Southern League for Reading.[1] He also played in the Football League for Bristol City.[2] CareerFoster was born in Rawmarsh, Yorkshire and began his career in non-league football with Parkgate Athletic and Rotherham Town.[2] He moved to First Division club Bristol City in 1909, but made just 13 appearances, scoring one goal.[2] Foster's prolific scoring for the Bristol City reserve team in the Great Western Suburban League prompted newly promoted Southern League First Division club Reading to sign him for a £75 fee in August 1911.{{Sfn|Riddoch|Kemp|Holmes|2008|p=139-140}} A successful player with Reading, he was remembered for his hat-trick scored against Italian giants AC Milan in the Biscuitmen's 5–0 victory on 13 May 1914.[3] The result prompted the leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera to report that "without doubt, Reading FC are the finest foreign team seen in Italy".[4] Foster finished his professional career with Reading with 73 goals.[5] Personal lifeFoster was married and while a footballer with Parkgate Athletic,[6] he worked in the fitter's room at a colliery.{{Sfn|Riddoch|Kemp|Holmes|2008|p=139-140}} In 1914, during the early months of the First World War, Foster enlisted as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.[7] On 8 August 1916, he went over the top with the battalion at Guillemont, during the Battle of Delville Wood and was shot in the thigh, abdomen and arm.[1] Foster was recovered from no man's land and was transported to a hospital in Corbie, where he died of his wounds.[1] He was buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.[8] Honours
References1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2016/august/remembering-allen-foster-100-years-on/ |title=Reading FC Remembering Allen Foster, 100 years on |accessdate=28 November 2017 |language=en-gb}} {{Reading F.C. Hall of Fame}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Allen}}{{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=190589161X |location=Nottingham |page=102}} 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/the-italian-job-allen-foster-130514-1549622.aspx |title=Allen Foster |website=www.readingfc.co.uk |access-date=17 November 2015}} 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/italy-feature-part-1-1546713.aspx |title=One Day In History |website=www.readingfc.co.uk |accessdate=17 November 2015}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/players/scorers.html|title=Top Scorers|last=|first=|date=|website=www.royalsrecord.co.uk|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|accessdate=28 November 2017}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/club/history/royals-remembered/reading-fc-players/pte-allen-foster/|title=Private Allen Foster – 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment – Royals Remembered {{!}} Reading FC|website=www.readingfc.co.uk|access-date=13 March 2019}} 7. ^{{Cite book |title=When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War |last=Riddoch |first=Andrew |last2=Kemp |first2=John |last3=Holmes |first3=Richard |date=20 November 2008 |publisher=Haynes Publishing |isbn=9781844256563 |edition=1st |location=Sparkford |page=48 |language=English}} 8. ^1 {{CWGC|accessdate=22 May 2009|id=21417}} 9. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/star-induct-13-new-names-12839615 |title=STAR induct 13 new names into Reading FC's Hall of Fame |last=Low |first=Jonathan |date=8 April 2017 |work=getreading |accessdate=28 November 2017}} 15 : 1887 births|1916 deaths|People from Rawmarsh|English footballers|Association football inside forwards|Rotherham Town F.C. (1899) players|Bristol City F.C. players|Reading F.C. players|English Football League players|Southern Football League players|British military personnel killed at the Battle of the Somme|Middlesex Regiment soldiers|Sportspeople from Yorkshire|British Army personnel of World War I|Midland Football League players |
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