The Daily Telegraph Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === 2016 Sam Allardyce investigation === {{Main|2016 English football scandal}} In September 2016, ''Telegraph'' reporters posing as businessmen filmed [[England national football team manager|England manager]] [[Sam Allardyce]], offering to give advice on how to get around on FA rules on player [[Third-party ownership in association football|third party ownership]] and negotiating a Β£400,000 deal.<ref name="Burt-2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/27/sam-allardyces-position-as-england-manager-under-threat-after-te/|title=Sam Allardyce on the brink of being sacked as England manager after Telegraph investigation|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=27 September 2016|access-date=27 September 2016|last1=Burt|first1=Jason|last2=Amofa|first2=Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927094842/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/27/sam-allardyces-position-as-england-manager-under-threat-after-te/|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The investigation saw Allardyce leave his job by mutual consent on 27 September and making the statement "entrapment has won".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10596590/sam-allardyce-says-entrapment-has-won-after-his-exit-as-england-manager|title=Sam Allardyce says 'entrapment has won' after his exit as England manager|last=Kelleher|first=Michael|date=28 September 2016|website=Sky Sports |access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225022009/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/10596590/sam-allardyce-says-entrapment-has-won-after-his-exit-as-england-manager|archive-date=25 December 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page