Archive for June 1st, 2007


You have probably heard it all before. Sometime in the Nineties the people’s game was hijacked by the middle classes who then proceeded to price poor fans out of the market, sucked the atmosphere out of the stadiums and transformed football into the Sky-funded leviathan it is today.

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Once again our mole at Big Sam’s publishers has delivered the goods. This time it’s an insight into the early stages of Big Sam’s transfer negotiations.

Douglas, more material for the book here. I think this chapter gives a good insight into the mind of the modern footballer and the kind of motivational techniques you need to succeed as a manager. Speaking of which how’s this for a title ‘The Allardyce Method, how one man’s genius revolutionised football?’

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