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Which team did Joe Allon play for from 1987 to 1988?
Joe Allon Joseph Ball Allon ( born 12 November 1966 ) is an English former footballer . A striker , he scored 135 goals in 361 league and cup games in a 14-year career in the English Football League . Starting his career with Newcastle United in 1984 , he failed to break into the first team and moved on to Swansea City three years later . After a season with the Swans he signed with Hartlepool United . After scoring 50 league goals for the club he transferred to Chelsea in 1991 . After a season with Chelsea , including a loan spell with Port Vale , he joined Brentford . In 1994 , he moved back to Port Vale permanently , before moving back to Hartlepool United via Lincoln City in 1995 . He retired in 1998 because of a knee injury . He won three promotions with three clubs , and was voted onto the Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year in 1990–91 and won the North-East Footballer of the Year award in 1990-91 . Playing career . Newcastle United . A forward , Allon started his professional career with Newcastle United in 1984 , at a time when Jack Charlton was manager at St James Park . At the end of 1984–85 he starred in the FA Youth Cup final victory over Watford , scoring twice in a game in which Paul Gascoigne also netted a wonder goal . Allon scored twice in nine First Division games in 1985–86 and 1986–87 , before manager Willie McFaul moved him on to Swansea City in August 1987 . Swansea City . Terry Yoraths Swans won promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1987–88 after beating Torquay United 5–4 on aggregate in the play-off final . During the season Allon also scored against rivals Cardiff City in the South Wales derby , in a 2–2 draw at Vetch Field on New Years Day . He scored 12 times in 40 league and cup appearances in a partnership with Colin Pascoe , before he returned to the North-East to join Hartlepool United in November 1988 , as one of Bobby Moncurs first signings as manager . Moncur drove from Hartlepool to South Wales to watch the striker in a reserve game and decided to sign him . Hartlepool United . Pools paid a nominal fee for the striker to bring him back to the North East . Pools struggled near the foot of the Football League in 1988–89 under Moncur , and Allon scored just five goals in 26 starts . The team again struggled in 1989–90 , and suffered a number of heavy defeats under Moncur – losing 7–1 at York , 6–1 at Aldershot and 6–0 at home to Doncaster . As Pools improved in the second half of the season and moved off bottom spot after being rooted there with 9 points from 18 games , Allon managed 17 goals in 45 league starts to become the clubs joint top-scorer with strike partner Paul Baker . New boss Cyril Knowles was the catalyst for change as he turned the clubs fortunes around . Allon enjoyed a reunion with his former Newcastle United teammate Gascoigne in September 1990 as Pools played Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup . Gascoigne netted 4 in a 5–0 White Hart Lane defeat for Pools , who lost the second-leg 2–1 at the Victoria Ground . Allon netted the winning goal for Pools at Feethams in November 1990 , as Pools beat rivals Darlington 1–0 . By scoring the winning goal at Feethams in 1997 , the striker holds the distinction of being the only Pools striker to have twice scored a winning goal in front of the Tin Shed , the favoured end for supporters of Darlington . Allon netted 35 times as Pools won promotion in 1990–91 for only the second time in their history . Pools finished third , but were only one point behind champions Darlington . Allon hit 35 goals in 55 games in the campaign , and was named Hennessey Cognac North East Player of the Year and North East Football Writers Player of the Year , and was also voted onto the PFA Team of the Year . Chelsea . His form that season earned him a move to top-flight side Chelsea in August 1991 , with manager Ian Porterfield paying a fee reported to be £250,000 . Middlesbrough were also interested in his services that summer . Allon scored at home on his Chelsea debut , at the Shed End , however , he failed to make an impact at Stamford Bridge , and in February of the 1991–92 season he joined Port Vale on loan , but made just six goalless appearances for John Rudges Valiants , who struggled in vain to avoid relegation out of the Second Division . He only stayed for a few months of 1992–93 , the inaugural season of the Premier League . It was rumoured that his friendship with Vinnie Jones led him astray and helped to bring about his poor form . In all he started just four games ( with a further 14 substitute appearances ) and scored three goals for the Blues . He was sold to Brentford in November 1992 for a club-record incoming fee of £275,000 . Brentford . The Bees were relegated out of the First Division at the end of the 1992–93 season under Phil Holder . He scored a total of 28 goals in 56 league and cup appearances at Griffin Park . He also had a brief spell on loan at Southend United in September 1993 . Port Vale . Allon moved to back Port Vale – this time permanently – in March 1994 . He scored twice in what remained of the 1993–94 campaign , helping the club to win promotion out of the Second Division . He bagged seven goals at Vale Park in 1994–95 , before he was sold to Third Division side Lincoln City for £42,500 in July 1995 . Lincoln City and return to Hartlepool . After just five games and three months at Sincil Bank he was on the move again , during which manager Sam Ellis was replaced by John Beck , and returned to Victoria Park when Hartlepool manager Keith Houchen splashed out £40,000 . He scored nine goals in 24 games in 1995–96 to become joint top-scorer , but a persistent knee injury restricted his first team appearances . He scored 11 goals in 34 games in 1996–97 to again become the clubs top-scorer , as Hartlepool finished just four points above the bottom of the Football League under the stewardship of Mick Tait . His goal spree towards the end of the season helped the club to avoid a drop into the Conference . He only made it onto the pitch five times in 1997–98 , but still found the net twice , both against Colchester at Victoria Park , before he retired due to injury . His total of 79 goals for Hartlepool puts him in seventh place in their overall list of top scorers . He remains a Pools hero for his exploits in 1990-91 . Post-retirement . After retiring from football , Allon presented an award-winning BBC Inside Out documentary on grassroots sport , and worked as a summariser at BBC Tees radio . Between 2006 and 2008 Allon worked under ex-Chelsea teammate Dennis Wise on the coaching staff at Leeds United . He suffered a mental breakdown following the death of his mother due to Alzheimers disease in 2007 . He has been a regular on the North East after-dinner circuit and has penned a play paying tribute to the life of his former Newcastle United boss Jack Charlton . Statistics . Source : Honours . - Individual - Hennessey Cognac North East Player of the Year : 1990–91 - North East Football Writers Player of the Year : 1990–91 - PFA Team of the Year : 1990–91 - Newcastle United - FA Youth Cup : 1985 - Swansea City - Football League Fourth Division play-offs : 1988 - Hartlepool United - Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion : 1990–91 - Port Vale - Football League Second Division runner-up : 1993–94