Source: Team_Talk
Sam recalls Sky Blues ballet days
Sam Allardyce was left chuckling at the memory of the day the gym at Coventry became a dance floor.[LNB]As he prepared to face his former club in the FA Cup, the Blackburn manager recalled the time Bobby Gould decided to employ a touring ballet company.[LNB]Coventry's boss in the 1983-84 season thought the session would help improve the players' mobility.[LNB]It was a ground-breaking move - one out of keeping with traditional training sessions.[LNB]And the players reacted enthusiastically, not wanting to incur the wrath of the manager by messing about.[LNB]They flounced across the floor, smiling for the benefit of the hordes of photographers and TV cameras, who had assembled at the training ground.[LNB]ITV's News at Ten ran a clip and Allardyce, who had just finished a spell in Florida with Tampa Bay Rowdies, recalled: "I looked like Tom Selleck, the guy out of Magnum."[LNB]However the season ended in tears not laughter for Allardyce, who was released despite being captain.[LNB]"I was hoping for a new contract but ended up getting my boots in a bin-liner," he said.[LNB]"It was a big disappointment to get released. I had a cracking time and enjoyed myself after coming back from America.[LNB]"Getting back in the top league was a major bonus for me. When I left I was playing Millwall in the third division."[LNB][LNB]
