Allardyce to have operation.Summary: Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce <noinclude></noinclude> Samuel "Sam" Allardyce (born October 19 1954 in Dudley, West Midlands) is an English former professional football player and current football manager. He is currently the manager of Newcastle United of the English Premier League. will miss the next three Premier League matches as he is to have an operation. Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce will miss the next three Premier League matches as he is to have an operation. The Rovers boss will be absent from Sunday's game against former club Bolton, the midweek fixture at Fulham and Stoke at Ewood Park Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire and the home of Blackburn Rovers football club. The stadium, which opened in 1890, is an all seater facility which holds 31,367 people and has a pitch size of 115 x 76 yards. next weekend as he is having an angioplasty, a procedure which will widen one of his coronary arteries. Assistant manager Neil McDonald will take charge in his absence. Allardyce had recently complained of brief episodes of chest pains and investigations revealed a narrowing of one of his coronary arteries, which will be corrected by the insertion of a stent next week. He is, however, expected to be back in the dug-out for the Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse Cup quarter-final with Chelsea a week on Wednesday. "Sam is very disappointed, particularly at missing the Bolton fixture, but his well being is of prime consideration," Blackburn chairman John Williams told the club's website. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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