Black and Asian players can get a foot in the door 27 Feb 2021
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Darren Byfield racked up a wealth of experience during his playing career and is hoping it will help him as he embarks on the Premier League, EFL and PFA Charity s new Professional Player to Coach Scheme. I would be here all day if I went through all the clubs I played for, he said last year. I had about 20, but I enjoyed every single one of them.
Byfield came up through the Aston Villa Academy but struggled to get into a first-team forward line that boasted Savo Milosevic, Dwight Yorke, Stan Collymore and Darius Vassell.
Coach scheme shows a drive to change the game
Taff Rahman on how him joining the Professional Player to Coach Scheme can boost Asian representation in football. 23 December 2020
Having arrived from Bangladesh as a seven-year-old with no grasp of English, Taff Rahman’s path to becoming a footballer had its challenges, but he hopes it will help him as he takes part in the new Premier League, EFL and PFA Charity’s Professional Player to Coach Scheme. I started playing football as soon as I landed in the United Kingdom,” Rahman recalls. Not being able to speak the language, it was the playground that was kind of my saviour.
Rahman: Coach scheme shows a drive to change the game 26 Feb 2021
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Having arrived from Bangladesh as a seven-year-old with no grasp of English, Taff Rahman’s path to becoming a footballer had its challenges, but he hopes it will help him as he takes part in the Premier League, EFL and PFA Charity’s new Professional Player to Coach Scheme. I started playing football as soon as I landed in the United Kingdom,” Rahman recalled last year. Not being able to speak the language, it was the playground that was kind of my saviour.
Harrison Gilkes: Scheme shows commitment to black coaches 25 Feb 2021
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When Harrison Gilkes’ playing career was cruelly cut short by injury, he turned to coaching, but it is only with the Premier League, EFL and PFA Charity’s Professional Player to Coach Scheme that he has been able to make significant progress at Reading. It’s the platform, the boost, the kickstart I needed, said Gilkes, now 27, last year. I definitely knew I wanted to be a coach, but I felt I couldn’t get an opportunity. Maybe I wasn’t good enough at the time to get one. I was applying for jobs and getting turned down.