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You’re back on the sideline. again. Coach oldies Roy Hodgson (75) and Sam Allardyce (68) make their umpteenth comeback on the bench at Crystal Palace and Leeds United respectively.
It is Roy Hodgson’s 22nd assignment as head coach. A drink number to match the incredible returns. Arriving at the beginning of April, just three points clear of the relegation zone, the “Eagles” took 13 points in six games under the old master. The specter of relegation drifted Hodgson away with four laps to go.
Once again the firefighter on duty, known in England as “Big Sam”, must dispel a specter of relegation: Sunderland (2016) and Crystal Palace (2017) save Allardyce from relegation, only in West Bromwich Albion (2021) did his nimbus break – he dismounted.
But that doesn’t mean he lacks self-confidence. “I may be 68 and I look old, but when it comes to football no one has an edge over me. Not Pep, not Klopp, not Arteta. When it comes to football knowledge, I’m on par with them. I don’t say I’m better, but I’m sure I’m just as good,” he compares himself to the best of the best as he introduces himself. Will he put his money where his mouth is and keep Leeds in the league?
At 75, Hodgson is not the oldest active manager at the moment. This title belongs to the Romanian Mircea Lucescu (77). He has been the head of Dynamo Kyiv since 2020. From 2004 to 2016 he was active with arch-rival Shakhtar Donetsk. He was a few months younger than Hodgson when he made his comeback to the coaching bench just days before his 75th birthday.
Everything comes to an end, only the sausage has two – and some football coaches’ careers have even more endings. Jupp Heynckes (77) has also ended his career several times. His name actually came up again somewhere around the recent hustle and bustle of Nagelsmann-Tuchel at Bayern. Impossible, some would say. The aged and indestructible Mr. Hodgson, Allardyce or Lucescu currently prove otherwise.
| team | SP | TD | pt | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8th | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | █ █ █ █ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
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