{"id":10905,"date":"2017-05-07T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=10905"},"modified":"2017-05-07T03:40:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T02:40:14","slug":"coyw-season-1-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2017\/05\/coyw-season-1-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COYW: Season 1, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE OBJECTIVE: TO MANAGE MY HOME TOWN CLUB, DOVER ATHLETIC, IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. DOVER HAVE NEVER PLAYED LEAGUE FOOTBALL. I AM GOING TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
PRE-SEASON ( cont )<\/p>\n
Sitting in my office, i use the term office loosely seeing as its a portacabin in the corner of a field which is supposed to be our training pitch, the smell of freshly cut grass whafts in through the open window. The groundsman has been on the phone to let me know that the pitch at Crabble is in pristine condition, ready for the visit of West Ham, a week Tuesday. A chance to bring in some much needed money and give the locals a chance to see the new man at the helm. Looking at my planner on the wall I notice that we are due to play Harlow FC on the Monday before the season starts, this is duly cancelled, and so the lads don’t miss out on their match fitness, games against local side Sittingbourne, and another away at MK Dons are added to the schedule.<\/p>\n
The next few days are spent interviewing applicants for my vacant back room staff positions. Some cracking candidates. In total over 40 bodies had sold their services to me over a strong tea, I had no milk, and were soon whittled down to six. My scouting division of Head Scout and Scout are George Rooney and Peter Mead, respectively. Nick Dawes comes in as Physio, Peter Williams Goalkeeping coach and Dan Micciche as First Team coach. All bring something different to the set up. Lots of experience among the scouts, hopefully they can unearth a diamond in the rough.<\/p>\n