Former Blackburn Rovers Manager DOESNT HOLD BACK On Sacking

Former Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce hasn’t held back on his sacking at the club almost 15 years ago.

The 71-year-old didn’t hold back on his criticisms of the club’s hierarchy and, in particular, owners, The Venky’s.

Here’s one for the Rovers faithful 🙌

👨💼📋 Former Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce opens up on being sacked by Venky’shttps://t.co/S0tIdqpXxb#BRFC #Rovers #Championship #EFL pic.twitter.com/2hre1EyIkr

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Not Holding Back: Allardyce On His Sacking 

Sam Allardyce has delivered a searing critique of his 2010 dismissal from Blackburn Rovers during a revealing segment on his podcast, No Tippy Tappy Football with Sam Allardyce.

The 71-year-old, whose tenure at Ewood Park spanned two seasons, pulled no punches in dissecting the fallout with new owners Venky’s Group, exactly 15 years after the axe fell in December 2010.

Recounting the shock sacking, Allardyce detailed how Venky’s, the Pune-based poultry giant founded in 1971 by Dr BV Rao and now chaired by Anuradha Desai alongside brothers B Balaji Rao and Venkatesh Rao, acquired the club for £23 million in November 2010.

Their vision of “entertaining football” and top-4 ambitions clashed with his pragmatic and cautious blueprint, leading to his exit despite Rovers sitting 13th in the Premier League with 19 points from 17 matches and 5 points above the drop zone.

His final game in charge, a 2-1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers, masked a squad still reeling from his prior rescue from relegation under predecessor Paul Ince. Allardyce claimed that Jerome Anderson manipulated Venky’s to get rid of him.

The episode, hosted by Natalie Pike with guest insights from former Blackburn stalwart David Dunn, revisited the dressing-room uproar, including captain Ryan Nelsen‘s public dismay, and Allardyce‘s transfer disputes with advisors like Kentaro.

Venky’s turnover hit £1 billion by 2010, yet their meddling precipitated Rovers‘ 2012 relegation under Steve Kean.

Allardyce’s glittering career, boasting 578 playing appearances and managerial triumphs like Bolton Wanderers‘ UEFA Cup run, West Ham United‘s survival, and a albeit short but unbeaten England stint, underscores his rescue expertise.

On the podcast, he lamented Venky’s “bitterly disappointing” interference, urging structural reform at a club now 18th in the Championship under Valerien Ismaël.

With 15 years’ hindsight, Big Sam‘s words serve as a stark warning that sometimes ambition can be a huge catastrophe.

Speaking on his podcast No Tippy Tappy Football, Allardyce didn’t hold back on criticisms of the club’s hierarchy; however, some parts have since been deleted:

“Jerome Anderson’s son got a three-year contract… he would never have got a three-year contract if I was still there,”

“But that was the reason they got rid of us.

“There were a number of things, from my point of view, where Jerome Anderson told me he had been helping me to buy players and giving me a list of his clients. I would say ‘well, they’re your clients, who else have you got? I can’t just sign your people that you represent.”

“There’s a whole gang of people we want to sign from our own scouting system. We got Steven Nzonzi and people like that who we had scouted, the youth team had some good youngsters coming through, so I probably knew that my time were up.”

🎙Sam Allardyce: “Jerome Anderson was helping me sign players. He told me he was in control of signing players, and he handed me a sheet full of his clients. I said they’re your clients, who else have you got, and he said my son.”#BRFC | #Rovers pic.twitter.com/rk3qwn0lY2

— RoversXtra (@RoversXtra) November 11, 2025

The Beginning Of The End?

For Blackburn Rovers supporters, the winter of 2010 remains a pivotal moment that fractured the staus of the club.

A club that stunned the football world by lifting the Premier League title in 1995 under Kenny Dalglish and Alan Shearer, then held its own in the top flight for 11 straight seasons, suddenly lost its way. The decision to abandon stability just weeks after the takeover sparked a decline that most fans regard as irreversible, even now.

The 2011-12 campaign unravelled amid protests and plummeting form, culminating in relegation in May 2012, once packed with 30,000 supporters at Ewood Park, the club soon fell silent as trust evaporated. The drop ended an 11-year Premier League spell and began a decade of uncertainty and turmoil in Lancashire

Five years of Championship struggle followed, then a new low occurred when the club descended to League One in 2017 after finishing 23rd.

Today, Rovers occupy 18th in the Championship with 16 points from 16 matches under Valerien Ismaël. Academy prospects and smart recruitment hint at progress, but 8 seasons outside the top still feel heavy. The memories of that Premier League triumph in 1995 endure, a beacon of what the club once was and proof of what it can become again with the right leadership and investment.