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Paul Gascoigne’s former representative Mel Stein is stepping down as chairman of the Association of Football Agents. Photograph: Graham Chadwick/Getty Images

Association of Football Agents Admits System is open to Abuse amid Allardyce Fallout

by Paul MacInnes | Sep 30, 2016 | Sports

London – The Association of Football Agents has said that “the global move to deregulation has not worked” and has “allowed the system to be more open to manipulation and abuse” amid the fallout from Sam Allardyce’s resignation. In a statement issued on...

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Sam Allardyce pictured leaving his home in Bolton in 2006 after the FA said it would investigate claims made in a Panorama programme. He has always denied wrongdoing. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Sam Allardyce: a History of Suspicion and a Dream Job that Ended after 67 Days

by Ed Aarons | Sep 30, 2016 | Sports

While refs are often perceived as the bad guys, that is nothing compared to agents who get such a bad press yet are so important to every club in the world,” wrote Sam Allardyce in his autobiography Big Sam. “There are good and bad ones and my man Mark Curtis is one...

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Sunderland’s manager Sam Allardyce awaits the start of their English Premier League soccer match between Sunderland and Southampton at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England on Nov. 7, 2015 (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Arrogant Clot, for Sure, but Did This Really Merit Ditching Allardyce?

by Daniel Taylor | Sep 29, 2016 | Sports

Sam Allardyce’s reign is over, the buffoon paying the price for hawking himself around only a few weeks after landing the England job. he cartoonist Mike Stokoe neatly sums up the madness of the England job with a wonderful little sketch that hangs from one of the...

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David Moyes has made his first public appearance as Manchester United manager. REUTERS/Phil

David Moyes, Sunderland Look the Right Fit for Premier League Stability

by Andy Hunter | Jul 28, 2016 | Sports

London- Sunderland might well be furious with the Football Association for poaching Sam Allardyce, fearful of upheaval close to a Premier League season and dreading another round of instability with a seventh manager in five years. But, in David Moyes and in time,...

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Britain Football Soccer – Hartlepool United v Sunderland – Pre Season Friendly – Victoria Park – 20/7/16 Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith Livepic

Allardyce Is Best Choice for England Job

by Paul Wilson | Jul 21, 2016 | Sports

London-There is, it has frequently been noted, a certain lack of continuity about the business of appointing a new England manager. This is not just limited to the England managers themselves, who often tend to be opposites or mirror-images of the predecessor who has...