Britain Football Soccer - Liverpool v Crystal Palace - Premier League - Anfield - 23/4/17 Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce celebrates after the match Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic
LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Allardyce once mused that if he had been called 'Allardici' it might all have been so different, and given the chance to manage Real Madrid or Inter Milan he was sure he would have the medals to accompany the fashionable continental sheen.
Alas for 'Big Sam', when he finally did land his long-awaited glamorous chance as England's manager last year, he lost the job in undignified circumstances after only 67 days amid controversy and a newspaper sting.
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