Mark Allen: Last News

John Higgins suffered a third straight final defeat after being thrashed 10-4 by Judd Trump in his quest for the Champion of Champions title in Bolton.

John Higgins is looking to make amends for his English Open final defeat when he takes on Judd Trump in the Champions of Champions final today.

A devastated John Higgins insisted he 'hasn't got it at this level' after he suffered his second title heartbreak in a month by losing a final frame decider to Neil Robertson at the English Open.

John Higgins suffered heartbreaking defeat in the Northern Ireland Open final last night to home favourite Mark Allen.

John Higgins battled back from a slow start to beat Yan Bingtao 6-2 and reach the Northern Ireland Open final - and he vows to give it everything in the showpiece.

Olivier Ntcham has revealed former Rangers director of football told him he wanted to sign him while he was still with Celtic. The French midfielder was released from his Parkhead contract by mutual consent and was convinced to move to the Championship by Swans’ sporting director Mark Allen.The 25-year-old has now claimed former Ibrox director of football Allen used to say he wanted to sign him after derby day clashes.

It’s not every day you have to play an intense game of snooker against one of your exes, but this is exactly the situation that Irish snooker player Mark Allen found himself in 14 years after he split from his ex Reanne Evans.

Steven Gerrard because they were looking to turn around a fall in "standards" at Ibrox. The Liverpool legend was appointed in the summer of 2018 despite never having previously been a manager.

Mark Allen wanted a Rangers team under Steven Gerrard to look like.If they got there? He was convinced the Ibrox club would eventually take over from Celtic.And as the former director of football at Ibrox watches Gerrard’s side cruise to the Premiership title, the sense of pride he feels is tangible.Allen now works at Swansea City but his part in where Rangers are now, can’t be forgotten or underestimated.After all, along with former chairman Dave King, he’s the guy who chose Gerrard to be the club’s manager in June 2018.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The

Andy Halliday has revealed that his Ibrox career was nearly ended prematurely by Mark Allen having the wrong opinion of him. The versatile midfielder has hinted in the past that Steven Gerrard was given a false report about him and Halliday had to use the first four days of pre-season to change his mind.