Wednesday 28 November 2018

Sol Campbell appointed manager by Macclesfield Town

  • Former England defender gets first job in management
  • Campbell in attendance for team’s 1-0 win at Exeter

Sol Campbell will be unveiled by the League Two basement club, Macclesfield Town, on Thursday as the former England defender takes his first steps in club management.

Campbell, who won 73 caps, retired in 2012 and completed his Uefa pro coaching licence with the Football Association of Wales. But despite spells as assistant coach of Trinidad & Tobago and working with England Under-21s as part of the Football Association’s In Pursuit of Progress initiative, which offers BAME coaches experience in the national team set-up, the 44-year-old had been frustrated in his attempts to secure full-time employment; he had previously been an unsuccessful applicant for vacant positions at Oxford United, Grimsby and Oldham.

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from Football | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2SilF6d

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