Far-Flung Adventures: From Manchester United to first-team football in Luxembourg
As a teenage talent at Manchester United, Alex Cvetkovic was rubbing shoulders…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Daniel Ting on moving from Manchester to Malaysia
It isn’t every day you hear a footballer say that Shaun Maloney inspired…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Former Chelsea youngster Aziz Deen-Conteh
Former Chelsea defender Aziz Deen-Conteh spent his teenage years learning at the…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Terry Fenwick, from marking Maradona to managing in the Caribbean
Maradona. The 1986 World Cup. We all know the story; how the…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Matt Ward on coaching in China
Matt Ward was playing FIFA at his flat in Taiwan when it…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Chad Gould and the rise of the Azkals
In a country where sports such as boxing and basketball have long…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Keith Armstrong’s 35 years in Finland
“In Finland, they started calling me ‘Goldfinger’. It was after I’d won…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Matt Smith, the English Aussie
There aren’t many football careers that change in the mountains of Laos….
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Far-Flung Adventures: Natasha Dowie on her globetrotting career
Natasha Dowie is a difficult woman to locate. It’s no wonder when…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Ross Jenkins on playing in Romania
Ross Jenkins is a 25-year-old midfielder who spent last season at Romanian top-flight…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Coaching in the Cook Islands
Drew Sherman has just left the Cook Islands after almost 18 months…
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Far-Flung Adventures: The Englishman leading a South American nation
June 14th, 2015. Georgetown, Guyana. It is a typically humid evening in…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Meet the only British footballer in South America
For some being the only professional British footballer in South America might…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Spencer Prior on coaching in Thailand and Australia
Spencer Prior is a former Premier League defender who played for Norwich,…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Dan Harris on coaching in South Korea
All it took was 27 hours. After a two-year hiatus from the…
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Far-flung adventures: Shadab Iftikhar on moving from Preston to Mongolia
Shadab Iftikhar is the manager of Mongolian Premier League side, Bayangol. Born…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Managing in the Norwegian third tier
Gary Hogan and Tom Dent are manager and assistant manager of Stjordals-Blink…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Former Ireland, Wimbledon and Man City defender Terry Phelan
Terry Phelan is technical director of Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super…
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Far-Flung Adventures: Introducing British Coaches Abroad With Gary Stevens
Welcome to a new feature on The Set Pieces, in which Owen…
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The Set Pieces Christmas List
With Christmas just around the corner, what should you put on your…
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Football’s strangest contract negotiations
The intimate details of contract negotiations are rarely revealed to the public,…
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The Briefing: Everything happening in football this week
And so we reach the end of the Premier League season…well, not…
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