Phil Brown: Sam Allardyce exit like a bereavement

Phil Brown worked under Sam Allardyce. Credit: ITV

Sam Allardyce's former assistant Phil Brown says the end of his brief reign as England boss is like a bereavement.

Brown, who worked under Allardyce for many years at Bolton, told ITV News his former boss could have been a success with the national team.

Brown thinks the tactics used by the undercover journalists with Allardyce were "underhand".

"I think it was underhand, the way it was done. I honestly think there should be a law against that, if truth be known.

"But he [Allardyce] knows he's let himself down."