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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2011 17:44:54 GMT
Maybe some of use know this lad. Randalstown man...used to play for Randalstown athletic. Anyway long story short he went away to America to do a football scholarship completed it and signed for a low league English club wrexham possibly but not sure...class player!. Got a bad injury so took up coaching and ended up at coventry under chris coleman as first team coach...couple of weeks ago he got new job as head of elite youth development at Liverpool and hes only 28....massive achievement and awesome job. Meant to post it up sooner but forgot.
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 17:48:17 GMT
Junior he played same kids football with Hud and my bro Brian, they always said he was a super player.
I think he is more the fitness coach or along them lines and not an actual football coach but i could be wrong, amazing acheivement for him.
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 17:50:23 GMT
Found a wee article on him. www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/academy/staff/andy-o-bo I CAME over to England from Northern Ireland after my A-levels and went to Liverpool University and then got a football scholarship to Rhode Island in the United States, which was meant to be for four years but I stayed for a year. The thing that impressed me out there was the strength conditioning and what was happening in the gym. I came back and was doing my coaching and sports science when I started working with the younger players at Wrexham. I was offered a job at Manchester United’s academy working with nine and ten-year-olds but then started looking after the first team at Wrexham, which I did for a couple of years before coming to Coventry at the start of the season. I grew up near Ballymena, one of five children. I have a brother who is a vet in America, one who is training to be a policeman in Canada, a sister who is a dentist and another brother who lives at home on my parents’ farm. I go back home for a few days in the summer and help out on the farm and switch off from football. We have sheep, goats, turkeys and cows and when I wasn’t playing football or Gaelic football as a kid, I was helping on the farm after school. My brother in America has two small children, one of whom I have not seen yet, while my brother in Canada became a dad last week. I am getting married at the end of May to Rachel Williams, a doctor who has just started as a GP in Brinklow. She is from South Wales, we met at university and are getting married at Cardiff Cathedral, then having the reception at City Hall. I have a lot of family coming over from Ireland for it. My mum was one of 11 and my dad one of eight, so I have aunts and uncles all over!. We are going shark diving in South Africa and on a safari for our honeymoon, then it will be back for the pre-season. « Last Edit: July 08, 2011, 02:48:00 PM by Binyle |
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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2011 17:51:59 GMT
Junior he played same kids football with Hud and my bro Brian, they always said he was a super player. I think he is more the fitness coach or along them lines and not an actual football coach but i could be wrong, amazing acheivement for him. thats him mate...weedo good friends and played with him at youth level and has kept in touch with him over the years. hes done really well...real good lad. |
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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2011 17:54:50 GMT
thats it mate knew it was something to do with youth development. 250k a year?  |
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 17:58:24 GMT
thats it mate knew it was something to do with youth development. 250k a year? f**k me, Unreal and fair play to him! |
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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2011 18:04:09 GMT
thats it mate knew it was something to do with youth development. 250k a year? f**k me, Unreal and fair play to him! no mate do you think he would be on 250k a year in that job?? not that money matters that much when you would be doing a job like that. |
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 18:07:12 GMT
f**k me, Unreal and fair play to him! no mate do you think he would be on 250k a year in that job?? not that money matters that much when you would be doing a job like that. Dunno but could't see it being that much, but still be a big salary. |
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Post by QUIGS on Sept 13, 2011 18:42:25 GMT
Great stuff,good to see local lads made good,fair play to him.
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Post by LENNY on Sept 13, 2011 19:11:23 GMT
Jesus, fair play..top lad, with great ability as a player and was very bright, no surprise hes ended up where he is.
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 19:15:43 GMT
Jesus, fair play..top lad, with great ability as a player and was very bright, no surprise hes ended up where he is. Sound's like a right cnut ha ha |
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Post by Dowie-RAFC on Sept 13, 2011 20:12:12 GMT
Played with Andy at RAFC, top bloke and great to see hes doing so well.
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Post by rubberman on Sept 13, 2011 20:16:35 GMT
he was at my school(st louis) if its the same dude,he was in our herald cup winning team.............
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Post by LENNY on Sept 13, 2011 20:17:38 GMT
he was at my school(st louis) if its the same dude,he was in our herald cup winning team............. thats him, prob year below you. |
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 20:22:13 GMT
he was at my school(st louis) if its the same dude,he was in our herald cup winning team............. Did the sub's get medals?  |
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Post by rubberman on Sept 13, 2011 20:22:23 GMT
he was at my school(st louis) if its the same dude,he was in our herald cup winning team............. thats him, prob year below you. yeah year below but played in both gealic and soccer teams for my year,very sweet left foot if i remember right,great fella,fair play |
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Post by LENNY on Sept 13, 2011 20:24:12 GMT
thats him, prob year below you. yeah year below but played in both gealic and soccer teams for my year,very sweet left foot if i remember right,great fella,fair play Right footer sham lol |
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Post by pele on Sept 13, 2011 20:29:06 GMT
yeah year below but played in both gealic and soccer teams for my year,very sweet left foot if i remember right,great fella,fair play Right footer sham lol ;D ;D |
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