Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce MBEis an English football manager and player. He was most recently the manager of Nottingham Forest before being sacked in February 2015. Pearce was the manager of the England national under-21 team from 2007 to 2013 and also managed the Great Britain Olympic football team at the 2012 Olympics...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 April 1962
age ahead future great smashing
I am disappointed for him. He is a smashing young lad, with a great future ahead of him. But he is of an age where he will get over it and come back stronger.
fans hope secure sorted talk today
I am disappointed, but more for the fans and chairman. We hope to secure him on a long-term contract. I will talk to him today and I think we can get something sorted out.
break difficult front gave liverpool noses side
We gave Liverpool too much respect. They haven't been a free-scoring side lately, but once they get their noses in front they are difficult to break down.
ambition brian burning captain few good manage mine quite runs
We had a few good runs with Forest. It was a burning ambition of mine to be the captain who said to Brian Clough 'here is the FA Cup'. Unfortunately, we didn't quite manage it.
future thank wish
We wish him well for the future and thank him for his efforts.
embarrass ourselves playing
We would embarrass ourselves playing like that in Europe.
allowed club leave money next prefer
I would prefer the money to go to the next manager. The club got me for nothing so I think I should be allowed to leave for nothing.
club contribute decisions football point sitting taking
It was the right decision. There's no point me sitting here and smoke-screening it because I make the decisions at this football club but taking the day off did not contribute to what we did defensively.
andy five four operation today
Andy is having an operation today and we think he will be out for between four and five weeks.
andy floating found material operation
Andy had another operation after they found some floating material in his knee.
awful handful learn wise
We think it was a wise investment. He's still got an awful lot to learn but he was a real handful for them.
agent agreed football hopefully keen lee next quite signing spoken stay within
Everything is agreed with Lee Croft financially. I have spoken to him and his agent about football matters. He is quite keen to stay here and hopefully he will be signing within the next day or so.
elected english industry job management minister next prime top total
This must be the only industry in the world where you can have a total novice, who has not even been in management for one year, being touted for the top job in English football. Would we say the next prime minister is going to be someone who has not even been elected as an MP (lawmaker) yet? No.
against man trying wall
As a young man trying to make your way in life, you feel your back is against the wall and you are scrapping against the whole world,