 The 20-year-old Allan made quite an impact for Liverpool after making his debut in a Football League Second Division match a 5-1 home thumping of Newcastle on 14 September 1895, he scored his first goal for the club 7 days later on 21 September against Loughborough Town at the Athletic Ground.This sparked an impressive goals per game run for the rest of the 1895/96 promotion season, he bagged an amazing 25 league goals from just 20 appearances, averaging 1.25 goals per games, Allan scored a further 3 goals in the promotion Test matches (the equivalent of today's play-offs) helping the Anfield club regain their spot back in the top flight of English football.Allan moved to Celtic in May 1897 where he carried on his goalscoring exploits hitting 15 goals in 17 games, helping the club win the Scottish league.