• Sunderland manager final spoke to Gartside before Christmas
• ‘The journey we took from 1999 to 2007 was magical,’ says AllardyceSam Allardyce has paid tribute to Phil Gartside, the Bolton Wanderers chairman, and who died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 63.
Sunderland’s manager,who worked with Gartside during eight successful years at Bolton including Premier League status and twice securing European qualification, has described the experience as “magical”.
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Source: theguardian.com