When Sam Allardyce Was Given His Books the Other Day,... [Derived Headline]

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When Sam Allardyce was given his books the other day, one mature gentleman had his opinion ready. Managers usurped? Agents running football clubs? The world, pronounced Sir Alex Ferguson, had gone mad.

It was a quintessential moment. The statement was, first, absolutely true, at least where football is concerned. Secondly, and typically, it was more than a little disingenuous.

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When Sam Allardyce Was Given His Books the Other Day,... [Derived Headline]

If the poultry magnates who now own Blackburn Rovers are the future, some very strange chickens are coming home to roost. On the other hand, the Wayne Rooney contract melodrama - or was it mere farce? - stands as evidence that Fe...

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