 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akava mutambi wenhabvu wepamusoro-soro kekupedzisira muna 195556, achirova mambure kanokwana kagumi nemanomwe. Rekodhi raAllen rekutamisa rakaputswa munaKurume 1956, apo kirabhu yakabhadhara Fulham 25,000 yaBobby Robson. Kirabhu yakasvika kuma semi fainari eFA Cup zvakare muna 195657, chete kurasikirwa kune vakundi vekupedzisiraAston Villa, ichitevera kutambazve. Albion vakakwanisa kuvandudza yavo League chimiro muna 1957-58, kupedza wechina, sezvo Robson uye Derek Kevan kuti kurova kudyidzana akatsiva kuti Allen uye Nicholls . Kunyange zvazvo Nicholls akabva, Allen akaramba ari nhengo inokosha yechikwata chekutanga, sezvo West Brom yakapedza yechishanu muna 1958-59; akawedzera kuwedzera chimiro chake cheAlbion nekuisa mucherechedzo mumutambo wakanangana neAston Villa kuti atumire vavengi veAlbion vakakurumbira pasi. Mutungamiri mutsva Gordon Clark akatungamirira West Brom kunopedza nzvimbo yechina muna 1959-60, iyo yakateverwa nechinzvimbo chegumi muna 1960-61. 