Neill Collins was only 22, a strapping centre-half desperate to prove himself to the footballing colossus he now called gaffer. "In big cup games, he was fantastic, we'd go to play Premier League teams with a freedom and we'd do well. "Joe Cole put my name forward to be manager," Collins says. "He's won Premier League titles, played in Champions League finals, won 50-odd caps for England, but he was so humble. Joe Cole played under Collins at Tampa Bay Rowdies before taking an academy coaching role at Chelsea'Standard improved immeasurably'For all that managerial duties exact a relentless burden upon Collins, his wife and four children, life in Florida is idyllic.

Source: BBC January 04, 2020 13:41 UTC