TOM SEYMOUR looks back at the colourful managerial career of Sam Allardyce

TOM SEYMOUR
ON MAY 24, 2017 and to the surprise of all except presumably those very close to him, Sam Allardyce resigned as Crystal Palace manager after five months in charge.
Not only that but the 62-year-old also admitted that he was effectively retiring from football, with, in his own words, ‘no ambition of taking another job’.
“I want to be able to savour life while I am still relatively young, and when I am still relatively healthy enough to do all the things I want to do, like travel, spend mo...