Football manager's heritage may throw up surprise candidate for Scotland job

Scottish fans may not like it.

Scotland fans may recoil at the thought of Englishman Sam Allardyce managing the national team - but his heritage might make them feel better about it.

The 62-year-old's surname, and more than 40 variants of it, has its roots in the old Barony of Allardice from Kincardineshire, on the north-east coast of Scotland.