Made in Glasgow ; Owen Coyle Is the Young Manager Tipped for Stardom, but While He Shares the Same Roots As the Premier League Giant He Faces Today, Bolton's Boss Insists: I'm a Million Miles From Being As Good As Ferguson [Eire Region]

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OWEN COYLE is well into his stride, recalling the experiences that have formed him as a man and manager. Anecdotes abound, from his time growing up with five brothers and three sisters in a three- bedroomed house on the Gorbals estates of Glasgow to his nomadic career as a mediocre professional footballer around the clubs of the Scottish leagues.

Settling back on the sofa at the modest social room at Bolton's training ground, he is in his element. There is little pretension here: it has all the airs and graces of the staff room at a comprehensive school, an odd hotchpotch of chairs, where Coyle and his coaches enjoy their instant coffee and prepare for games such as today's against Alex Ferguson's Manchester United.

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Made in Glasgow ; Owen Coyle Is the Young Manager Tipped for Stardom, but While He Shares the Same Roots As the Premier League Giant He Faces Today, Bolton's Boss Insists: I'm a Million Miles From Being As Good As Ferguson [Eire Region]

It is the modern-day equivalent of Bill Shankly's bootroom in an era when Chelsea's interior design is styled by Dolce and Gabbana. Amid the repartee, comes a pertinent story.

'When I was at Motherwell, Harri Kampman came in from Finland,' recalls the Bolton manager, the words tumbling out. 'He'd done a terrific job at MyPa in Finland and Harri had basic English, bu...

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