Mr. Allen came in for no small amount of criticism from a number of sources during his tenure, particularly for the way in which he was seen to refuse to cooperate fully with supporters groups.
Despite this, during his time as Chairman the club does appear to have made forward progress. Allen brought in Paul Sturrock as manager in 2004 and he guided the club to promotion back to the Championship and maintained that status the following season.
A troubled start to the 2006/07 campaign prompted Allen to sack Sturrock, a largely unpopular decision amongst supporters but new boss Brian Laws then managed to improve results and steer Wednesday to a creditable 9th place finish.
Off the field Mr. Allen also managed to improve the clubs finances, turning a series of annual losses into profits. The Sunday People last week reported that Mr. Allen is currently owed £1.5M in loans to the club and had during his time gifted around £1M to pay fees and wages.
Despite this the clubs remains heavily in debt and fans will be hoping that the club will be open to new offers and potential new investment in the near future.