UCFB Future Sport 2018
UCFB is delighted to present Future Sport – its inaugural magazine packed full of highlights of UCFB graduates in the workplace and exclusive interviews with the biggest names in sport. The issue is led by England manager Gareth Southgate, who with a World Cup just around the corner gave us his thoughts on leadership and the importance of education for a modern day coach. Sky Sports’ Hayley McQueen, Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino and Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers also feature. UCFB graduates feature heavily throughout the issue, showcasing their skills and talent in the workplace at clubs and organisations including The Football Association, Watford FC, Sky Sports and the Evening Standard. Future Sport also takes an in-depth look at London’s relationship with the NFL, and compares the promotion of big boxing events and the contrasting promotional styles of former heavy-weight world champions Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye.
UCFB is delighted to present Future Sport – its inaugural magazine packed full of highlights of UCFB graduates in the workplace and exclusive interviews with the biggest names in sport.
The issue is led by England manager Gareth Southgate, who with a World Cup just around the corner gave us his thoughts on leadership and the importance of education for a modern day coach. Sky Sports’ Hayley McQueen, Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino and Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers also feature.
UCFB graduates feature heavily throughout the issue, showcasing their skills and talent in the workplace at clubs and organisations including The Football Association, Watford FC, Sky Sports and the Evening Standard.
Future Sport also takes an in-depth look at London’s relationship with the NFL, and compares the promotion of big boxing events and the contrasting promotional styles of former heavy-weight world champions Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye.
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GARETH SOUTHGATE
The word “edge” appears
numerous times during Southgate’s
talk with us. Since losing to West
Germany on penalties in the 1990
World Cup semi-final, England
haven’t beaten an elite world nation
over 90 minutes in a knockout
game of tournament football. Edge
is clearly something he’s working on
at St George’s Park.
To help find it, Southgate spent
time with Eddie Jones and his
England rugby team ahead of the
2017 Six Nations. During his 18 months
in the job, Jones has transformed
England into the team most likely to
unseat New Zealand as the world’s
number one nation, so Southgate’s
methodology deserves some faith.
“To compare different sports is
interesting because they’ll have
similar problems that they approach
in a different way,” Southgate says.
“Eddie runs a national team so there
are similarities in some of the bigger
issues we face as a national coach.
You don’t have the players as often,
and there are areas around national
set-ups that are unique – the time
you have the players, the challenge
of the opposition, the media interest
and the challenge of building a
culture in a short period of time.”
He added: “It was great for Eddie
to look at what we did, make
observations and challenge things
as a different coach. We then did the
same when we travelled and watched
them work and see what might work
for us and help us improve.”
Southgate’s path to his current
role began in 2010 when The FA
appointed him as their head of
elite development. The institution’s
multi-million-pound investment
in St George’s Park was heralded,
but it needed a man to make it
tick when it opened in 2012. So
Southgate, alongside Sir Trevor
Brooking, went about remodelling
the youth game and strengthening
clubs’ ties around the country.
The incredible World Cup win
for England’s under 20s in June
Focused: Southgate has
long been thought of as
one of the games’ more
meticulous thinkers
“YOU’RE
CONSTANTLY
LOOKING FOR
AN EDGE THAT
MIGHT HELP YOU
IMPROVE AS A
TEAM”
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