Sam Is The Best Wheeler -Dealer

By Mark Heys
August 9 2005

Bolton's Sam Allardyce has been voted as the Premiership's best wheeler and dealer in a recent supporter poll which was conducted by Network Q.

Fans across the country had been asked to vote for which Premiership boss they felt would be the best suited as a successful used car salesman, and Allardyce has finished far and away in the lead ahead of Chelsea's manager Jose Mourinho and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

"If Big Sam ever wants a career outside football, he should give us a call." joked Richard Hughes of Network Q.

The full results of the poll are as follows:

1. Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers) 34 per cent
2. Jose Mourinho (Chelsea) 10.9 per cent
3. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) 9.4 per cent
4. Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) 9.2 per cent
5. David Moyes (Everton) 6.9 per cent
6. Alan Curbishley (Charlton Athletic) 5.1 per cent
7. Rafael Benitez (Liverpool) 3.6 per cent
8. Stuart Pearce (Manchester City) 2.8 per cent
9. Steve Bruce (Birmingham) 2.7 per cent
10. Mick McCarthy (Sunderland) 2.5 per cent
11. Paul Jewell (Wigan) 2.1 per cent
12. Martin Jol (Tottenham Hotspur) 2.1 per cent
13. Bryan Robson (West Brom) 1.9 per cent
14. Graeme Souness (Newcastle) 1.8 per cent
15. David O'Leary (Aston Villa) 1.2 per cent
16. Alan Pardew (West Ham) 1.1 per cent
17. Steve McClaren (Middlesbrough) 0.9 per cent
18. Chris Coleman (Fulham) 0.8 per cent
19. Alain Perrin (Portsmouth) 0.7 per cent
20. Mark Hughes (Blackburn Rovers) 0.6 per cent