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Sam Allardyce’s England tenure turned out to be short-lived
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Appointed England manager after Roy Hodgson's resignation following their dismal Euro 2016, big things were expected of Sam Allardyce. After all, this was the job he’d been after for years. As it turned out, he would deliver a 100% win ratio – the only problem was that he had just one game in charge.
On September 4th Allardyce’s England won a tough 1-0 away win in Slovakia. Four weeks later, the manager found himself embroiled in a scandal, caught speaking to undercover reporters disguised as Asian businessmen. Allardyce was caught on camera negotiating a role as a “keynote speaker” and went on to explain how to get around FIFA and FA bans on third-party ownership of players, before making derogatory comments about his predecessor Hodgson.
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Just a day later, ‘Big Sam’ was forced to resign from his dream job, leaving both England and the FA as the laughing stock of the football world again. Quite how he allowed this to happen is still mind-boggling, and although he’s since resurfaced as the Crystal Palace manager, this remains perhaps the biggest fail of the season.
Still, at least he has that 100% win record.
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