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Sam Allardyce
Samuel Allardyce is an English football manager and former professional player. Allardyce made 578 league and cup appearances in a 21-year career spent mostly in the Football League, as well as brief spells in the North American Soccer League and League of Ireland. He was signed by Bolton Wanderers from Dudley Town in 1969 and spent nine years at Bolton, helping the club to win the Second Division…
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culture · English footballer and manager (born 1954) · association football player · association football coach · journalist · sports commentator · autobiographer · also Sam Allardyce, Samuel Allardyce, Allardyce
Born 19 October 1954 · Q334388
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: Sam Allardyce mystery mural gains former England manager’s approval
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2023· 9 entries
The Guardian: Sam Allardyce leaves Leeds United with Brendan Rodgers on new shortlist
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The Guardian: Sam Allardyce open to Leeds stay but warns side may struggle in second tier
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The Guardian: Sam Allardyce turns on substitutes after Leeds’ painful defeat at West Ham
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The Guardian: Leeds suffer for the cause to give Sam Allardyce hope of beating the drop | Will Unwin
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The Guardian: Allardyce ditches bravado and makes ‘brain space’ central to Leeds survival
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The Guardian: Survival specialist: Sam Allardyce's great escapes as he joins Leeds – video
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The Guardian: ‘There’s nobody ahead of me’: Sam Allardyce makes bold Leeds arrival
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The Guardian: Could Sam Allardyce, the anti-Bielsa, cross philosophical chasm at Leeds? | Louise Taylor
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The Guardian: Sam Allardyce in advanced talks to take over from Javi Gracia as Leeds manager
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2021· 2 entries
Allardyce was described by Pep Guardiola as a "genius" for his ability to save clubs from relegation
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“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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2015· 1 entry
ESPN: Sunderland appoint Sam Allardyce as new manager to replace Dick Advocaat
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2014· 2 entries
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2014).
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Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (October 2014).
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2012· 2 entries
Won: Football League Championship play-offs with West Ham United (2012).
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Before leaving West Ham in May 2015 after criticism from fans over his playing style
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2011· 1 entry
Kean had been recorded in a bar in Hong Kong alleging that Allardyce had been dismissed from his post at Blackburn Rovers because he was a "crook"
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2006· 1 entry
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (December 2006).
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2004· 2 entries
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (January 2004).
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Runner-up: Football League Cup with Bolton Wanderers (2003–04).
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2003· 1 entry
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (November 2003).
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2001· 4 entries
Won: Football League First Division play-offs with Bolton Wanderers (2001).
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Won award: Football League First Division Manager of the Month (January 2001).
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Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (August 2001).
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As well as a League Cup final and UEFA Cup qualification on two occasions
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1998· 2 entries
Won the English Football League 2 with Notts County (1997-1998).
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Won: Football League Third Division with Notts County (1997–98).
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1992· 2 entries
Won: League of Ireland First Division with Limerick (1991–92).
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Played for Preston North End F.C. (1992–1992) — 3 appearances, 0 goals.
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1991· 2 entries
Leading the club to the League of Ireland First Division (second tier) title in 1991–92
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Played for Limerick F.C. (1991–1992) — 23 appearances, 3 goals.
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1989· 1 entry
Played for West Bromwich Albion F.C. (1989–1991) — 1 appearances, 0 goals.
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1987· 3 entries
Won award: PFA Team of the Year (1986–87).
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Won: Football League Fourth Division promotion with Preston North End (1986–87).
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Played for Bolton Wanderers F.C. (1987–1986) — 14 appearances, 0 goals.
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1986· 1 entry
Played for Preston North End F.C. (1986–1989) — 90 appearances, 2 goals.
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1984· 1 entry
Played for Huddersfield Town A.F.C. (1984–1985) — 37 appearances, 0 goals.
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1983· 3 entries
Played for Coventry City F.C. (1983–1984) — 28 appearances, 1 goals.
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Joined Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1983.
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Played for Tampa Bay Rowdies (1983–1983) — 11 appearances, 1 goals.
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1981· 2 entries
Joined Millwall in 1981.
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Played for Millwall F.C. (1981–1983) — 63 appearances, 2 goals.
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1980· 2 entries
Played for Sunderland A.F.C. (1980–1981) — 25 appearances, 2 goals.
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Joined Sunderland in 1980.
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1978· 2 entries
Won the English Football League 1 with Bolton (1977-1978).
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Won: Football League Second Division with Bolton Wanderers (1977–78).
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1977· 1 entry
Described Allardyce and Jones as "one of the best central defensive pairings in the Football League
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1971· 2 entries
Played for Bolton Wanderers F.C. (1971–1980) — 184 appearances, 21 goals.
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Joined Bolton in 1971.
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1969· 2 entries
Joined Bolton in 1969.
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And spent nine years at Bolton, helping the club to win the Second Division title in 1977–78
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-10-19.
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1939· 1 entry
And an older brother, Robert Junior, born in 1951
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