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| Nomads engage high profiled British coach |
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Garry Chirwa, 18 February 2005
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Done to a turn. MTL Wanderers’ thirst for success has seen them net a high-profiled British coach Eddie May who arrived in the country from England on Thursday afternoon to try and turn around the fortunes at Lali Lubani Road.
May, who delights in the glory of having managed football clubs in England at all levels, has among other teams coached current English Premiership outfit Charlton Athletics and Leicester City.
The Briton also had a successful stint in Zimbabwe where he twice led Highlanders FC to win Premier League championship in 2001 and 2002 before moving to Amazulu where he also guided them to win the league honours the following year.
Wanderers boss Sydney Chikoti hinted on Thursday that May will be offered a two-year contract.
“We’ll finalise the paperwork in a few days time but we are looking at a two-year contract. As we said, we want to win the championship this year and possibly participate in the Caf Champions League. So obviously that will be one of his challenges.
“He is an effective coach with vast experience, he also has motivational skills and well developed team leadership. Eddie is also performance driven and successful at managing clubs in Great Britain,” said the Wanderers chair.
But how did the nomads discover May?
“As you might be aware, we have a relationship with Zimbabwean champions Caps United and they are the ones who oiled the wheels for us because they had been in touch with him.”
And do the nomads have the financial capacity to pay the well-versed coach? Chikoti shifted on his seat and said: “We believe that from the sponsorship that is provided, we’ll be able to pay Eddie.”
The Wanderers head also said apart from drilling the nomads, May will also be expected to restructure the team’s technical panel and train his assistant who will eventually take over.
To this effect, Chikoti said the nomads are still looking at possibilities of taking on board their former coach and striker Kannock ‘Bruno’ Munde to understudy May.
Apart from coaching Charlton Athletics and Leicester City, May also had successful dances Cardiff City which he guided to win the Third Division championship in 1993, won the Welsh Cup in the same year and the following year and was named Third Division manager of the year.
He also coached Irish Premier league side Dundalk in 1996 and two years later, he was in charge of English second division club Brentford. He has also been with Tornado (Norway), K.S Sigulfjord (Iceland), Al Nahda (Qatar) and Gormahia (Kenya).
As a player May played for Wrexham, Swansea City and Southend United in the 70s.
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