Colin Cooper
Colin Cooper
Colin Terence Cooperis an English former professional footballer. Cooper spent most of his playing career at Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. Prior to his appointment at Hartlepool, Cooper was part of the Middlesbrough coaching staff after leaving his role of assistant manager at Bradford City...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth8 March 1856
cycling dedicated family incredibly lived team
He lived for it. It was his life. The cycling team was his family out here. He was incredibly dedicated to the sport.
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We weren't treated as prima-donnas. We had to roll up our sleeves and graft with the groundsman. Kids don't have to do anymore. That makes you appreciate things when it turns in your favour and you become a successful professional.
expect perform react smarter team tuesday week
Tuesday we went pretty intense, but we can't do that all week and expect them to perform at the weekend. Everyone's under the same hammer. It's about which team is smarter to react to that.
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When I left Bradford and got a phone call from Dave Parnaby asking 'did I want to come back in?', I was delighted to accept. The whole buzz at the club at the moment is great for someone like me who is still learning and wanting to hopefully go into management in my own right at some point.
tough travel
The travel back is always tough (on players) and it won't be easy.
handling incident
It was very disappointing because it was an incident between two players. We're handling it ourselves.
couple high last together
The team's been together the last couple of years and we have high expectations of ourselves.
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I've stated before that nine and 10 are my concerns and David is another option there,
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I've read the original and I'm really looking forward to reading the new chapters by Hilary and Willie's kids,
club conditions downward joining kids kit none spiral
After joining as a youth trainee at 16 from school, in my first two or three years the club was on a financial downward spiral and there was none of the new sparkling kit and the sparkling conditions that the kids get now.
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I'm from a council estate myself, and the biggest release we had as kids was football. That's where all the great players learn their trade - as kids having a kickabout.
months played
I played with a fracture in my foot for seven months without knowing it.
full stage train training
How do you do that? You have to train full contact. I don't like doing that (at this stage of the season), but that's the only way . . . that's why we are training the way we are training.
english-athlete
He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for.