I'd just like to clarify that I don't 'know' about either Garrincha or Allardyce's impressive old chaps, it's all second hand information. Garrincha's can of Vim often comes up (cough) in historical articles and more than one ex professional has independently told me the origin of the Big Sam nickname.
Spent hours in Pearson park with the lads trying to do his dipping leaf free kick , wooo way back in the day
