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"Martin James Allen" is an English former Association football/football player and current head coach of Barnet F.C./Barnet. He played more than 100 games for each Queens Park Rangers F.C./Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United F.C./West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth F.C./Portsmouth and Southend United F.C./Southend United. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at non-league Barnet F.C./Barnet. He has since managed Brentford F.C./Brentford, Milton Keynes Dons F.C./Milton Keynes Dons, Leicester City F.C./Leicester City, Cheltenham Town F.C./Cheltenham Town, Barnet F.C./Barnet and Notts County F.C./Notts County. He rejoined Barnet F.C./Barnet as manager on 16 April 2012 on a short term, three-match contract succeeding Lawrie Sanchez. In July 2012 he became manager of Gillingham F.C./Gillingham and in the 2012–13 in English football/2012–13 season led the team to the Football League Two title, earning Allen his first promotion as a manager and Gillingham's first divisional title in 49 years. He was sacked as Gillingham manager in October 2013. He played as a midfielder.