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{{about|the English football manager|other people}}
{{short description|English footballer and manager}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Martin Allen
| image       = MartinAllenESPN.jpg
| caption     = Allen in 2013
| full_name   = Martin James Allen
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|8|14}}
| birth_place = [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England
| height      = 5 ft 10 in<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=302 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}</ref>
| position    = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
 | years1   = 1984–1989  | caps1   = 136  | goals1   = 16  | clubs1   = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
 | years2   = 1989–1995  | caps2   = 190  | goals2   = 25  | clubs2   = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
 | years3   = 1995–1997  | caps3   = 45   | goals3   = 4   | clubs3   = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
 | years4   = 1997–1998  | caps4   = 5    | goals4   = 0   | clubs4   = [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]            
 | totalcaps   = 376     | totalgoals   = 45
| nationalyears1 = 1985      | nationalteam1 = [[England national under-19 football team|England U19]]    | nationalcaps1 = 3  | nationalgoals1 = 0
 | nationalyears2  = 1986–1987  | nationalcaps2   = 2  | nationalgoals2   = 0  | nationalteam2   = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]]
 |manageryears1  = 2003–2004  | managerclubs1   = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
 | manageryears2   = 2004–2006  | managerclubs2   = [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]
 | manageryears3   = 2006–2007  | managerclubs3   = [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|Milton Keynes Dons]]
 | manageryears4   = 2007       | managerclubs4   = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
 | manageryears5   = 2008–2009  | managerclubs5   = [[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]]
 | manageryears6   = 2011       | managerclubs6   = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
 | manageryears7   = 2011–2012  | managerclubs7   = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
 | manageryears8   = 2012       | managerclubs8   = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
 | manageryears9   = 2012–2013  | managerclubs9   = [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
 | manageryears10  = 2014–2016  | managerclubs10  = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
 | manageryears11  = 2016–2017  | managerclubs11  = [[Eastleigh F.C.|Eastleigh]]
 | manageryears12  = 2018       | managerclubs12  = [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
| manageryears13 =  2018        | managerclubs13 = [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]
}}
'''Martin James Allen''' (born 14 August 1965) is an English [[Association football|football]] manager and former player. 

He played more than 100 games as a midfielder for both [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] and [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] before finishing his playing career with [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] and [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at non-league [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]. He has since managed [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]], [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|Milton Keynes Dons]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], [[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]] and [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. He rejoined Barnet as manager on 16 April 2012 on a short-term, three-match contract succeeding [[Lawrie Sanchez]]. In July 2012 he became manager of [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] and in the [[2012–13 in English football|2012–13]] season led the team to the [[Football League Two]] title, earning Allen his first promotion as a manager and Gillingham's first divisional title in 49 years. He was sacked as Gillingham manager in October 2013. Allen rejoined Barnet for a fourth spell in 2014, leading the Bees back into [[EFL League Two|League Two]] before dropping divisions to join [[Eastleigh F.C.|Eastleigh]] in December 2016, a role he held only until the following February.