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Sam Allardyce appointed as the new England manager

Sam Allardyce appointed as the new England manager

Posted by Team England at 15:47 on Friday 22 July 2016

Following a comprehensive and structured process, The Football Association is today delighted to confirm Sam Allardyce as England manager.

The highly respected 61-year-old has signed an initial two-year contract and takes up the position with immediate effect following a successful spell retaining Sunderland’s status in the Premier League. Allardyce’s first match in charge will be a friendly fixture at Wembley Stadium on Thursday 1 September.

The unanimous choice of The FA’s three-man selection panel, comprising FA chief executive Martin Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth and acting chairman David Gill, Allardyce arrives with a proven track record of getting the best results out of the teams he has managed and a strong reputation as a forward-thinker with progressive ideas.

Alongside his primary target of qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Allardyce has a mandate to shape a strong, purposeful team identity and maximise the performance potential of a young, talented England squad at a major tournament.

Allardyce is also charged with helping Ashworth integrate and strengthen The FA’s elite performance and coaching programme across the England senior and development teams at St. George’s Park.

Allardyce said: "I am extremely honoured to be appointed England manager especially as it is no secret that this is the role I have always wanted. For me, it is absolutely the best job in English football.

"I will do everything I can to help England do well and give our nation the success our fans deserve. Above all, we have to make the people and the whole country proud.

"While my main focus will be on the senior team and getting positive results, I want to add my influence to the great work being done across the development teams at St. George’s Park – a facility I have used with my previous clubs.

"I know we have talented, committed players and it is time for us to deliver."

Glenn said: "Sam Allardyce is the right man for the England job.

"His excellent managerial credentials, including his ability to realise the potential of players and teams, develop a strong team ethos and embrace modern methods that enhance performance, made him the outstanding choice.

"That was underlined when we sat down to talk and we could not help but be energised by his personal perspective on England’s future and how it complemented the extensive work that we are looking to build on at St. George’s Park.

"Dan Ashworth, David Gill and I have carried out a thorough process in the last three weeks and ultimately we could not look beyond Sam as the ideal candidate."

Allardyce will select his first England squad towards the end of August ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Slovakia in Trnava on 4 September.

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  • Any confirmation of the team playing in the friendly??

  • Be eck he has only been in the job for 5mins give him time

  • AnotheR FA Choice disaster that will end in tears after ANOTHER tournament humiliation!

    This Mans has won absolutely nothing!

    Hes a relegation expert not an International Manager.

    The FA board want sacking, the lot of them!

  • "A comprehensive and structured process".  "A strong reputation as a forward-thinker with progressive ideas." Who writes this nonsense?

  • Rumour is Czechoslovakia

  • 2 year deal that's confidence from the FA

  • This is the best news England fans have had for a long time, Sam is a great manager & will be perfect for this roll, wtgggg Sam

    Love Lin xx

  • Great..........a real English nutter....takes no *** from the primadonnas who have disgraced us in the world cup and now the European cup...............I hope he can build a team that hax the same team spirit like Wales Iceland.......bobby Moore once said" to give me an England shirt and play for my country is the best feeling the world ..I don't need any money ....I want to do my country proud.....". How many of the current  muppets can say the same...........we need tournament players who give everything for 90 mins..............Sam can do this..........fingers crossed............

  • Interesting comments..........won nothing...............took bad sides ....and made them FIGHT for their team......bloody successful.........exactly what we need..................

  • I've heard it's Czechoslovakia as well ....... Playing 45mins each with a national anthem at the start of each half  

  • Cant be arsed with England any more. Spent too much time following them, and the last match against Iceland was a disgrace. I sat with the Icelandic Fans in Nice, and they knew their team was going to win!!

    Good Luck Sam, if you asked me before France, I would have laughed if he was going to be manager after Roy, but know I don't really care.

  • another bad appointment from the fa the man has won nothing every team he manages always end up in relegation battles same old mistakes again and again gone for easy option disaster

  • I think the FA have taken to long over this. as a Sunderland supporter  I feel that we don't have enough time to get a new manager in, new singings and have the team ready for the new season. But this is just like the FA were Sunderland is concerned as no one likes Sunderland. But good luck Big Sam as will need it  

  • Do the FA learn absolutely nothing? How many more times are you going to appoint a nice guy? Sure, Sam Allardyce seems genuine and committed, but it's just not enough. These people have no passion with a capital P! The England team will find itself in the very same position it's been in countless times before. When will the FA get the message?  

  • Well done FA. Couldn't think of anything worse than another non English manager. Succeed or fail, he'll do so giving 100% because he's one of our own.