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Ashley Allanson

English footballer (born 1986)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ4805356
Source-derived summary

Ashley Allanson (born 13 November 1986) is a footballer, who plays in midfield at Bridlington Town.

His previous clubs include Hull City, Scunthorpe United and Farsley Celtic. Allanson had two loan spells at Farsley before making the deal permanent before the 2007–08 season. After making 15 appearances during the 2007–08 season he was released and joined Bridlington Town. He played against Farsley in a pre-season friendly in which his new team lost 6–0. Ashley has played for the England Futsal team and the England Universities 11-a-side team. He is a coach at the Hull City Centre of Excellence and holds a UEFA B football coaching badge.

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The public source identifies “Ashley Allanson” as english footballer (born 1986). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ashley, Allanson and English.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-11-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ashley, Allanson and English providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4805356. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from Ashley Allanson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.