Allardyce is new Magpies boss
Play-Offs - Rams reach final
It was football’s worst-kept secret as Sam Allardyce is confirmed as Newcastle United’s new manager. 17 days after resigning as boss of Bolton Wanderers, Big Sam moves in to St James’ Park on a three-year contract.
He replaces Glenn Roeder who resigned nine days ago. Having turned down the Newcastle job two years ago, the 52 year-old believes his time has now come:
“I feel like I’m ready to implement what I did at Bolton for seven years. I’m ambitious and I know this club is. It hasn’t had the best success but I feel I can turn it round. I’ve left a football club that is very, very healthy so when my time to leave Newcastle does come I hope I have done the same here.”
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In this Championship play-off semi-final second leg, Southampton beat Derby County 2-3 on the night to ties the aggregate score at 4-4 and force penalties, Unfortunately for the Saints their hard work was undone as Inigo Idiakez’s penalty miss sent Derby into the final with a 4-3 shoot-out triumph.