Managers' Battle an Intriguing Contrast of Styles; Calderwood and O'neill Could Not Be More Different
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Two managers, two vastly contrasting experiences in football which will finally bring them together at Hampden Park today. When Martin O'Neill and Jimmy Calderwood preside over the Tennent's Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic this afternoon, it will only confirm the random fate which is the ultimate author of the great game.
"Football is strange," said Calderwood yesterday. The Dunfermline manager is an intriguing mixture - a modern, successful coach, seasoned in the ways of Holland, where he spent 18 years as a player and coach, yet who still has a hue of the old 1970s British manager- motivator about him.See the full content of this document
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Managers' Battle an Intriguing Contrast of Styles; Calderwood and O'neill Could Not Be More Different
"The game is about having the mentality, getting your tackles in, believing in yersels," said Calderwood. Jock Wallace couldn't have put it better.
Beside Calderwood, O'Neill looks more reflective, more scholarly. That is probably because he is. The Celtic manager, enjoying and respecting Calderwood, but often pulling his leg, enjoys the fact tha...See the full content of this document
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