Sam Allardyce | “I’ll never recover from losing the England job"

Up Front

Folding Pocket

Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Synonymous with the Premier League, Sam Allardyce has been portrayed as a long ball specialist, branded a dinosaur and even renowned as a revolutionary. We simply cannot tell the story of modern British football without the man they call ‘Big Sam’. Fresh from his short term Leeds United experiment, Sam joins the show to discuss his time at Leeds whilst looking back at the key moments in his career. Whether it’s his success at Bolton Wanderers or the pain of losing the England job. Nothing is off the table in this week’s episode of Up Front. Subscribe for future episodes and head to www.youtube.com/@UpFrontWithSimonJordan for full video episodes. 18+ please gamble responsibly. Warning: this episode contains language that some people may find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you think it badly dempted your reputation and have you ever recovered from it?
0:05.6	I've never recovered, no.
0:06.7	I never will.
0:07.5	Before I even got interviewed, the only reason I got the job is because Gareth turned it down.
0:13.5	Is that right?
0:14.2	Yeah.
0:15.1	He told me so.
0:16.0	I asked them to take me 12 games before that.
0:20.0	I hang up Angus and said, I'll save you.
0:22.1	No young manager, and I feel really sorry for him,
0:25.2	no young manager can perceive to play anything other than tippy-tappy.
0:31.9	Right.
0:33.3	And it's some of the worst football I've seen in my life.
0:37.0	This is up front with me, Simon Jordan.
0:38.6	I believe there are a lot of vacuous, unformed, unchallenged opinions out there.
0:42.2	I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.
0:45.0	So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views
0:48.4	who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny.
0:51.1	There's a good chance I might learn something along the way.
0:53.4	And more importantly,
1:01.6	so might you. Joining me in today's episode, someone with over 50 years experience in football,
1:08.2	most recently in the League United dugout. Only Harry Rednapp, David Moyes, Alex Ferguson and Arson Venger have managed more Premier League games than him.
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