72+: Big Sam's Massive Christmas
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
For the traditional 72+ Christmas special, Aaron Paul is joined by former England manager Sam Allardyce to look back on his long career in football. Sam's right hand man at Bolton, Phil Brown, is alongside him to provide stories from their time together, including how the pair got the best out of Jay-Jay Okocha, the unlikely turn of events which turned Ricardo Gardner into a full back and reveals what El Hadji Diouf was really like.
Sam also speaks emotionally about his departure from England and reveals what lies ahead in the future.
TIMECODES 01:30 Christmas at Big Sam's 11:00 How they took Bolton Wanderers from the second tier into Europe 45:04 Achieving 'too much, too soon' at West Ham 53:37 His brief tenure as England manager 56:10 Managing Leeds United and what comes next
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| 0:49.8 | Yeah, good evening and Merry Christmas from us all here at 72 plus. |
| 0:54.0 | Now, no Jobe Mac enough with us this Christmas Eve, |
| 0:57.8 | too busy assisting a certain big Santa Claus with his gifts, |
| 1:02.4 | or just working one of the many media outlets he's got involved in. |
| 1:05.8 | But we're here for our annual festive special with a man who epitomizes the wholesomeness and spirit of Christmas. |
| 1:13.0 | That's right, it's the King of the Turtle Neck. |
| 1:15.0 | Phil Brown is in the building. |
| 1:17.0 | Phil, how are you, pal? |
| 1:18.0 | I thought you were going to see something. |
| 1:20.0 | You're giving a while. |
| 1:22.0 | I guess you're ready. King of the Turtle Neck, I can't believe that. |
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