Sam Allardyce left his job as England manager in September 2016 after just 67 days in charge, ending one of the shortest spells in the role in a mutual decision with the Football Association.
The departure followed a report that alleged he had offered advice on getting around player transfer rules during an undercover meeting with reporters posing as businessmen. He was also accused of securing a £400,000 deal with people said to be representing a Far East firm. The FA said his conduct was inappropriate for the England manager and said he had accepted he made a significant error of judgement and had apologised.
Allardyce had been brought in in 2016 after Roy Hodgson's term managing England, and his exit came after the governing body said the two sides had agreed to terminate his contract with immediate effect. In his own statement, he said he was deeply disappointed at the outcome, called it a great honour to have been appointed back in July, and said he had met Greg Clarke and Martin Glenn to offer a sincere and wholehearted apology for his actions.
The episode has remained part of the wider story around England's past failures and the scrutiny that comes with the job. It is also one of the moments dramatized in Dear England, a fictionalised account of the ups and downs of the national team's recent history based on research and interviews, though the series says its dialogue is imagined.
For Allardyce, the damage was immediate and public. For the FA, the episode underlined how quickly a national-team appointment can collapse when private conduct becomes a public scandal.
