Allardyce was on the verge of becoming Man City manager, deal fell through at the last second...

[Dribble]

https://www.sportbible.com/football/man-city-sam-allardyce-548731-20230301

"Allardyce was well in the frame to take over from Stuart Pearce back in 2007, having just ended a superb nine-year spell in charge of Bolton Wanderers.

'Big Sam' had guided Bolton into Europe and had the likes of Nicolas Anelka, Ivan Campo, Fernando Hierro and Jay-Jay Okocha in his talented squad.

John Wardle and David Makin, who founded JD Sports, owned City at the time and had an agreement with Allardyce, according to the man himself."

Just imagine how different things could've been! Phew!

 

[M16 citeh]

U know what I would have taken him back then

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Gravy on tap

 

[asgoodasitgets]

It can still happen .
Sack the bald fraud immediately.
I’m getting my zebra pants out for Saturday

 

[aguero93:20]

Thank fuck it didn't happen.

 

[LongsightM13]

U know what I would have taken him back then

Probably wouldn’t have been any worse than Hughes

 

[Barcon]

We'd still be picking the balls off the roof.

 

[HelloCity]

Miles better than Pearce.

 

[RayCTID]

Wouldn't have been the worse of appointments at that time. The only issue would have been it had to be for the short term.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

We ended up with Sven who was OK at the time. Didn't Fat Sam end up at Newcastle not long after that, and not really pull up any trees?