Talk:Steve McClaren

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Contents 1 Steve as a youth 2 England appointment 3 succeeded by: Terry Venables (Caretaker Manager) 4 McClaren walks out of press conference after only 1 minute and 55 seconds.

[edit] Steve as a youth

I was in the year above Steve at Nunthorpe. I've edited the part about him representing Yorkshire as a schoolboy - he couldn't have, as the county didn't exist as a political or sporting unit for football teams anymore after 1973. He would have represented North Yorkshire, as did Brian Kelly of Nunthorpe School in our year. (A team, by the way, that also included future Leeds United player Aiden Butterworth from Tadcaster Grammar School.)

And if he really did travel as many as 5 miles each way to & from the Shipton Street area, where he lived, to Nunthorpe School, (or is the original writer suggesting it was 10 miles each way?), I don't think much of his navigational skills.

[edit] England appointment

"However, his selection was praised by numerous other commentators, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Trevor Brooking" - Trevor Brooking was on the selection panel - so it would have been odd if he hadn't praised the appointment. As for Fergusson... well.. best left unsaid. Jooler 10:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] succeeded by: Terry Venables (Caretaker Manager)

haha, hope that stays 62.25.106.209 13:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] McClaren walks out of press conference after only 1 minute and 55 seconds.

After the teams' 3-0 win over minnows Andorra on 28th March 2007, England's head coach stormed out of the post-match Press conference, responding to just two questions. This has increased pressure from the British media, who view his actions as further proof that he cannot cope with the pressure of leading his country.

"Nothing concerns me outside, what you write or what people say. What matters is inside. There's a great determination to prove people wrong. So, gentlemen, if you want to write whatever you want to write you can write it. Because that's all I'm going to say' - McClaren