Allardyce must be yolking

THE football world is still in shock over the sudden demise as England manager of Sam Allardyce. John Henderson tells us: “There’s an anecdote in Joey Barton’s autobiography, No Nonsense, that features a young Sam, wearing a thong and basted to within an inch of his life with suntan lotion on a Spanish beach, being buried up to his neck for hours as a forfeit for losing a wrestling match with one of his Preston team-mates and becoming so hungry during his incarceration he ate 14 fried eggs in one sitting afterwards.” Contact The Diary on 0141 302 7055 or thediary@theherald.co.uk.