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In the News (Sun 7 Sep 08)

  
  Sam Allardyce afviser alt - dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Int. fodbold
Bolton-manager Sam Allardyce afviser de beskyldninger, der blev fremsat mod ham i tirsdagens BBC-dokumentar Panorama.
Her sagde to fodboldagenter ellers, at Allardyce havde taget imod bestikkelse i forbindelse med spillerhandler.
Han er tidligere politichef og skal blandt andet undersøge fodboldagenten Teni Yerimas udtalelser om, at han har bestukket Sam Allardyce.
www.dr.dk /Sporten/Fodbold/Int.fodbold/2006/09/20/152045.htm   (365 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Newcastle name Allardyce as boss
Allardyce - who refused to answer questions from BBC reporters because of a Panorama programme broadcast last September - said his ambition was to "win a trophy or qualify for Europe over the next few years".
Allardyce left Bolton after a stint of nearly eight years, citing his need for a rest but also admitting the desire to win silverware was behind his decision.
Allardyce also revealed that he would implementing the sort of scientific approach at Newcastle that was his trademark at Bolton - and hoped it would help solve the injury problems that have hindered the club in recent years.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6654121.stm   (961 words)

  
 Sam Allardyce
Sam Allardyce was appointed as Bolton Wanderers manager on his 45th birthday in October 1999, filling the vacant post left by Colin Todd.
Sam returned from Ireland to become a highly successful manager at Blackpool, where he quickly established himself, taking the Tangerines from the foot of the Second Division table in 1994 to the play-off finals, only for them to lose to Bradford City in 1996.
Sam admitted at the time that, with limited funds available, they were still likely to be nearer the other end of the table come the end of the season, and that proved to be the case.
www.4thegame.com /club/newcastle-united-fc/manager-profile/1504/samallardyce.html   (999 words)

  
 Sam Allardyce - The Huffington Post
David Bentley made sure Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce endured a miserable return to the north-west as he led Blackburn to a 3-1 win over the Magpies.
Elsewhere, the pressure increased further on Sam Allardyce as Newcastle fell to their fifth defeat in a row, this time at Blackburn.
Allardyce has defended the way Newcastle have been playing under his guidance this season, and we think he's right when he says it's OK to stop the other team playing the game they want to play.
www.huffingtonpost.com /topics/Sam+Allardyce   (1238 words)

  
 www.evertonfc.com :: View topic - SAM ALLARDYCE, refuses to talk on MOTD again
SAM ALLARDYCE took revenge on the BBC last night when he declared his determination never to give Match of the Day an interview again following the accusations in the Panorama bungs expose.
Allardyce confirmed last night: "At this moment in time I have no intention of ever speaking to the BBC again.
Allardyce's stance is in defiance of Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore, who has written to all 20 clubs insisting managers must give interviews to the BBC as part of the £105million TV contract with the Corporation.
www.evertonfc.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=8521&view=previous   (470 words)

  
 State Of The Game » Bolton Wanderers
Sam isn’t England manager material, despite what he himself may think, but at smaller clubs with limited transfer budgets he certanily knows how to get the maximum potential out of a squad and weave homegrown talent with some ageing experience from abroad.
Sam Allardyce’s main problem was that, through his position with the FA, David Dein could steer the committee responsible for replacing Sven Goran Eriksson away from Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger so as not to upset that particular club.
Craig Allardyce is reputedly devastated at bringing his father’s name into disrepute while he is being touted as one of the number one contenders to replace Sven Goran Eriksson as England manager and both father and son have strenuously denied any wrongdoing in the transfer.
stateofthegame.co.uk /category/bolton-wanderers   (861 words)

  
  RTÉ Sport: Allardyce will fight Panorama allegations
Bolton manager Sam Allardyce tonight insisted he will 'fight' allegations by the BBC's Panorama programme that he has received illegal payments.
Two of them say that they have made illegal payments to Sam Allardyce personally.
Peter Harrison, an agent known to be close to Allardyce, is secretly filmed saying that he bribes Sam by offering to pay his son Craig.
www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0919/allardyce.html   (553 words)

  
 Newcastle United Web Site — News, Views, Opinion and Comment About Newcastle United Football Club by a Lifelong ...
Certainly Sam Allardyce can be pleased with this first half performance from his team but it’s any body’s game and Newcastle will need to show a little more attacking spirit to get all 3 points.
Sam Allardyce has been talking again to the Newcastle Journal, and it appears like he thinks he has to defend himself once again, given the adverse criticism he has had to take these last few weeks.
Sam Allardyce has defended the way Newcastle have been playing under his guidance this season, and we think he’s right when he says it’s OK to stop the other team playing the game they want to play.
nufcblog.com   (1334 words)

  
 TheFA.com - The Gaffer Tapes - Sam Allardyce
TheFA.com talks to Bolton manager Sam Allardyce, in the first of a series of interviews with the country's top coaches...
The first to be questioned is Bolton's Sam Allardyce, who speaks to Joe Bernstein.
Allardyce: I would love to get rid of the Technical area, it is an absolute pain in the backside for a coach or manager.
www.thefa.com /Features/EnglishDomestic/Postings/2002/10/25182.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished%3fpage   (727 words)

  
 Bolton Wanderers
Sam Allardyce revealed that the Argentina international travelled to Bolton to hold talks over a possible move, but sadly a deal could not be reached.
Allardyce also managed Blackpool but was later sacked as he failed to guide them to Division One after leading the league all season.
Bolton went top of the Premiership after gaining ten points from the first four games of the 2001-02 campaign and Sam Allardyce was even hopeful that the club could challenge for their first-ever league title.
www.englishpremier.net /boltonwanderers   (1396 words)

  
  On the Spot: Sam Allardyce | Bolton | Premiership | Football | Sport | Telegraph
Allardyce used to help collect the players' wages by rattling a tin around the town's pubs on a Friday night with the club chairman who was also the local priest so - most importantly - was in a position to call in a few favours.
Allardyce called the match against Arsenal perfectly, putting pressure on the referee, Andy D'Urso, throughout the week not to wilt in the face of the former champions' provocation, and he was at it again yesterday with Rob Styles.
Allardyce is definitely the first Premiership manager to challenge for the UK Open darts title in a pub in south Manchester, although he didn't improve on his wild-card entry to the first round.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/05/10/sfnsam10.xml   (1114 words)

  
 BBC - 606 - - A22715101 - Allardyce takes the poisoned chalice
Sam Allardyce is the latest manager unable to resist the temptation to sip from the poisoned chalice that is Newcastle United.
Allardyce will need to rejuvenate a mediocre team that is seemingly split by discontent - and resolve the future of the England striker who still represents their best chance of achieving success.
Allardyce will need to be at his most persuasive to keep Owen at Newcastle but my money would be on the England striker quitting, if one of the big four come in for him.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/606/A22715101   (1494 words)

  
 English Football - Sam Allardyce   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sam Allardyce, sometimes affectionately known as “Big Sam”, was born in Dudley, West Midlands, England on October 19, 1954 and is a former professional footballer and the current manager of Bolton Wanderers F.C. of the English Premier League.
Bolton went top of the Premiership after gaining ten points from the first four games of the 2001-02 campaign and Sam Allardyce was even hopeful that the club could challenge for their first-ever league title.
As a successful manager of English birth, Allardyce could be in line for the England job when Sven Goran Eriksson departs after the 2006 World Cup and Bolton have confirmed that they would let him talk to the F.A. if they approached him.
www.english-football.org.uk /managers/sam-allardyce   (720 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet - England - Manager Profile: Sam Allardyce
Allardyce has paid out little in transfer fees over the years, preferring to spend the money on the wages of talented fallen stars who can be nurtured back to form.
Allardyce's stock has grown to such a degree that he is now talked about as a possible future coach of the England national side.
Allardyce insisted his team must look to push on and look to be finishing in the top half of the table on a regular basis.
soccernet.espn.go.com /print?id=29&type=manager&cc=5739   (1958 words)

  
 Allardyce named Newcastle manager - CNN.com
Allardyce arrived at St James' Park by helicopter for talks with chairman Freddy Shepherd and was formally introduced at a news conference.
Allardyce joined Bolton as a defender in 1973 and was a member of the side which won the Second Division title in 1977-78 to secure promotion to the First Division.
In 1994 Allardyce took the manager's job at local rivals Blackpool where his reward for guiding them to their most successful season for years was to be sacked when they missed promotion by losing in the playoff semifinals.
edition.cnn.com /2007/SPORT/football/05/15/england.allardyce/index.html   (724 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Football - Lee named as Allardyce's replacement
Allardyce resigned as Wanderers boss on Sunday after seven-and-a-half years at the helm amid rumours he could be appointed Manchester City boss in the summer.
Allardyce was coy about his future on Sunday, saying that he would be going immediately to Spain for a holiday.
Allardyce said in a statement: "It was mutually decided that I step down now rather than at the end of the season, to give my successor the ideal opportunity to experience the preparation and build-up of matchday in readiness of next season.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200704/s1910554.htm   (570 words)

  
 Sam Allardyce   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One of Bolton's favourite adopted sons, 'Big Sam' earned the respect of the Wanderers faithful by wearing his heart on his sleeve and bringing uncompromising strength and no small measure of intelligence to the defence of Ian Greaves' great side of 20 years ago.
If there was one thing Allardyce was acutely aware of when he took over the hot seat at ailing Notts County 12 months ago it was how unpredictable and cruel the life of a soccer manager could be.
Apart from a year in Ireland with Limerick, where he had title-winning success, his only other experience of management was a 24-month stint at Blackpool where he dragged the struggling Seasiders up by the scruff of the neck and sparked their most successful period for two decades.
www.nottscounty.net /allardyc.html   (1014 words)

  
 Gartside announces Allardyce resignation
Sam Allardyce has explained his decision to quit as Bolton manager and insists it was one of the hardest things he has had to do in his life.
Allardyce leaves the Trotters on the verge of qualification for the UEFA Cup, but did not comment on rumours he could be appointed as Manchester City boss in the summer.
Sam Allardyce's departure from Bolton Wanderers descended into acrimony yesterday with the chairman Phil Gartside declaring that his successor, Sammy Lee, was a "better" manager - while adding that it was the former Liverpool midfielder who had attracted star names Nicolas Anelka and El Hadji Diouf to the club.
www.bootroom.org /smf/index.php?topic=12391.msg131796   (2466 words)

  
 TEAMtalk trials: Sam Allardyce
Sam Allardyce will always be remembered as a huge success at Bolton for turning an unfashionable second-tier side into regular European contenders.
Allardyce simply is not that man. He may, although I personally doubt it, go on to become one of Europe's top bosses but he hasn't had a chance to prove himself at the top level yet.
Allardyce has a proven track record of signing 'has-beens' and successfully extending their career with the Trotters, and while this worked wonders at the Reebok, I'm not sure it would go down quite as well on Tyneside.
www.teamtalk.com /football/story/0,16368,2483_2114202,00.html   (1473 words)

  
 SoccerBlog.com: Sam Allardyce resigns to big questions
Big Sam Allardyce whose pugnacious style of coaching revitalized Bolton announced his resignation in a shocker.
The reason given is that the Wanderers CEO, Phil Gartside who has had his share of differences with Allardyce in the past especially with the bung taking controversy decided not to open up his purse strings to get Allardyce some of the big name transfers.
For Allardyce and the record he achieved at Bolton, there should be no shortage of clubs who would welcome him.
www.soccerblog.com /2007/04/sam_allardyce_resigns_to_big_q.htm   (298 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Football - Allardyce confirmed as Newcastle manager
Sam Allardyce has become Newcastle United's fourth manager in three years after the club confirmed him as Glenn Roeder's replacement.
Allardyce said his ambition was to "win a trophy or qualify for Europe over the next few years".
Allardyce, a rugged defender in his playing career, took over at Bolton in 1999 and steered them into the Premier League via the play-offs in his second season in charge.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200705/s1924100.htm   (524 words)

  
 Radikal-çevrimiçi / Spor / Beklenen oldu: O şimdi Bolton'lı
Allardyce, Anelka için Fenerbahçe'yle pazarlık halinde olduklarını daha önce yaptığı bir açıklamayla duyurmuştu.
Allardyce bu transferin sonlanmasından sonra yaptığı açıklamada ise "Sabır erdemdir" diyerek zorlu pazarlık sürecine vurgu yaptı.
Sam Allardyce bana hangi oyuncuları istediğini söyledi ve benim görevim onun başarılı olabilmesi için gerekli araç gereçleri sağlamak.
www.radikal.com.tr /haber.php?haberno=196922   (600 words)

  
 Sam Allardyce quits Bolton: Sport: Soccer: News24
London - Sam Allardyce resigned as Bolton manager on Sunday after eight years at the club.
Allardyce, an uncompromising centre back with Bolton in his playing days, took over from Colin Todd in 1999 and won promotion to the Premier League two years later.
Allardyce specialised in getting the best out of players who other clubs struggled with and his squads were among the most multi-national in the league.
www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_2106330,00.html   (282 words)

  
 Sam Allardyce joins Newcastle on three-year contract as manager   (Site not responding. Last check: )
LONDON (AP) - Sam Allardyce is aiming to accomplish what Bobby Robson, Kenny Dalglish and others failed to do in 38 years - bring a title to Newcastle.
Allardyce faces a host of problems, from squad unrest and frustrated fans to speculation that star striker Michael Owen could be leaving and the resurgence of local rival Sunderland under Roy Keane.
Allardyce said clubs such as Manchester United and Arsenal only achieved successes in recent years by keeping faith with their managers over the long haul - United for 20 years with Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsenal for 10 with Arsene Wenger.
www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/070515/s051545A.html   (1691 words)

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