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
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.
heard nice
It's not a nice thing. I heard he was pretty crook, I didn't actually see him but I heard he was pretty crook.
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.
issue players
It's disappointing. It was an issue between two players and it's not a big thing.
best early grounded left looked ourselves pair pros rags school seems stuff
We had to be down early to get the best stuff for the pros we looked after and then get the rags that we were left ourselves for training. It seems very old school but it grounded me as a person and made me appreciate everything as a footballer, because all we got was a pair of boots.
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.
tough travel
The travel back is always tough (on players) and it won't be easy.
concerns david nine option stated
I've stated before that nine and 10 are my concerns and David is another option there,
chapters forward hilary looking original reading
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.
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.
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.
both huge
It's a huge loss, both on and off the field.