Thomas Allsopp

Thomas Allsopp

A fast and clever winger who was born in Leicester in 1880, it was not long before he was picked up by the Fosse club where he became a regular in their side.

It was regarded as a coup when he signed on for the Town in September 1902 (although a job on the side helped) and in his two years at Dunstable Road he set up a good many goals for Jimmy Blessington and Bert Moody.

A county cricketer of note for Leicestershire he returned to Leicester Fosse in 1904 before subsequently turning out for Brighton and Norwich where he eventually settled to run a pub.

Returning from active service on a troop ship at the end of World War One he contracted Spanish Flu and died in Norwich in 1919.