Sam Allardyce to West Brom: The Survival Specialist’s Premier League record and how he has fared with West Ham, Everton and other clubs

Sam Allardyce is set to land his EIGHTH Premier League manager job.

The 66-year-old is understood to be heading to the Hawthorns to take over from Slaven Bilic who was sacked from his role at West Brom.

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Allardyce has been out of work since leaving Everton in 2018

Allardyce had been due to co-host talkSPORT’s Drivetime show alongside Adrian Durham on Wednesday, but pulled out amid strong links to struggling West Brom.

West Brom, who won promotion to the Premier League last season, have won just one and drawn four of their opening 13 matches.

Reports claim club bosses will appoint Allardyce, who has never suffered relegation as a manager, on a six-month contract.

“He consolidates teams in the Premier League,” Carlton Cole told talkSPORT. “I know for a fact he will get the defence right, stop leaking goals and move the team forward to consolidate themselves in the Premier League. He’s got vast experience of doing that.

“I’m not sure how the West Brom fans will feel about it, but if you want to stay in the Premier League there’s no one better to go to than Sam Allardyce.

“He gives clubs stability, it’s what he did when he came to manage us at West Ham, and that’s what West Brom need. They’re sinking.”

Sam Allardyce’s Premier League record

Clubs managed: Bolton, Blackburn, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle, Sunderland, West Ham

Matches: 512

Wins: 174

Draws: 138

Defeats: 200

Goals for: 606

Goals against: 698

Manager of the Month awards: 6

Here, talkSPORT.com looks at his track record in the top flight.

Bolton (January 1997 to April 2007)

Allardyce guided Bolton into the Premier League in 2001 and helped consolidate them as a top-flight club.

He managed four top-10 finishes, which included two stints in the UEFA Cup.

But Allardyce resigned near the end of the 2006/07 season after falling out with chairman Phil Gartside.

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Allardyce is arguably Bolton’s most successful manager in the last 25 years Newcastle (May 2007 to January 2008)

After 10 successful years at Bolton, Allardyce lasted just eight months at Newcastle.

After spending around £26million on Joey Barton, David Rozehnal and Alan Smith, expectations were high for the Magpies.

However, Allardyce failed to get the best out of his players, which led to a section of fans turning against him as he was sacked in January.

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Allardyce was sacked by Mike Ashley Blackburn (December 2008 to December 2010)

Blackburn were second from bottom and had not won a Premier League match since September when Allardyce replaced Paul Ince.

But the veteran boss worked his magic and led Rovers to a 15th-placed finish.

He also signed Steven Nzonzi for less than £1m in the summer of 2009 as the midfielder went on to play for Stoke, Sevilla and Roma.

With Rovers 13th in the table and five points from the relegation zone, The Venky’s, the club’s new owners, sacked him.

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Allardyce has kept Blackburn, and many other clubs, up West Ham (June 2011 to May 2015)

Allardyce dropped back down to the Championship when joining West Ham and was tasked with returning them to the Premier League.

He did just that via the Championship play-offs and similarly to Bolton, consolidated the Hammers as a stable Premier League club.

A top-10 place was secured in their first season back in the top-flight as 13th and 12th-placed finishes followed.

Allardyce’s style of play was criticised by several West Ham fans as he eventually left after West Ham decided against renewing his contract.

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West Ham fans wanted better football during Allardyce’s reign Sunderland (October 2015 to July 2016)

With Sunderland in the relegation zone having failed to win their opening eight games, Allardyce was called in to succeed Dick Advocaat.

Smart January signings such as Jan Kirchhoff, Lamine Kone and Wahbi Khazri drastically improved the Black Cats’ form.

And a convincing 3-0 win over Everton guaranteed Sunderland’s survival with a game to spare with Allardyce claiming it was ‘pretty miraculous’.

Big Sam left Sunderland to become the new England boss after The Three Lions’ shock Euro 2016 exit to Iceland.

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Allardyce remains hugely popular at Sunderland Crystal Palace (December 2016 to May 2017)

Allardyce had to repair his reputation after leaving his post as England manager after just 67 days in charge in the wake of an undercover newspaper sting.

He allegedly told reporters, posing as businessman, how to ‘get around’ player transfers.

Another SOS job in the Premier League beckoned in the shape of Crystal Palace.

The Eagles had won just one of their past 11 games and were 17th in the table.

But Allardyce’s impact saw Palace finish in 14th place, before he resigned just five months into his two-and-a-half-year deal.

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Allardyce hinted at retirement after leaving Crystal Palace Everton (November 2017 to May 2018)

There were high hopes for Everton at the start of the 2017/18 season following the big-money arrivals of Wayne Rooney, Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane and Gylfi Sigurdsson.

But Ronald Koeman was sacked with the club in 18th place in October and replaced by Allardyce a month later.

Allardyce did what he does best and guided the Toffees to an eighth-placed finish.

However, with fans fed up with his direct style of play, Everton sacked Allardyce at the end of the season.

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Allardyce turned things around at Everton