Sam Allardyce is back in the Premier League after almost two years out of the English top flight with the former West Bromwich Albion manager coming in to try and save Leeds United after the Whites dropped deeper into trouble.
Here’s his Premier League history.
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Sam Allardyce believes no current Premier League manager is ahead of him in terms of football knowledge and experience ❌ pic.twitter.com/LOL4fBEsEU
Allardyce made a name for himself at Bolton Wanderers in what was his first job in the Premier League. His debut match came in the 2001/02 season with the club, as he guided his side to a stunning 5-0 win over Leicester City.
Allardyce would depart in April, 2007 after playing out 153 wins from 371 games with the club. His main highlights were guiding the club to an eighth-placed finish in 2003/04 before he finished sixth and subsequently qualified for the Europa League the following year.
Allardyce's shortest stint in Premier League management came in his next job at Newcastle after winning only eight of his 24 games and losing 10, he parted company with the Magpies in January 2008 with them fighting relegation.
Allardyce took almost a year off before moving back into management with Blackburn Rovers where he did slightly better than in his time at Newcastle. Both his seasons at Ewood Park ended with mid-table finishes, and by this point, the Englishman was struggling to create a profile for himself that would appeal to top clubs.
After departing Blackburn, Allardyce would jump back into management with West Ham United after just a few months out.
However, after spending two seasons trying to get the club back into the Premier League, once again, he struggled to get past 11th in the league, finished mid-table twice, and left after winning just one more game (68) than he had lost (67).
The Englishman joined Sunderland and won just nine of the 31 games in charge, but it was a fantastic escape from relegation after losing just one of the final 11 matches in charge of the club.
Allardyce was doing well at Sunderland, but the call to the helm of the England national team was too much to turn down.
After just one game with England, he was back in the Premier League with Crystal Palace where he played out just 24 games, lost 12 and won nine, although, once again, he successfully guided a team to Premier League survival in the 2016/17 season.
The former England boss was back in charge to steer a side away from the drop zone with Everton the following year, but it was here he finished in his highest spot since the 2004/05 season.
Quite brutally, despite finishing in Everton’s highest position in the past nine years, the Toffees manager left at the end of the season by mutual consent.
However, after being known as the man who always avoids relegation, Allardyce was finally sent crashing into the Championship with West Brom in his most recent appointment in charge of a club.
The Baggies were all but finished by the time he took over, but just four wins from 26 games earned Allardyce his first-ever relegation.