Striker · Kingsmere Albion and Iceland
Húsavík, Iceland
Right foot. Last shoulder. Everybody knows. Nobody catches him.
Give him one pass in behind.
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Next match · Premier Division 2026/27
Kingsmere Albion v Hollingford
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01 · The game
The defenders know where he is going. Hold the centre-back, spin off his shoulder, go. Then finish. A harbour wall in Húsavík taught him that before any coach did, and nobody has found the answer since.
The shed wall rang like a bell when you hit it clean. I kicked until it rang every time.
Allan
02 · The road
Eight seasons, one road: a shed wall in Húsavík, a debut at sixteen, a broken foot at seventeen, and a record move at twenty.
Fifty-five thousand people and I could still hear my father shouting in Icelandic. Nine minutes in, first touch, bottom corner.
The boot room
One pair for every season, from the pitches of Húsavík to the night of the final.
The pair from the European Crown final. Still has Lisbon on the studs.
White for the night games. Thirty-six league goals in these.
Thirty-eight goals and the first Premier Division title.
Worn for Iceland at the Northern Cup, then given to the kitman.
Nine minutes into his first game at The Meridian, bottom corner.
Standard issue in Holland. Twenty-nine goals and a club record at nineteen.
The first pair after nine weeks in a boot, bought with his first wage abroad.
His last pair at home. He broke his foot in them and kept them anyway.
03 · In numbers
Premier Division 2025/26, all competitions.
04 · The run in behind
His sixteen most recent goals, and where they went in. Fifteen from inside the box.
Typical runs, from the last shoulder to the six-yard box.His most recent goals · 16
Last five, newest firstG goals · A assists.
05 · The night of the 2–1
The European Crown final, Estádio do Mar, Lisbon, 2025.
Eighty-ninth minute, one pass in behind. I heard nothing until it hit the net. Then I heard everything.
05 · Two days
06 · The kit wall
Home and away, three seasons, three titles.
06 · Honours
Premier Division 2023, 2024, 2025, and the European Crown to finish.
Eight major honours · three Premier Division titles · the European Crown · 58 caps for Iceland
07 · Between matches
Off the record.
Five frames from between the matches. @erlinallan9.