And I Know What Confidence Medals Can

I Would Have Been About Seven Years Old When The Formative Years Of My Competitive Football Education Began. I Was Playing In The Local Leagues Around Manchester, Playing Against Lads From Tough Areas Who Had Been Taught They Had To Fight For Everything.

There Are Some Agents Who Do A Good Job Looking After Players But There Are Others Who Stifle And Mollycoddle Them.

There Are Only Four Trophies Available To Win At The Start Of Every Season And There Will Be Some Big Teams This Year Who Won't Win One At All.

The Best Illustration I Can Give Of His Talent Is That At Manchester United There Was Always A Possession Drill In Training Designed To Develop Our Passing Ability, Which Might Be Three Players Against Another Three Players, Or Six Versus Six, Or Nine Versus Nine. But No Matter What The Numbers Were, The Side With Paul Scholes On Their Team Would Always Win By Keeping The Most Possession.

As Football Gets More Globalized, It's Probably More Important Than Ever To Have One Or Two Players In Your Team Who Have Grown Up In The Same Streets Or Been To The Same Schools As The Hard-core Fans.