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Allardyce Sacked!

By Jonny Hall On Wed 9 Jan 2008 | (Have Your Say: 28 Comments)

Newcastle United have this evening announced the sacking of manager Sam Allardyce.

The Official Site says that Newcastle parted with the former Bolton boss by “mutual consent”.

On the departure, Chairman Chris Mort told nufc.co.uk:

“Mike and I would like to place on record our thanks for Sam’s efforts and wish him well for the future.

“A new manager has not yet been appointed at Newcastle United. We will make a further announcement on the managerial position when appropriate.”

Allardyce added his own quotes, saying:

“I am disappointed to be leaving Newcastle United but I wish the Club all the best for the remainder of the season and for the future.”

1st Team Coach Nigel Pearson will take control of the team until further notice.


The Football Kingz.

By Kitman On Wed 9 Jan 2008 | (Have Your Say: 2 Comments)

There’s no doubt these are testing times for the faithful supporters of our beloved football club. God knows, we’d suffered enough already from the slackjawed banjo playing incompetence of Souness and Roeder, before Allardyce came along with his ‘direct football’, weird substitutions and a bigger obsession with clean sheets than a hospital matron. Once again our football club resembles a wounded animal with the gutter press snapping at its heels like hyenas. We badly need a run of results to lift the pressure on us, but that seems beyond us at the moment with a run of difficult fixtures to come.

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