Sam Allardyce managed more than 370 games for Bolton Wanderers in a glittering spell in charge of the Whites which took them to the Premier League and Europe.
From 1999 to 2007, Allardyce managed Wanderers in the First Division and the top flight which took them to the Uefa Cup in 2005.
It followed making just shy of 250 appearances in a Wanderers shirt during his playing career and celebrated a Second Division title in 1978.
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After leaving Wanderers, Allardyce moved on for management spells with Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Sunderland, England, Crystal Palace, Everton and West Bromwich Albion.
Allardyce was recently back in the dugout at Wanderers in a charity game as he managed a team of club legends against the current Bolton squad.
Though Allardyce has managed more than 1,000 games of professional football, he has pinpointed the select few which have helped to define his career in management.
And one of those is of course from his time at Wanderers, with Allardyce selecting to 2001 play-off final victory over Preston North End which sealed a return to the top flight.
Gareth Farrelly handed Wanderers the advantage inside 20 minutes before late goals from Michael Ricketts and Ricardo Gardner ensured the Trotters returned to the top flight with a 3-0 victory at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
There they would remain for 11 years before suffering relegation to the Championship in 2012.
Speaking to FourFourTwo, Allardyce said: “I started my playing career at Bolton as a 15-year-old, so becoming manager, getting to the play-offs and beating Preston in Cardiff was special.
"We didn’t think we’d do it that season because we had sold some of our best players in Eidur Gudjohnsen, Claus Jensen and Mark Fish.
"But we pulled together loan players and players who had fallen out with other clubs, and got promoted.”
