Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Inexperienced Southgate given 1st shot at vacant England job (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this June 21, 2015 file photo, England's Under 21 coach Gareth Southgate gives instructions to his players during the Euro U21 soccer championship group B match between Sweden and England, at the Ander stadium in Olomouc, Czech Republic, Sunday. Gareth Southgate, the manager of England's under-21 side, will take charge of the senior team's next four matches, against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland and Spain, while the FA searches for a new coach.(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)

After the acrimonious departure of Sam Allardyce, England's national soccer team is temporarily in the hands of a man who said just three weeks ago that he wasn't ready for such a high pressure job. The English Football Association's preference is that an Englishman coaches the national team, but there's hardly a queue of top-quality candidates. Alan Pardew, Eddie Howe and Steve Bruce are high on the list of bookmakers' favorites to be the next England coach, yet none of them have managed a so-called big club in the Premier League or coached a team in the Champions League.


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