DON'T PANIC SAM'S HERE!

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Sam Allardyce!!!!; we have been there before. 

With 20+ years (1969-92) playing in the Football League; can you imagine which position he played? Uncompromising! and from 1991 in management, no one can doubt his experience-uncompromising. 

So Sam has been called to West Bromwich Albion, in an emergency rescue bid. It would be good to have details of how much money he has made through his basic earnings (wages) and special payments enticing Sam to save clubs from relegation. 

There has also had an accusation of corruption and in 2013 Sam won damages against Steve Kean, a former Blackburn Rovers manager, who claimed, in a bar in Hong Kong, that Sam had been a "crook" when he was at Rovers. 

Do not mention Sam's  67 days in charge of the England national squad and the accused "malpractice", following a "Daily Telegraph" investigation and some covert camera work, which caused Sam to resign the job, after 67 days in 2016-17. He had a 100% record, managing one game against Slovakia, which his team won 1-0 with a last minute goal by Lallana.

Prior to 1968 he had played for Dudley Town FC, as a youth and was snapped up by Bolton W in 1971. Then Sunderland for a couple of years, Millwall (couple of years +), Tampa Bay, Coventry, Huddersfield, Bolton, Preston NE, WBA, Limerick, Preston again, totalling around 570 apps and 42 goals. Guess which position he played?

Management started at Limerick in 1991-2 and went to PNE care-taker, Blackpool (1994-6), Notts County (1997-9), Bolton (1997-07, Newcastle (07-08), West Ham (2011-15), Sunderland (2015-16), (England 2016), Crystal P (2016-17), Everton (2017-18), WBA in 2020?? = 1034  games (39.4%). 

Sam was accused of being a bit POMO, a long ball merchant, BUT he has more to his coaching than that including a great knowledge of Sport Science, use of technology, and yes, he did employ the long ball BUT with a background of science, it was more technical than many would believe. He has an Honorary Doctorate at the Univ of Bolton! July 2010. He is piblished, an autobiography, "Big Sam", Oct 2015. He also runs a motor spares' business, a fast food business, a social club, a pub and a piano bar.

Bear in mind West Brom's latest managers' record: Roy 2011-12, Tony Pulis 2015-17, Gary Megson 2 games, Pardew 2017-18 (5 months), Darren Moore from April 2018-March 2019, James Shan-who he? March 2019-June 2019, Bilic June 2019-December 2020...........SAM.......??

Longevity; Fred Everiss (to the left) was manager from August/1902-May/1948, 1520 games @ 43.16% success.

There have also been: Nobby Stiles, Brian Talbot, Stuart Pearson, Bobby Gould, Osvaldo Ardiles....the list goes on with 23 managers since 2000....including Jose Mel Perez. Remember him Bob? 3 wins from 17.