Imogen Allison
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| Born | 24 April 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Brooksbank School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imogen Allison (born 24 April 1998) is an English international netball player. She plays for Queensland Firebirds in the Suncorp Super Netball and is a member of the England national netball team.
Early life and education
Allison attended The Brooksbank School and started playing netball in Year Seven.[2][3] She later studied Sports & Exercise Science at the University of Bath.[4][5]
Club career
Yorkshire Jets
She played for Yorkshire Jets in the 2016 Netball Super League season.[6]
Team Bath
She joined Team Bath ahead of the 2017 season.[7] During the 2019 season, Allison was Bath's captain when regular captains Eboni Usoro-Brown and Serena Guthrie were away on international duty.[8] She was shortlisted for the 2019 Superleague Young Player of the Year Award, and later re-signed for Bath for the 2020 season.[4] She was named Bath's Player of the Year for the 2021 Netball Super League season and later captained Bath to win the 2021 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship.[9][10][2] She was named the team's captain for the 2022 Netball Super League season.[10][2] Bath coach Anna Stembridge told Allison that she would be captain on FaceTime, as Allison was at the 2022 Netball Quad Series at the time.[11]
Manchester Thunder
On 28 August 2023, it was confirmed that she would be signing for Manchester Thunder ahead of the 2024 season.[12]
Queensland Firebirds
Allison signed with the Australian Queensland Firebirds ahead of the 2025 Suncorp Super Netball season. She signed a two-year contract with the Firebirds.[13]
International career
Allison competed for England-under 21s at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup, where the team finished third overall.[1] She was a co-captain of the England A side for fixtures alongside the 2020 Netball Nations Cup.[14]
She was in the England senior squad for a 2019 tour of Oceania,[8][14] and also for the 2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.[14] She made her debut for the senior team at the age of 22 in October 2020,[3] coming on as a replacement for Jade Clarke.[15] She played in the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series[16] and the 2022 Netball Quad Series.[11] Allison was named as a reserve in the England squad for the netball event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[17] On 17 July, she replaced the injured Beth Cobden in the England squad for the Games.[18] Allison was part of the history-making and silver medal-winning 2023 Netball World Cup squad.
Honours
England
- Netball World Cup: Silver: 2023
Individual awards
Netball Super League
References
- ^ a b "Imogen Allison". England Netball. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Imogen Allison named Team Bath skipper for new Vitality Superleague campaign". Halifax Courier. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Where It All Began: Imogen Allison". England Netball. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Imogen Allison signs new Team Bath deal for 2020 Superleague season". Sky Sports. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Team Bath Netball are two matches away from Vitality Superleague glory". Bath Chronicle. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Hertfordshire Mavericks announce Netball Superleague squad". Sky Sports. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "2017 Vitality Superleague season preview". Sky Sports. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ a b "In the England squad and back in Blue & Gold for 2020 – netballer Imogen Allison looking forward to a big year of sport and study". Team Bath. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship: Team Bath, Lightning and Sirens announce squads". Sky Sports. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Imogen Allison 'super excited' to be named captain as Team Bath Netball confirm leadership group for 2022 Vitality Superleague season". Team Bath. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Imogen Allison says she's not too young for Bath captaincy". Craven Herald & Pioneer. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "England Roses Powerhouse Imogen Allison Signs for Manchester Thunder". Manchester Thunder. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Marshall, Charlotte (9 August 2024). "Vitality Rose Imogen Allison signs for Queensland Firebirds". England Netball. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Imogen Allison looks ahead to New Zealand Series". England Netball. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Winning start for Silver Ferns in return of Test netball". Netball New Zealand. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Vitality Roses: Jo Harten returns and Funmi Fadoju selected for Jamaica series". Sky Sports. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Natalie Metcalf to captain England". BBC Sport. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Athletes join Team England ahead of the Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games England. 17 July 2022.