Disgraced ex-England boss Sam Allardyce gets a sub… but it’s from his wife after ATM fail
Allardyce is lying low in Spain and still negotiating cash transfers as FA prepares to investigate allegations
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SACKED England footie boss Sam Allardyce looks miserable as he walks away from an ATM empty handed.
Allardyce, 61, is lying low on Spain’s Costa Blanca after his 67-day reign came to an abrupt end following a newspaper sting into corruption in which he bragged about side-stepping FA rules on transfers.
He shuffled forlornly back to his car only to return moments later with his missus Lynne, also 61, who had no troubles getting access to her cash.
There’s always a way around the system Sam!
Meanwhile, Allardyce is expected to be charged with bringing the game into disrepute by the FA after they have studied the transcripts .
FA chief executive Martin Glenn said: “It is realistic he could be charged.
“It could range from a fine to a ban. That’s what the history shows. That’s for a tribunal to decide.”
Ex-England chief Don Revie was banned from football for life after he walked out on the country to coach the UAE in 1977.
Although a High Court later overturned that decision, sacked Three Lions coach Allardyce faces similar charges over his conduct.
In the latest revelations from the Telegraph undercover operation, Harry Redknapp admitted he found out his players bet on a match in which they played — in contravention of FA rules.
Redknapp is filmed saying: “At half-time I took (a player) off and put, erm, (another player on) and they’re all looking at me, all the lads, because I didn’t know they’d had a bet, because they was all choked, they’d all had a spread bet and everything.”
FA rules forbid players from betting on games in which they are involved and managers are expected to report such misconduct as soon as they hear of it.
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Big Sam lost his dream job as Three Lions coach after being caught out in an undercover sting. Gareth Southgate is in charge of the next four England games after Allardyce exit.
Manchester United legend Gary Neville blasted Allardyce's £1million pay-off from England.
And Neville, who was axed as England No 2 after the Euro 2016 shambles, : “I don’t understand the ‘mutual’ aspect of Sam’s departure.
“He was sacked in my mind as there was no way Sam would have resigned.
“The FA cited ‘inappropriate behaviour’ yet reports suggest there was a £1m pay-off.
“You have to ask why, if it was inappropriate behaviour.
“When you’re setting the bar of moral standards, which is what the new FA regime are doing, that is fine — nobody can disagree with it.
“But moving that forward is going to be interesting."
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said the revelations surrounding the Sam Allardyce scandal are “very disturbing” and the police and tax authorities should have free reign to investigate.
Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Damian Collins, poured scorn on the idea of the FA cleaning up its act.
He said: "There’s a cultural problem in football that football seems powerless or unwilling to do anything about.
"Football is incapable of investigating itself."
Leading football officials will meet City of London police this week.