Allan_Sliman
Allan Sliman
Scottish footballer and manager
Allan Melrose Sliman (27 February 1906 – 14 April 1945), sometimes known as Jack Sliman,[4] was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 370 Football League appearances for Chesterfield and Bristol City as a centre half. He also had a spell as player-manager of non-League club Chelmsford City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Melrose Sliman[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1906-02-27)27 February 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Busby, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 April 1945(1945-04-14) (aged 39)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Ely, England[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1928 | Arthurlie | 70 | (1) |
| 1928–1932 | Bristol City | 136 | (1) |
| 1932–1938 | Chesterfield | 241 | (9) |
| 1938–1940 | Chelmsford City | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1938–1939 | Chelmsford City (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A centre half, Sliman began his career with Scottish League Second Division club Arthurlie, before Bristol City manager Alex Raisbeck paid a £280 fee to bring him to the Second Division club in September 1928.[5][6] After making 136 league appearances for Bristol City, Sliman joined Second Division club Chesterfield for a £1,738 fee on 4 March 1932.[7] He remained at Saltergate until October 1938 and was a part of the club's 1935–36 Third Division South title-winning team.[8] Sliman finished his career with Southern League club Chelmsford City during the 1938–39 season.[4] Aside from captaining the club, he held the role of player-manager between October 1938 and March 1939.[4]
Sliman's younger brother Richard was an amateur footballer.[8] Before and after his professional football career, he worked as a carpenter.[4] In 1943, during the Second World War, Sliman joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and became a flight engineer with No. 75 Squadron.[8] On 14 April 1945, Sliman took part in his first bombing mission, targeting a location southwest of Potsdam.[4] During the return trip to England, Sliman's bomber was attacked by Junkers Ju 88s and he was fatally wounded by cannon fire.[4] He died in hospital in Ely and was buried in Chelmsford Cemetery.[8][2]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arthurlie | 1925–26[9] | Scottish Second Division | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 1926–27[9] | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 1927–28[9] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 1928–29[9] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 70 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 73 | 1 | |||
| Chesterfield | 1931–32[10] | Second Division | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1932–33[11] | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 44 | 3 | ||
| 1933–34[12] | Third Division North | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 1934–35[13] | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 44 | 4 | ||
| 1935–36[14] | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 50 | 1 | ||
| 1936–37[15] | Second Division | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 45 | 2 | |
| 1937–38[16] | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Total | 241 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 273 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 311 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 346 | 14 | ||
- Appearance in Derbyshire Senior Cup
- Appearances in Third Division North Cup
- 4 appearances and 1 goal in Third Division North Cup, 1 appearance in Derbyshire Senior Cup
- 2 appearances in Third Division North Cup, 1 appearance in Derbyshire Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Chesterfield Hospital Senior Cup
- 1 appearance in Derbyshire Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Chesterfield Hospital Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Mansfield Charity Cup
- Chesterfield
- Football League Third Division North: 1935–36[14]
- Derbyshire Senior Cup: 1932–33, 1936–37[11][15]
- Chesterfield Hospital Senior Cup: 1935–36, 1936–37[14][15]
- Mansfield Charity Cup: 1936–37[15]
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 266. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Player-based information – 1921–2018". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Allan Melrose Sliman, Sergeant, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, Royal Air Force". chelmsfordwarmemorial.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- Edwards, Leigh; Wood, David (1997). The First 100 Years: The Official Story of Bristol City F.C. Bristol: Redcliffe Press for Bristol City Football Club. ISBN 1900178362. OCLC 49691901.
- Woods, David (1994). The Bristol Babe: The First 100 Years of Bristol City F.C. Harefield: Yore. ISBN 187442795X. OCLC 33010554.
- "Remembering Allan Sliman". Bristol City. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- "Allan Sliman". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- "Line-ups – 1931–32". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Line-ups – 1932–33". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Line-ups – 1933–34". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Line-ups – 1934–35". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Line-ups – 1935–36". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Line-ups – 1936–37". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Line-ups – 1937–38". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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