Allen Bula

As a player, he played for Gibraltar United, St Joseph's and Glacis United.

Between 2006 and 2010, he was the head of football development and academy manager at Slovak first division club MFK Košice. While in that role he discovered several talented players, most notably Nemanja Matić, who subsequently played for Chelsea and Manchester United. Bula was appointed as the manager of the Gibraltar national team in November 2009. Between 2009 and 2013 Bula managed the national team in 47 matches, against professional teams from Spain's 2b & 2a leagues, and English Championship & League One teams. Bula's success rate was 78%, with victories over teams such as Portsmouth, Notts County, England C, Bury and Real Balompédica Linense. Most notable was the 3–0 win over the Faroe Islands in 2013 prior to UEFA membership. Bula managed the national team in their debut as a Uefa member against Slovakia, and earned a draw which sent shock waves around Europe. That was followed by a 1–1 draw away to Estonia and Gibraltar's first win as Uefa member, against Malta. For political reasons, though, it was decided that Gibraltar would be kept apart from Spain in qualification draws. Bula's tactical approach to the Euro 2016 qualifier against World Cup holders Germany resulted in a 4–0 win for Germany, a creditable result for Gibraltar as many people were expecting Germany to come away with a much heavier victory. Only one goal was scored in second half and that was an own goal by Gibraltar. On 18 January 2015, Bula arrived in England to partake in the UEFA Pro-Licence…

His nephew is former footballer Danny Higginbotham.