Article: Sam's magic touch turns it all around.(Sport)

Byline: ByJames Mossop

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YOU would never associate big, rugged Sam Allardyce with a conjuror's flourish, a moment of inspiration. But yesterday he turned jeers into cheers and impending defeat into victory.

His half-time decision to send substitute strikers Benni McCarthy and Jason Roberts into action with his team playing miserably and a goal down transformed the game.

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