Calderwood back - with Faroes
FORMER Forest boss Colin Calderwood is back in football - as national coach of the Faroe Islands.
He replaces coach Jógvan Martin Olsen, who has stepped down after three years in charge. Previous coaches include Henrik Larsen and Allan Simonsen.
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Colin Calderwood
Calderwood, who had been linked with a coaching job at Newcastle, takes charge ahead of a friendly with Iceland in March.
Calderwood has experience of playing in the Faroes – two of his 36 Scottish caps were won against them.
Calderwood was a apparently popular choice. A poll run by a local newspaper saw him pick up 62 per cent of the votes, ahead of the Dane Flemming Serritslew and Serbian coach Luka Kostic.
Calderwood certainly has a big job on his hands. The Faroe Islands are ranked 185th in the world and have never reached the finals of any major international competition.
Although the national team has been in existence since 1930, neither FIFA nor the Faroese FA considers matches before 1988 as official.
Faroe Islands pulled one of the biggest upsets in footballing history when they beat Austria 1-0 in their first competitive international on September 12, 1990. The game, a Euro 92 qualifier, was played in Sweden because there were no grass fields on the Islands.
Last October they drew 1-1 with Austria in a World Cup qualifier - their first qualifying point for four years.
The Tórsvøllur National Stadium was completed in 2000. Its capacity is only 6,000.
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by colin cuckoo, cloud cuckoo
Sunday, January 25 2009, 10:46AM
“thank god!,he's finally found his level of management! managing the great faroes! ha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”
by king tut, looking for my pyramid
Saturday, January 24 2009, 11:54PM
“i cant believe it theyve only sent him here”
by confused.com, Attenborough
Saturday, January 24 2009, 11:45PM
“If you don't like the standard of NEP journalism then why do you read it?”
by Patrick E Tree, Nottingham
Saturday, January 24 2009, 11:36PM
“I've just been on Faroe Islands website and Cc has indeed been appointed Head Coach, so good luck to him!”
by Patrick E Tree, Nottingham
Saturday, January 24 2009, 11:32PM
“Phil, Notts I'm afraid the standard of journalism at NEP has taken a nose dive, Not only did they report that CC had jined Newcastle coaching staff, but today printed a match report from last night, naming Chris Cohen as MoM, with a picture of Luke Chambers!”
by Phil, Notts
Saturday, January 24 2009, 3:43PM
“I read about this on the 606 message boards and thought it was someone having a joke.
Didn't NEP report that CC had gotten a coaching job at Newcastle a few days ago?”
by Highbury Red, London
Saturday, January 24 2009, 2:21PM
“Colin, I genuinely wish you a lot of success as I get the impression you are a thoroughly decent bloke who is prepared to work very hard.
I also wish the Faroese a lot of luck because unfortunately CC is not the sort of coach to bring in a simple pattern of play that he sticks with to enable players with limited ability form a cohesive unit. Mark my words, next time you are 1-0 up with 15 minutes to go and closing in on a rare international victory CC will make 2 tactical substitutions, change the pattern of the team 3 or 4 times and hand the initiative to the opposition resulting in a draw or a loss.”
by Ian Hall, London
Saturday, January 24 2009, 12:40PM
“Best wishes, Colin. If I ever sail my yacht up in the Faroes' direction I'll give you a bell and see if you're up for going for a Pimms.”
by David, Blidworth
Saturday, January 24 2009, 10:25AM
“Good Luck Colin”
by S, Wilford
Saturday, January 24 2009, 9:59AM
“CC: Big fish lil pond... to think he won the news poll vote as well..Did anyone here vote for him??
Good Luck, you might just make it happen for them!”