Sam Allardyce Managerial Profile
By Mark Heys
April 29 2007
NAME: Samuel Allardyce
BORN: 19th October 1954, Dudley, West Midlands, England
APPOINTED: 19th October 1999
DEPARTED: 29th April 2007
PLAYING CAREER: Bolton Wanderers, Sunderland, Millwall, Tampa Bay Rowdies (USA), Coventry City, Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End
MANAGERIAL CAREER: Limerick, Preston North End (caretaker), Blackpool, Notts County, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United
HIGHEST LEAGUE POSITION AT BOLTON: 6th in FA Premiership 2004-2005
BEST FA CUP POSITION AT BOLTON: Semi-Finals 1999-2000
BEST LEAGUE CUP POSITION AT BOLTON: Final 2003-2004
ASSISTED BY: Phil Brown (1999-2005), Sammy Lee (2005-2007)
PLAYERS BOUGHT (99): Bulent Akin (Galatasary). Ali Al-Habsi (Lyn), Pierre-Yves Andre (FC Nantes), Nicolas Anelka (Fenerbache), Chris Armstrong (Tottenham Hotspur), Ibrahim Ba (AC Milan), Ryan Baldacchino (Blackburn Rovers), Salva Ballesta (Valencia), Anthony Barness (Charlton Athletic), Tal Ben-Haim (Maccabi Tel-Aviv), Fredi Bobic (Borussia Dortmund), Jared Borgetti (Pachuca), Con Boutsianis (Perth Glory), Michael Bridges (Leeds United), Andy Campbell (Middlesbrough), Ivan Campo (Real Madrid), Vincent Candela (Roma), Jeff Cassar (Dallas Burn), Julio Cesar (Real Valladolid), Simon Charlton (Birmingham City), Gerald Cid (Bordeaux), Matt Clarke (Bradford City), Kevin Davies (Southampton), Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (Lens), Djibril Diawara (Torino), El-Hadji Diouf (Liverpool), Martin Djetou (Nice), Youri Djorkaeff (Kaiserlautern), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich), Mario Espartero (FC Metz), Delroy Facey (Huddersfield Town), Khalilou Fadiga (Inter Milan), Gareth Farrelly (Everton), Les Ferdinand (Leicester City), Fabrice Fernandes (Southampton), Gerald Forschelet (Cannes), Quinton Fortune (Manchester United), Per Frandsen (Blackburn Rovers), Carsten Fredgaard (Sunderland), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Olympiakos), John Gope-Fenepej (FC Nantes), Gareth Grant (Bradford City), Zoltan Harsanyi (FC Senec), Colin Hendry (Coventry City), Fernando Hierro (Al-Rayyan), David Holdsworth (Birmingham City), Darren Holloway (Sunderland), Steve Howey (Leicester City), Radhi Jaidi (Esperance de Tunis), Mario Jardel (Sporting Lisbon), Matt Jansen (Blackburn Rovers), Jermaine Johnson (Tivoli Gardens), Allan Johnston (Sunderland), Blessing Kaku (Ashdod), Mikael Kaprielian (Martigues), Kostas Konstantinidis (Hertha Berlin), Florent Laville (Lyon), Glen Little (Burnley), Ian Marshall (Leicester City), Abdoulaye Meite (Olympique Marseille), Bernard Mendy (Paris Saint Germain), Lubomir Michalik (FC Senec), Javi Moreno (Athletico Madrid), Emmanuele Morini (Roma), Hidetoshi Nakata (Fiorentina), Bruno N'Gotty (Olympique Marseille), Akinori Nishizawa (Cerezo Osaka), Derek Niven (Raith Rovers), David Norris (Boston United), Andy Oakes (Derby County), John O'Kane (Everton), Jay-Jay Okocha (Paris Saint Germain), Jon Otsemobor (Liverpool), Franck Passi (SD Compostela), Henrik Pedersen (Silkeborg), Oscar Perez (Cordoba), Dwight Pezzarossi (Communicaciones), Kevin Poole (Birmingham City), Isaiah Rankin (Bradford City), Leam Richardson (Blackburn Rovers), Donovan Ricketts (Village United), Michael Ricketts (Walsall), Paul Ritchie (Hearts), Jeff Smith (Bishop Auckland), Juergen Sommer (New England Revolution), Nicky Southall (Gillingham), Gary Speed (Newcastle United), Nicky Summerbee (Sunderland), Idan Tal (Maccabi Haifa), Andranik Teymourian (Abu Moslem), Emerson Thome (Sunderland), David Thompson (Portsmouth), Stig Tofting (Hamburg SV), Jani Viander (HJK Helsinki), Ian Walker (Leicester City), Rod Wallace (Glasgow Rangers), Jonathan Walters (Blackburn Rovers), Paul Wheatcroft (Manchester United), Tommy Wright (Manchester City)
PLAYERS SOLD: Chris Armstrong (Wrexham), Ibrahim Ba (Caykur Rizespor), Ryan Baldacchino (Carlisle United), Anthony Barness (Plymouth Argyle), Michael Bridges (Sunderland), Wayne Buchanan (Lisburn Distillery), Vincent Candela (Udinese), Julio Cesar (Tigres), Simon Charlton (Norwich City), Charlie Comyn-Platt (Swindon Town), Neil Cox (Watford), Martin Djetou (Duisburg), Youri Djorkaeff (Blackburn Rovers), Chris Downey (Leigh RMI), Robbie Elliott (Newcastle United), James Evans (Boston United), Delroy Facey (West Bromwich Albion), Khalilou Fadiga (Al-Wakra), Gareth Farrelly (Wigan Athletic), Les Ferdinand (Reading), Mark Fish (Charlton Athletic), Gerald Forschelet (Istres), Per Frandsen (Wigan Athletic), Eidur Gudjohnsen (Chelsea), Bo Hansen (FC Midytlland), Dean Holden (Oldham Athletic), David Holdsworth (Scarborough), Dean Holdsworth (Coventry City), Steve Howey (New England Revolution), Radhi Jaidi (Birmingham City), Mario Jardel (Newells Old Boys), Claus Jensen (Charlton Athletic), Michael Johansen (AB Copenhagen), Jermaine Johnson (Oldham Athletic), Blessing Kaku (Maccabi Tel-Aviv), Mikael Kaprielian (Martigues), Florent Laville (Bastia), Danny Livesey (Carlisle United), Ian Marshall (Blackpool), Emmanuele Morini (Panahaiki), Peter Morrison (Scunthorpe United), Bruno N'Gotty (Birmingham City), Derek Niven (Chesterfield), David Norris (Plymouth Argyle), Alan O'Hare (Chesterfield), John O'Kane (Blackpool), Jay-Jay Okocha (Qatar Sports Club), Oscar Perez (Tenerife), Kevin Poole (Derby County), Leam Richardson (Blackpool), Michael Ricketts (Middlesbrough), Paul Ritchie (Glasgow Rangers), Ricky Shakes (Swindon Town), Gordon Smith (Livingston), Jeff Smith (Port Vale), Juergen Sommer (New England Revolution), Nicky Southall (Gillingham), Greg Strong (Motherwell), Nicky Summerbee (Nottingham Forest), Jason Talbot (Mansfield Town), Bob Taylor (West Brom), Cleveland Taylor (Scunthorpe United), Emerson Thome (Wigan Athletic), Andy Todd (Charlton Athletic), Stig Tofting (Tiajin Taida), Rod Wallace (Gillingham), Jonathan Walters (Hull City), Paul Warhurst (Chesterfield), Paul Wheatcroft (Scunthorpe United), Mike Whitlow (Sheffield United), Tommy Wright (Ballymena United)
HONOURS: Play Off Winners 2001