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
favour kids sleeves treated turns
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.
kid leave tough winning
It's tough on a kid to leave the Crusaders when he was part of them winning the title,
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.
biggest council estate great kids players release trade
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.
I think he is only going to get better and better.
belief
Just having him back, with his knowledge, what he does and the belief that he'll give the group.
adapted simply
I thought we adapted better in the rain, simply because we were more committed.
named team wait
You'll have to wait and see. The team will be named on Friday.
compete excited pieces
We'll compete in the set pieces (against the Bulls) and I'm excited about what we can do on attack.
best call
We will see how he is and make the call that's best for him.
african south teams
We can't give South African teams that much ball.
assessment settles until wait
We have to wait until it settles down before an assessment is made.
came club few joined lucky running saw shops sports time
When I joined it was at the same time that he came back to the club after running a few sports shops and it was very lucky for me, he saw something in me as a 16-year-old that he saw in himself,
absolute bike falling hit last nobody tree worried
It's unbelievably freakish. It's an absolute tragedy. You're always worried about getting into a bike wreck, about getting hit by a car, but nobody would think about a tree falling on you. That's the last thing you would think of.