{"id":287591,"date":"2023-09-14T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287591"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:34:12","slug":"kevin-nolan-recalls-training-ground-bust-up-with-sam-allardyce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/kevin-nolan-recalls-training-ground-bust-up-with-sam-allardyce\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Nolan recalls training ground bust up with Sam Allardyce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;I was just coming to say sorry gaffer!&#8217;: West Ham&#8217;s Kevin Nolan reveals training ground bust up with Sam Allardyce during his time at Bolton<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kevin Nolan revealed he got into a training ground bust up with Sam Allardyce<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The incident took place while he was coming through the ranks at Bolton\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Bolton and West Ham\u00a0striker Kevin Nolan recalls the time where he was pinned to the wall by a Sam Allardyce.<\/p>\n<p>Nolan came through the Bolton academy and established himself as a club legend during his 12 year spell with the club.<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to take the captain&#8217;s armband off Jay-Jay Okocha and made 345 appearances in all competitions for the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, Sam Allardyce was appointed as the club&#8217;s manager, taking over from\u00a0Colin Todd &#8211; who resigned in protest at the sale of Per Frandsen.<\/p>\n<p>From the get-go, Nolan knew straight away that he would get along with the former England manager.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/12\/75426455-12517825-image-a-43_1694691117713.jpg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Nolan revealed to talkSPORT that he was once pinned up against the wall by Sam Allardyce<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/13\/75429305-12517825-image-a-64_1694694879208.jpg\" height=\"909\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The incident took place while Nolan was coming up through the ranks at Bolton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/12\/75426401-12517825-image-a-39_1694690653629.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former England manager joined Bolton in 1999 following\u00a0Colin Todd&#8217;s departure<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nolan recalled a moment where Allardyce had pinned the former midfielder against the wall having been left angry with his efforts in a training session.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent on talkSPORT Drive, Nolan revealed all in a hilarious story about the 68-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sam had picked his XI [for the weekend] and I obviously wasn&#8217;t in the XI. I was 19, I might have just turned 20,&#8217; Nolan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I remember thinking, &#8216;I&#8217;m not having this, I am going to see him&#8217;. I am raging.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I trained like it, a bit lethargic, and you think you have got away with it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is why Sam was so good because he has given it one of them so I am thinking, &#8216;I am fuming&#8217;. He&#8217;s like &#8216;Kev, come and see me in the office in a bit&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was like, &#8216;yep yep&#8217;, but I was thinking &#8216;yeah, I will. I was coming anyway. I am definitely coming to see you&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I have knocked on his door and walked in and literally before I even got to sit down, he has jumped up, grabbed hold of me, by the ear, and he has got me up against the wall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He said, &#8216;if you EVER, ever do that to one of my training sessions again, you will know&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I&#8217;ve just gone, &#8216;yep I was just coming to say sorry gaffer!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The incident was immediately settled and Nolan would go on to be a key player for Allardyce.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/12\/75426405-12517825-image-a-41_1694690898215.jpg\" height=\"796\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Bolton star claimed that the incident with Allardyce was immediately resolved\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After scoring over 40 goals in 345 appearances for Wanderers, Nolan would leave the Reebok Stadium in 2009 to join Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Nolan spent two years at St James&#8217; park before he was reunited with Allardyce again &#8211; this time at West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>The former midfielder is now an assistant coach to David Moyes at West Ham.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for Big Sam, he would go on to manage the likes of Newcastle United, West Ham, Sunderland and England. He has been out of the job since he left Leeds back in June after he failed to keep the club in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12517825\/Sam-Allardyce-pinned-Kevin-Nolan-Bolton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I was just coming to say sorry gaffer!&#8217;: West Ham&#8217;s Kevin Nolan reveals training ground bust up with Sam Allardyce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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