BIG INTERVIEW: CHRIS BEECH

By Chris Dunlavy

SANDS OF TIME: Chris Beech scores for Huddersfield against Derby and, Insets, with then-Rochdale boss Keith Hill and ex-Blackpool manager Sam Allardyce
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NEW CHALLENGE: Carlisle manager Chris Beech
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CHRIS Beech remembers the day in 1996 when Sam Allardyce called to offer him a new contract.
Aged 21, the midfielder was one of Blackpool’s rising stars. Already a veteran of some 82 matches and popular on the terraces, he expected a deal that reflected his burgeo...