Paul Fairclough is one of the longest-ever serving England managers and has a career spanning encounters with Sir Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson, and working alongside Arsene Wenger
A parting quip from Paul Fairclough as he recounts an illustrious yet unorthodox career in football that has seen him have skirmishes with Liverpool icon Sir Kenny Dalglish, rub shoulders with Arsene Wenger, and have his goalkeeper sent off after 30 seconds against Manchester United.
While the names in Fairclough's squad do not have the same ring to them as the ones in Gareth Southgate's, players who have won England C caps in the past include Ethan Pinnock, Jamal Lowe and Andre Gray, who all went on to play in the Premier League. “There was a rule that if your ground wasn’t up to scratch at Christmas, then it doesn’t matter what condition it was in at the end of the season. It went to the High Court in London, I had to listen to the verdict and it was like being told I had climbed Mount Everest and to go down and try again. It was pretty traumatic.”
He continued: “We had a press day and Alan Hansen was among them, he thought we were going to get battered - and to be honest I thought we were going to get battered. A lot went on, a lot of nonsense went on with that game. “We went up to the replay, I lost several players through injury, Terry McDermott was on the bench as the assistant, Alan Shearer hadn’t played for four weeks and he scored once in the home match and twice in the away .
During his career, Fairclough has also had consultancy roles with the likes of sports manufacturer Nike and Premier League winners Arsenal. With the Gunners, he drummed up a strong relationship with then-manager Wenger after taking up the role of a scout for the North London club.
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