Allan Simmons

Allan Simmons

Allan Simmons was a finalist in Series 3.

A computer programmer from London, he was the first player ever to win seven shows in a row, just being pipped to the post by eventual octochamp William Bradford. He returned to the finals as #3 seed, but was beaten by Andrew Guy in the quarter-final.

His sister, Valerie appeared in Series 4, and he is married to Gilli Appleby, the twin sister of Series 2 finalist Philip Appleby.

Away from Countdown, Allan is very heavily involved in the world of Scrabble, having been both chairman of the ABSP and its international equivalent WESPA (The World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association). A full-time Scrabble consultant and one of the UK's most dominant players, he has edited Onwords Magazine (now known as OnBoard) since 1979 and is a five-time British Matchplay Scrabble champion, four-time ABSP Masters winner and the 2008 National Scrabble champion. He has represented Scotland at the World Scrabble Championship on numerous occasions. In 2016 he reached the quarter-final stage of the 2016 MSI World Championship, his best World Championship result to date, as well as three of the ABSP's five major events in that year.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
89	3/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	41 – 35	Ted Wiles	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	64
90	4/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	47 – 37	George France	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	70
91	5/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	36 – 36	Alan Walker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	70
92	6/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	61 – 42	Alan Walker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	70
93	10/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	61 – 18	Pat Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	73
94	11/10/1983	P	Peter Dean	21 – 47	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	72
95	12/10/1983	P	John Rusted	40 – 47	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	70
96	13/10/1983	P	Eric Shaw	19 – 45	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	73
97	17/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	31 – 38	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	72
128	8/12/1983	QF	Andrew Guy	62 – 35	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannell	70
M43	22/1/90-26/1/90	Masters 1	Harry Venet	41 – 121	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Freda Thornton	133
M80	8/10/90-12/10/90	Masters 2	Allan Simmons	85 – 44	Steve Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Mark Nyman	137

Links

Allan Simmons on Wikipedia.