Allardyce

Landlord recalls Allardyce there, knows him quite well. "

A Funeral In Blue Perry, Anne, 1938- 2001

Hughton, great guy, but we have to remember he took a relegated Premiership side back up, rather than built or stabilized a team, West Brom need more of a Hodgson/Curbs/Allardyce than a promotion coachDi Matteo, Phil Brown, Neil Warnock, Paul Jewell.

What defines the great managers? Total control | Paul Hayward 2011

Allardyce all smiles as Blackburn finally hit their stride against Wolves

Blackburn set to back El Hadji Diouf over James Mackie 'taunts' 2011

Allardyce appears the more likely to respond to the overtures.

Avram Grant demands respect for West Ham's progress 2011

Allardyce hopes Santa Cruz will stay but lines up Diouf as a fall-back

Blackburn set to back El Hadji Diouf over James Mackie 'taunts' 2011

Allardyce undid much of his reputation from the Bolton years by trying to impose an ugly style on a stadium of dreamers.

What defines the great managers? Total control | Paul Hayward 2011

Rovers have plummeted down the table since Venky's replaced Sam Allardyce with the inexperienced Kean, although the ability of the Walker Trust, Blackburn's former owners, to find a buyer led many Evertonians to question why Kenwright has been unable to do the same.

David Moyes: Everton don't need new owners, just new money 2011

Were the worst to happen to Blackburn, in the equivalent of a survival play-off against Wolves at Molineux, it will represent hubris on a mountainous scale for Venky's, the Indian chicken company that sacked Sam Allardyce as manager shortly after buying the club because he did not embrace their "vision" to finish fifth.

Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City have the most to fear from relegation | David Conn 2011

Anyone who sacks Allardyce because they want better football cannot be termed as 'Comedy Ownership'.

What defines the great managers? Total control | Paul Hayward 2011

Even managers who win football matches lose their job, let alone managers who don't – George Burley last week, Darren Ferguson, Lawsy [Brian Laws], Big Sam [Allardyce], blah, blah, blah.

Roy Keane 'sacked' by Ipswich Town after miserable run of results 2011