Profile of a Junior Manager

Next time you're giving us coaches/managers a hard time, please give a thought to the following article, which Droyslden Juniors allowed me to copy from their site. I've added my bit in red.

Profile of a Junior Manager.

• You spend the last hour of work planning the evening's training session - well, lunchtime every now and then.
• You lose sleep worrying whether the lineup for the next game is fair to every player and what the parents might think - yes, done that many a time, especially before a big game.
• When your wife goes to the supermarket, she can't put the shopping in the boot because it is full of footballs, training cones etc - Oh yes! and have we had some arguments over that one.
• You plan your summer holidays around soccer tournaments - if my wife (Tracey) lets me.
• You wear track suit bottoms all the time - ever seen me in anything else?
• Your phone never stops ringing and its always regarding football - does my 'ed in sometimes, and Tracey thinks I'm having an affair over the phone.
• When you meet someone new, you always have in the back of your mind whether or not they can offer any sponsorship to your team/club - I'm a treasurer, what do you expect?
• You're always looking at weekend weather forecasts - with the state of some of the pitches around here, do you blame me?
• In the middle of January, you can't wait for the season to end - only if we're bottom or flying high with some tough game ahead, then I can't wait for it to start again.
• You get withdrawal symptoms when the season's over - Sat mornings the worse, don't know what to do with myself.
• When you meet your daughter's new friend, the 1st thing you ask is their date of birth and whether or not they can play footie - sad but true, when Natasha was still playing anyway.
• You spend the summer re-discovering your garden - not by choice I assure you, I hate gardening.
• When you buy a new car you think in terms of how many players can fit in and how much equipment the boot will hold - new car hmm!, that would be nice. When the time comes, yes, I probably would consider the above, but don't tell Tracey.
• When you go shopping, you always come back with something that will be 'useful' for the team - like fruit LOL (private joke between me and the 13's).
• Over half of your annual car mileage is football related - and the rest!
• When you get home after the match, your wife, kids and dog avoid you until they find out the score, then avoid you rest of the day - sort of true, sometimes, but cats in my case - you can definitely swing a cat in our living room - only joking.
• And finally...... the phrase, 'talking to a brick wall' is often used - I'm ashamed to admit it, but yes, I switch off, thinking about footie. Sad I know.

Hope you enjoyed that little insight into the life of football managers. Sure Allen, Tim, Alan, Amy, Chris and Andy can relate to some of that.

Thanks to Dave (from Droylsden JFC).