Sean McAllister
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| Sean McAllister | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Sean McAllister | |
| Date of birth | 15 August 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| –2003 2003–2006 |
Bolton Wanderers Sheffield Wednesday |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006– 2007 2007–2008 |
Sheffield Wednesday → Mansfield Town (loan) → Bury (loan) |
12 (1) 7 (0) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Sean McAllister is an English footballer, who was born on 15 August 1987. He plays primarily as a central midfielder, but is a lively 'box-to-box' player who likes to cover ground and battle with opposition players.
As a young player McAllister started his career at Bolton Wanderers. In the summer of 2003 Sheffield Wednesday swooped to sign him from the Lancashire club, and Sean joined the Wednesday academy.
Having previously been an unused substitute in the Sheffield derby at Hillsborough, McAllister made his senior debut for Sheffield Wednesday the following week on 25 February 2006, coming on as a substitute after 56 minutes at St Mary's when Wednesday were already 3-0 down against Southampton. Despite not having made an impact on the scoreline (Wednesday lost the game 3-0) Sean impressed and earned himself a place on the subs bench in two more matches towards the end of the 2005-06 season.
On 12 April 2006 Sean was named Sheffield Wednesday Young Player of the Year 2005-06 (despite playing only 35 minutes of first team football) after having impressed with his many reserve team and academy appearances.
McAllister finally made his full debut for Wednesday on the last day of the season (30 April 2006) starting the game against Derby at Pride Park, with Wednesday going on to win the game 2-0. McAllister's performances during the season earned him a senior contract with Wednesday which he signed over the summer of 2006.
On August 19, 2006 Sean scored his first senior goal for Wednesday. After coming on as a sub for the injured Wade Small in the 11th minute Sean scored Wednesday's first as they recovered from a goal down at half-time to beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1.
Sean would rarely feature again that season, only making one substitute appearance under Paul Sturrock's successor Brian Laws.
After failing to feature for the first team during the start of the 2007–08 campaign he was sent out on a two month loan to League Two side Mansfield Town on 6 September 2007.[1] This was followed by a loan spell at Bury, however McAllister was never brought off the bench during his time there. He was recalled by Sheffield Wednesday as backup early in his second month at Gigg Lane and went on to break in to the first team again in February 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ "Sean Set For Stags Spell", swfc.co.uk, 6 September 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
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