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The Herald Scotland
09-07-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Scott Allan makes emotional career announcement
There were also loans at teams like Portsmouth and Rotherham and a stint at Arbroath, among others. A talented and gifted central midfielder, he is best remembered for some tremendous creative performances at Hibs. As i step away from playing the game i love , I want to take a moment to reflect on my journey. From the time I was a kid, it was my dream to play in front of a full stadium, wearing my name on the back of my shirt. The feeling, the adrenaline, the connection with fans—nothing… — Scott Allan (@ScottAllan_) July 9, 2025 His first season at Easter Road won him a move to Parkhead and while that never quite worked out, he would eventually return and find a home in Leith once more. Remarkably, he forged a successful career while battling against diabetes as well as the heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Now, three years after leaving the Hibees for a second time, he has called time on his playing career and has been announced as a first-team coach at East Kilbride. He will work alongside one-time Celtic academy starlet Simon Ferry and Mick Kennedy. Allan wrote on social media: "As I step away from playing the game I love, I want to take a moment to reflect on my journey. From the time I was a kid, it was my dream to play in front of a full stadium, wearing my name on the back of my shirt. Read more: "The feeling, the adrenaline, the connection with fans—nothing compares to that feeling. "I owe immense gratitude to my family. Your unwavering support throughout my battle with diabetes has been my anchor. You took me to training week in and week out, fostering my passion and perseverance on and off the field. "Thank you to all my teammates, coaches, and fans for making my dream a reality. This is not just an end, but a chapter filled with cherished memories. "I'm excited to embark on new adventures in media and coaching. This next chapter will allow me to share my experiences, inspire others, and continue my passion for the game."
Scottish Sun
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Scott Allan lands new job as former Celtic and Hibs star back in football just MINUTES after announcing retirement
He played in League One last season AL BE BACK Scott Allan lands new job as former Celtic and Hibs star back in football just MINUTES after announcing retirement SCOTT ALLAN has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 33. But the former Celtic and Hibs midfielder will remain in the game as a coach after landing his first full-time gig with an SPFL club. Advertisement 2 Scott Allan joined Celtic in 2015 Credit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow 2 He had two spells as a permanent Hibs players Credit: Kenneth Ramsay Allan was most recently at Kelty Hearts where he played last season after penning a one-year deal with the League One club last summer. He made 22 appearances across all competitions and also operated as a coach, while working as a pundit for various broadcasters including BBC Scotland and Sky Sports as well as Clyde 1. But now he's hung up his boots to purely focus on coaching as he's linked up with a close friend in League Two. Allan has joined East Kilbride's coaching setup to help them with their first season in the SPFL following their promotion from the Lowland League last season. Advertisement EK are managed by Mick Kennedy, while former Celtic youngster and Open Goal host Si Ferry is his No2. Ferry has spoken previously about potentially working alongside his close friend Allan at K-Park when his playing days were over. Now the club have confirmed the partnership will begin this summer. A statement from EK read: "East Kilbride Football Club are delighted to welcome Scott Allan who joins as First Team Coach. Advertisement "Allan joins having enjoyed a playing career at the highest level in the country and we are delighted to bring his experience into the setup." Allan announced his retirement via social media with an emotional post on X. David Gray on life as Hibs manager and how he turned it around when his job was on the line He wrote: "As I step away from playing the game I love, I want to take a moment to reflect on my journey. "From the time I was a kid, it was my dream to play in front of a full stadium, wearing my name on the back of my shirt. The feeling, the adrenaline, the connection with fans—nothing compares to that feeling. Advertisement "I owe immense gratitude to my family. Your unwavering support throughout my battle with diabetes has been my anchor. "You took me to training week in and week out, fostering my passion and perseverance on and off the field. "Thank you to all my teammates, coaches, and fans for making my dream a reality. This is not just an end, but a chapter filled with cherished memories. "I'm excited to embark on new adventures in media and coaching. Advertisement "This next chapter will allow me to share my experiences, inspire others, and continue my passion for the game. Thank you." Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
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Scotsman
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
'Cherished': Former Hibs and Celtic midfielder Scott Allan calls time on career and explains what's next
Midfielder ready to move into coaching and media work Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Former Hibs and Celtic midfielder Scott Allan has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 33. Allan posted on social media that he would be hanging up his boots following a 17-year senior career that included stints at Dundee United, West Brom and Portsmouth. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad A Scotland Under-21 internationalist, Allan was known as a gifted creative midfielder and played his best football at Hibs, where he had two separate spells at the club. He forged a successful path in football despite suffering from Type 1 Diabetes. Scott Allan played some of his best football at Hibs. | SNS Group Most recently a player/coach at Kelty Hearts, Allan wrote: 'As I step away from playing the game I love I want to take a moment to reflect on my journey. 'From the time I was a kid, it was my dream to play in front of a full stadium, wearing my name on the back of my shirt. The feeling, the adrenaline, the connection with fans—nothing compares to that feeling. 'I owe immense gratitude to my family. Your unwavering support throughout my battle with diabetes has been my anchor. You took me to training week in and week out, fostering my passion and perseverance on and off the field. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Chapter filled with cherished memories' 'Thank you to all my teammates, coaches, and fans for making my dream a reality. This is not just an end, but a chapter filled with cherished memories. 'I'm excited to embark on new adventures in media and coaching! This next chapter will allow me to share my experiences, inspire others, and continue my passion for the game. 'Thank you ❤️' Allan started his career in the youth ranks at Dundee United, where he had a loan spell at Forfar Athletic. He moved to West Brom in 2012, then in the English Premier League, but struggled to break into the first team and had loan spells with Portsmouth, Birmingham and MK Dons before moving back to Scottish football in 2014, joining Hibs. Scott Allan during his time at Celtic. | SNS Group It was at Easter Road in the Championship where he flourished under Alan Stubbs, shining for one season and earning a move to Premiership champions Celtic. He found first-team football hard to come by at Parkhead and had loan moves to Rotherham, Dundee and Hibs again before rejoining the Easter Road side permanently in 2019. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The subsequent three years at Hibs were hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic and being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that caused tiredness and shortage of breath, keeping him off the pitch for five months.
Scotsman
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hibs hero makes exit from Scottish club as he enters free agency
The creative former Hibs star is on the hunt for a new club after news emerging this week Sign up to our Hibs football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Hibs favourite Scott Allan is on the hunt for a new club after his exit from Kelty Hearts was confirmed. The playmaker joined the League One side in 2024 after a spell in Northern Ireland. Starting his career at Dundee United, Allan first joined Hibs in 2014 before a move to Celtic. He returned on loan in 2018 and then for a third spell in 2019, as a permanent Hibee. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Overall, Allan made 127 appearances for Hibs, scoring 17 times with 39 assists. The club he's made the second most amount of appearances for is Portsmouth on 25, followed by Dundee at 23, now seeking a 15th club in his career. Hibs hero moves on from Kelty Hearts A Kelty Hearts statement reads: 'Seven players are to depart Kelty Hearts this summer following the expiry of their contracts. Scott Allan, Liam Brown, Adam Corbett, Ross Cunningham, James Lyon, Kirk Broadfoot and Billy Owens will leave New Central Park. Scott Allan moves on after making 22 appearances for the club since arriving last summer. He notched two goals and two assists during his time in maroon. 'Liam Brown and Adam Corbett will also leave the club after spells hamstrung by injuries. Brown made five league appearances this campaign scoring once, while Corbett ends a two year stint where he made 29 appearances overall. The next player to leave after their contract expires is Ross Cunningham. The 26 year-old leaves after two years with the club, after this season being the leagues joint top goalscorer. Scoring 14 goals this campaign from a deeper role, Cunningham moves on. 'James Lyon will leave after arriving on a short-term deal in January after making eight appearances, Kirk Broadfoot also departs following a short spell at the club. Finally, Billy Owens' two year spell at the club comes to an end with the midfielder making 60 appearances overall during his time with Kelty Hearts. The club would like to wish all departing players the best with their future endeavours.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad What Scott Allan thinks of Hibs Speaking earlier this month, Allan was in awe of the work done by head coach David Gray at Hibs, with the club since clinching third place in the Premiership. He said: 'I'm absolutely delighted for David Gray because I feel he's the right man in there. I think how he handled himself, first of all, as a manager and as a person, under huge, huge pressure. 'Even the pressure of being 'Sir' David Gray to the Hibs fans comes with added pressure for a guy like David Gray. I think he deserves all the things that come his way. Listen, a manager can come out and slaughter you, but ultimately players know when they're not performing well. I think if you go into the Hibs changing room at that time, when things were going wrong, they would have had conversations as players and they would have been able to admit that they weren't performing well. 'When you have a manager who obviously then goes out and he has to face the music, that's when I go back to what I said about how he handled himself in the moments. That then transfers on to the players - and the players realise: 'He's properly got our backs and he's taking all the hits while we're sitting in the background getting away with some of it.' So I think that's a huge part, but that's just Dave's personality. He's not overly vocal, but it's what he says at the right times which will obviously resonate with that Hibs team.'
The Guardian
07-02-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
English Heritage and its portfolio are national treasures
To call English Heritage a 'less-glamorous cousin' of the National Trust (Editorial, 3 February) is an insult to the history of heritage protection in England. English Heritage has a portfolio of more than 880 historical places collected by the government from the 1880s to the 1970s to form a national collection of built and archaeological heritage. This amassing of places represents the state's efforts to ensure the protection of the nation's most significant prehistoric and medieval sites, which were often in great disrepair or at threat of demolition. The places managed by English Heritage remain in state ownership, but the charity is responsible for their operation and maintenance. The national museums of the UK look after similar 'national collections' of objects. To do so, they receive grant-in-aid funding from the UK government. To not commit similarly to our collection of prehistoric and medieval sites is dishonourable and Scott Allan OrrUCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage English Heritage is looking at its structure, but we are proud of our in-house expertise and committed to it – under our proposals we will continue to have a large team of curators, historians and conservators. We are certainly not replacing them with managers. To be exact, we will still have 'collection managers' but the 'only' thing they manage is our more than 1m artefacts and we – and everyone from specialist researchers to the public – would be lost without them. These are difficult times for the culture sector as a whole, and we have seen a significant fall in income this year. It would be irresponsible if we did not respond to Nick MerrimanChief executive, English Heritage The proposed cuts and changes to English Heritage sadly are not surprising – the wider landscape is just as concerning. Churches, chapels, meeting houses and cathedrals form a huge part of our nation's tourism offer; 9.35 million people visited English cathedrals in 2023, a 17% increase from 2022, many of them visitors coming from abroad. But these buildings face a huge challenge, with 969 places of worship on Historic England's heritage at risk register – more than 60% of MPs in England have at least one of these buildings in their constituency. The government's recent cuts to the listed places of worship grants scheme are devastating for churches: any major work is bound to cost more than the government's new cap. It's overwhelmingly local people who need to find the money to replace the roof or repair the stonework, and they will now have to find 20% extra to pay VAT on top of everything else. If we want to save our nation's heritage, and keep tourists coming, the government must come up with a plan to see these buildings properly funded, so they will be there for future RutnamChair, National Churches Trust Have an opinion on anything you've read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.
