Sam Allardyce: It’s time for England to deliver

Sam Allardyce finally landed his dream job as England manager and declared: “It is time for us to deliver.”

The 61-year-old lost out to Steve McClaren when he first applied for the role 10 years ago but will now take charge of the 2018 World Cup campaign after signing an initial two-year deal to replace Roy Hodgson.

The Football Association’s three-man selection panel, consisting of chief executive Martin Glenn, technical director Dan Ashworth and acting chairman David Gill, interviewed then Sunderland boss Allardyce last week and nominated him as the preferred candidate at a Wembley board meeting on Thursday.