However Allardyce soon wearied of the long - distance travel from Sunderland to his home in Bolton , and put in a transfer request when chairman Tom Cowie refused to help finance the purchase of a home in Sunderland .
Knighton appointed him as club captain .
Allardyce soon wearied of the long - distance travel from Sunderland to his home in Bolton , and put in a transfer request when chairman Tom Cowie refused to help finance the purchase of a home in Sunderland .
Knighton appointed him as club captain .