League One

How the game has changed in 20 years…

by
The LeaguePaper Team
28 October 2018

RECORD BREAKERS captures the at-the-time innovative ideas of then Notts County boss Sam Allardyce, like specialist training for goalkeepers and the use of sports science.
It was a time when footballers played hard on the pitch and of f it.
The game has become more professional, some would say boring, since then.
There’s a decent interview with Allardyce, then Everton boss, in the book.
He laments that very fact. He says: “The remarkable difference is today a squad can’t have any fun anymore together… It’s a no-no anymore sadly, and certainly you as a manager a...

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