Sam Allardyce

Samuel Allardyce (born: 19 October 1954) is an English football manager and former football player. He was most recently the manager of Premier League club Leeds United.

Sam Allardyce

Allardyce in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Allardyce[1]
Date of birth	(1954-10-19) 19 October 1954 (age 70)[1]
Place of birth	Dudley, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1968–1969	Dudley Town
1969–1971	Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1980	Bolton Wanderers	184	(21)
1980–1981	Sunderland	25	(2)
1981–1983	Millwall	63	(2)
1983	Tampa Bay Rowdies	11	(1)
1983–1984	Coventry City	28	(1)
1984–1985	Huddersfield Town	37	(0)
1985–1986	Bolton Wanderers	14	(0)
1986–1989	Preston North End	90	(2)
1989–1991	West Bromwich Albion	1	(0)
1991–1992	Limerick	23	(3)
1992	Preston North End	3	(0)
Total		479	(32)
Teams managed
1991–1992	Limerick (player-manager)
1992	Preston North End (caretaker manager)
1994–1996	Blackpool
1997–1999	Notts County
1999–2007	Bolton Wanderers
2007–2008	Newcastle United
2008–2010	Blackburn Rovers
2011–2015	West Ham United
2015–2016	Sunderland
2016	England
2016–2017	Crystal Palace
2017–2018	Everton
2020–2021	West Bromwich Albion
2023	Leeds United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1973–74	Second Division	7	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
	1974–75	Second Division	18	3	0	0	0	0	18	3
	1975–76	Second Division	40	5	6	1	1	0	47	6
	1976–77	Second Division	41	6	0	0	13	0	54	6
	1977–78	Second Division	41	4	4	0	6	1	51	5
	1978–79	First Division	20	1	0	0	5	0	25	1
	1979–80	First Division	17	2	4	1	2	2	23	5
	Total		184	21	15	2	28	3	227	26
Sunderland	1980–81	First Division	25	2	0	0	2	0	27	2
Millwall	1981–82	Third Division	36	1	4	2	1	0	41	3
	1982–83	Third Division	27	1	1	0	8	0	36	1
	Total		63	2	5	2	9	0	77	4
Tampa Bay Rowdies[4]	1983	North American Soccer League	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
Coventry City	1983–84	First Division	28	1	1	0	3	0	32	1
Huddersfield Town	1984–85	Second Division	37	0	3	0	2	0	42	0
Bolton Wanderers	1985–86	Third Division	14	0	0	0	3	0	17	0
Preston North End	1986–87	Fourth Division	37	2	5	0	7	1	49	3
	1987–88	Third Division	39	0	2	0	5	1	46	1
	1988–89	Third Division	14	0	2	0	5	0	21	0
	Total		90	2	9	0	17	2	116	4
West Bromwich Albion	1989–90	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1990–91	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Limerick	1991–92	League of Ireland First Division	23	3	0	0	0	0	23	3
Preston North End	1992–93	Second Division	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			479	32	35	5	64	5	578	42

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the League Cup, Football League Trophy, and Full Members Cup.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 28 May 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Limerick (player-manager)	1991	1992	27	14	10	3	051.9	[5][6]
Preston North End (caretaker)	30 September 1992	30 November 1992	12	3	4	5	025.0	[7][8]
Blackpool	19 July 1994	29 May 1996	102	44	23	35	043.1	[9]
Notts County	16 January 1997	14 October 1999	145	56	39	50	038.6	[9]
Bolton Wanderers	19 October 1999	29 April 2007	371	153	104	114	041.2	[9]
Newcastle United	15 May 2007	9 January 2008	24	8	6	10	033.3	[9]
Blackburn Rovers	17 December 2008	13 December 2010	90	32	24	34	035.6	[9]
West Ham United	1 June 2011	24 May 2015	181	68	46	67	037.6	[10][9]
Sunderland	9 October 2015	22 July 2016	31	9	9	13	029.0	[9]
England	22 July 2016	27 September 2016	1	1	0	0	100.0	[9]
Crystal Palace	23 December 2016	23 May 2017	24	9	3	12	037.5	[9]
Everton	30 November 2017	16 May 2018	26	10	7	9	038.5	[9]
West Bromwich Albion	16 December 2020	30 June 2021	26	4	8	14	015.4	[9]
Leeds United	3 May 2023	2 June 2023	4	0	1	3	000.0	[9]
Total			1,064	411	284	369	038.6	—

Honours

Player

Bolton Wanderers

• Football League Second Division: 1977–78^[11]

Preston North End

• Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1986–87^[12]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1986–87 Fourth Division^[13]

Manager

Limerick

• League of Ireland First Division: 1991–92^[14]

Notts County

• Football League Third Division: 1997–98^[15]

Bolton Wanderers

• Football League First Division play-offs: 2001^[15]

West Ham United

• Football League Championship play-offs: 2012^[16]

Individual

• Football League First Division Manager of the Month: January 2001^[17]
• Premier League Manager of the Month: August 2001, November 2003, January 2004, December 2006, February 2014, October 2014^[18]

References

1. "Sam Allardyce". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
2. "Sam Allardyce: If I don't buy at least two players then I fear all our good work will be wasted". London Evening Standard. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
3. Sam Allardyce at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
4. Allardyce's NASL statistics nasljerseys.com
5. Bennetts, Julian (22 July 2016). "Meet the Irish priest who set Sam Allardyce on the road to the England job". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
6. "1991/92". Longford Town F.C. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
7. "Past Managers". Preston North End F.C. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
   "Preston: Manager history". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
   "Preston North End 1992–1993: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
8. "West Ham manager Sam Allardyce – club-by-club record". The Daily Telegraph. London. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
9. "Managers: Sam Allardyce". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
10. Taylor, Louise (24 May 2015). "West Ham confirm Sam Allardyce's contract will not be renewed". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
11. Allardyce, Sam (2015), Big Sam: My Autobiography p. 43
12. Allardyce, Sam (2015), Big Sam: My Autobiography p. 76
13. Lynch, Tony (1995). The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. Random House. p. 146. ISBN 0-09-179135-9.
14. "Rafael Benítez: 'Do you know how many trophies Sam Allardyce has won?'". The Guardian. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
15. "Premier League Management Record". Premier League. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
16. "West Ham securing Premier League status my best ever achievement, says Sam Allardyce". The Daily Telegraph. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
17. "Manager of the Month: January 2001". League Managers Association. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
18. "Manager Profile: Sam Allardyce". Premier League. Retrieved 18 September 2018.