Sam Allardyce Column

67 Days and it’s all prematurely over. Another England manager who has fallen on his sword without a single battle under his belt.

Sam Allardyce was supposed to usher in a new era of English Football but having only played one match, it’s already curtains for the former West Ham kingpin.

So where did it all go wrong?

The Telegraph discovered that Allardyce used his position to negotiate a £400,000 deal and offered advice to businessmen on how to “get around” FA rules on player’s transfers.

Unbelievably this was even before England’s first training session under their new boss. A willing accomplice in a plan to make these businessman millions in the current market.

‘Business trips to Singapore and Hong Kong as an ambassador’ – This was the concoction that Allardyce already had in motion.

What he didn’t know was that the businessmen that he met with were undercover reporters for the Telegraph. This was part of a ten month investigation.

This was supposed to be his dream job, the pinnacle of his career. Yet it’s finished with him managing more Soccer Aid matches than England ones.

It’s laughably really, unfortunately it’s a reality. In a straight choice between Steve Bruce and Allardyce it was the latter that got the job and it’s another stain on another managerial appointment for the FA.

Those meetings with alleged businessmen gave the former England manager a chance to ridicule the same employers who gave him a chance of a lifetime. Disclosing information that he knew certain agents who were already abusing the system.

That’s not even the worst of it either, Roy Hodgson was also in the firing line and was mercilessly mocked for his voice and personality.

“Woy hasn’t got the personality for public speaking” – A direct attack on another manager yes but on the former England manager, a huge slap in the face.

In addition to this, He blamed England’s players for under performing because of a “psychological barrier” and shouldn’t be picked for England if they weren’t playing for their club.

Describing the decision to redevelop Wembley as a stupid one completed the disgrace that Allardyce will have his career remembered by.

Let’s have some perspective here, The FA were willing to pay £3 million a year plus bonuses for a manager who has thrown the national side into complete disarray.

The European Championships in France were an embarrassment and that’s putting it nicely. A last 16 defeat to Iceland compounded another miserable tournament for Roy Hodgson’s men.

Allardyce was overly critical in Hodgson’s tactics and particularly the influence of one of his right hand men in the form of Gary Neville.

Claiming that the former Fulham boss was “too indecisive” and that Neville should “sit down and shut up” it’s a damning verdict.

Guilty as charged. A reputation destroyed and a future in the game practically over. You have to think, why?

You’re given the gift of a lifetime why throw it away over a complete act of stupidity.