 Shortly before the next round of qualifying matches, "The Daily Telegraph" broke a story of Allardyce appearing to meet a group of Asian businessmen, who were later revealed to be undercover journalists working for the newspaper.The meeting seemed to show Allardyce explaining how to "get around" breaking football transfer policies and apparently mocking Hodgson, the England players and the Duke of Cambridge.Allardyce apologised for his misconduct, but the FA sacked him on those grounds.