Former West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce believes the Hammers, Everton and Newcastle United are the biggest clubs he ever managed.

A managerial career that started in 1991 has taken him around the Premier League and beyond, and he remains one of the most recognisable British coaches around.

Allardyce is usually seen as a fire-fighter, someone brought in to help teams avoid relegation. That is perhaps unfair, however, given the progressive work he did at Bolton.

While he never managed one of the super-powers of the game other than one game as England boss in 2016, Allardyce has coached some truly huge clubs.

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Speaking to Sky Sports and addressing the difficulty that Thomas Frank had in translating his success at Brentford into a bigger club in Tottenham, he named the teams that, in his mind, are “big clubs” and West Ham were one of them, alongside Everton and Newcastle United.

He said: “Thomas experienced what it’s like to manage a big club for the first time.

“It’s different. I’ve done it at Everton, Newcastle, West Ham. There’s a different type of mentality and pressure.”

Interestingly, he didn’t name Leeds, although Allardyce’s stint there lasted only four games.

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Sam Allardyce’s record as West Ham United manager

Allardyce was a good West Ham manager, criticisms over the style of play aside.

He secured promotion to the Premier League in 2012 and oversaw a period of stability once back in the top flight.

There were some brilliant moments under him, including a run to the League Cup semi-finals, although the 9-0 aggregate defeat to Manchester City in 2014 was clearly a huge disappointment.

In total, Allardyce won 69 of the 181 games he managed West Ham for, amassing 1.39 points per match and a 38.1% win percentage.

Why Sam Allardyce wanted to leave West Ham United

The news of Allardyce’s departure was confirmed only minutes after his team lost 2-0 to Newcastle on the final day of the 2014/15 campaign.

It had been coming and Allardyce actually wanted to leave by the time the decision not to renew his contract was relayed to supporters so he could spend more time with his family.

That break only lasted a few months, before he took the Sunderland job in October 2015.

At the time, he said: “It’s done and dusted and we both move on. West Ham have a big job appointing a new manager moving forward and I have the job of seeing my family for a change. This job is 24/7 and it’s time for me to give the family a bit more time.”

Allardyce thinks West Ham will avoid relegation this season as Nuno Espirito Santo looks to pull his side out of the bottom three with 12 games left to play.