Big sam. Sam Allardyce

The "Lions" ended the 1981—82 season in mid-table, and Anderson was sacked in November 1982 He takes a modern, technology and statistics centred approach to tactics and coaching, and has been praised for his organisational and man-management skills
The final report of the published in June 2007 expressed concerns regarding the involvement of Craig Allardyce in a number of transactions, stating that: "The inquiry remains concerned at the conflict of interest that it believes existed between Craig Allardyce, his father Sam Allardyce—the then manager at Bolton—and the club itself Venture in Europe Now an established Premier League club, Bolton signed veteran internationals and , aged 35 and 36 respectively

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Personal life He met his wife Lynne Ward while still a youth team player at Bolton Wanderers, and the pair married on 1 June 1974.

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Following a spell at from May 2007 to January 2008, Allardyce managed for a two-year spell from December 2008
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On the playing front he spent £400,000 on striker and £1
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He found playing difficult however, due to the heat and the all-out attacking nature of his teammates, which led to him being frequently exposed at the back, though he found that the club's masseurs managed to cure a long-standing scar tissue problem
Curtis had been charged and eventually cleared by the Football Association during the Neal played himself at centre-half and relegated Allardyce to the bench, despite Neal being a full-back
On 19 May 2012, West Ham were promoted back to the Premier League after only one season in the Championship after beating Blackpool 2—1 the Allardyce wrote in his autobiography that "when they hit a 50-yard ball it was a cultural pass; when we did it, it was a hopeful hoof"

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Newcastle United Allardyce as manager of Newcastle United in 2007 Allardyce was offered the Manchester City job, but the offer was withdrawn after 's purchase offer of the club was accepted.

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However they then had a series of disappointing results in the run-up to Christmas, and after gaining only one point from a possible six from bottom-of-the-table Wigan and Derby
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However he was forced to sell , son of Colin Todd, after he broke assistant manager Phil Brown's jaw in a team bonding session
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Blackburn Rovers Allardyce top as manager of Blackburn Rovers in 2009 On 17 December 2008, Allardyce was appointed as manager of on a three-year contract, succeeding who left the club in 19th place with just three wins from 17 games