Dan Bird’s men headed into Saturday’s fixture second-from-bottom of the table and eight points adrift of safety having lost eight of their opening nine matches.

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They finished eighth that season, although when Allardyce took over they were still in mid-table, rather than second-from-bottom and without a win since October like they are now.

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