He stepped down in December, to take up the financially lucrative post as advisor to the Saudi Arabia national football team.
(meta data) TITLE: Top 10 Most Prolific Goalscorers - News - West Bromwich Albion Skip to main content badge - Link to home PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Fixtures & Results Search text Sign in/Register for iFollow Club News ## Top 10 Most Prolific Goalscorers 18 November 2013 1954 cup winner at four YESTERDAY we named Jeff Astle fifth in our list of Albion's all-time top ten greatest goalscorers. At four we have Ronnie Allen – who scored 208 goals in 415 appearances for Albion between 1950-61.The Puskas-like forward helped Albion emulate the inspirational football of the great Hungarian side of the 1950s. Two great feet, played all along the forward line, reinvented the role of the centre-forward by dropping deep, a footballing intellect which won him five England caps. He scored twice in the 1954 FA Cup Final win. Allen was a visionary and a true giant of the club. He joined Albion from Port Vale in March 1950 and left for Crystal Palace in May 1961. Allen returned to The Hawthorns to act as scouting advisor from January to May 1977 - then as manager from June 1977 to December 1977 before leaving to act as advisor to the Saudi Arabian national team. He returned as manager between July 1981 and May 1982 and was general manager thereafter until June 1983, later acting as coach and scout at the club. At 11am tomorrow we will reveal the next name in our countdown of Albion's top-ten greatest goalscorers.10. Tommy Glidden9. Bob Taylor8. Joe Carter7. Tony Brown6. Fred Morris5. Jeff Astle4. Ronnie Allen3. ?2. To qualify for the prestigious top ten, players must have scored at least 100 league goals for the Baggies. We then sorted our list by goal ratio (goals scored divided by appearances). Club News Advertisement block ## Watch live now for just ##MP_PRICE## #### ## Hi there Join in with the excitement of match day from the comfort of your own screen. The Albion crowd is arriving and the big game starts soon. 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They only cost ##MP_PRICE## for the best view in the stadium. Book your seat for the live action or look at all available packages (meta data) TITLE: West Bromwich Albion | Team | Superstars in Stripes | Superstars in Stripes | Ronnie Allen 6 captures 25 Jul 2011 - 07 Oct 2017 About this capture COLLECTED BY Organization: Alexa Crawls Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. Collection: Alexa Crawls Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20110725101017/http://www.wba.co.uk:80/page/Superstars/0,,10366~668538,00.html User tools ### Ronnie Allen Posted on: Mon 17 Nov 2008 Born: Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, January 1929 Died: Great Wyrley, June 2001 Position: Centre-forward West Bromwich Albion: March 1950 to May 1961 Football League: 415 appearances, 208 goals FA Cup: 42 appearances, 23 goals Others: 1 appearance, 3 goals Article continues Won: FA Cup winner's medal in 1953/54, League Championship runners-up medal in 1953/54 England: 5 appearances, 2 goals Profile: The complete footballer. The Puskas-like forward who helped Albion emulate the inspirational football of the great Hungarian side of the 1950s. Two great feet, played all along the forward line, reinvented the role of the centre-forward by dropping deep, a footballing intellect which won him five England caps. Scored twice in the 1954 FA Cup Final win. A visionary and a true giant of the club. Allen joined Albion from Port Vale in March 1950 and left for Crystal Palace in May 1961. Subsequently, he returned to act as scouting advisor from January to May 1977 then as manager from June 1977 to December 1977 before leaving to act as advisor to the Saudi Arabian national team. He returned as manager between July 1981 and May 1982 and was general manager thereafter until June 1983, later acting as coach and scout at the club. 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Ronnie Allen
Management career.
He was appointed manager at Portuguese side Sporting CP for the 1972–73 campaign. He was sacked before the end of the season due to a poor showing in the Primeira Liga – the club ended up in the fifth place, equalling their worst ever finish, despite the goalscoring form of Héctor Yazalde. Champions S.L. Benfica won 28 of their 30 league games. In spite their league form, new manager Mário Lino did lead Sporting to their ninth Taça de Portugal success, after defeating Vitória 3–2 at the Estádio Nacional. 
 He returned to the Midlands to take up the management reins at Walsall in July 1973. However he spent just six months in charge at Fellows Park. The "Sadders" finished the 1973–74 campaign fifteenth in the Third Division. He returned to West Bromwich Albion as a scouting advisor in January 1977, before being installed as manager six months later.  He recommended the club sign Cyrille Regis, who would become the club's main striker for the next seven years and part of the "Three Degrees" with Brendon Batson and Laurie Cunningham.