I arrived, standing at the luggage belt in Amsterdam airport I phoned for my taxi, a private taxi had been put on for me. It was not far to travel, Almere City is in the province of Flevoland just outside Amsterdam.
Arriving at the stadium I was impressed, a fairly new stadium and the facility’s looked good, walking though the door into reception it continued to impress. If the quality of the facility's were anything to go by, this was going to be a great club to be at.
I had got the job after a interview at the training ground which Almere share with AFC Ajax which was fantastic to find out, turning up at the training ground I started to think I had been invited for a Interview at Ajax, that would have been impressive. 26 years old, fresh out of coaching badges, all studied in the UK. The Interview went really well, Almere were looking for a young manager to help expand the club and help them grow, they had the smallest stadium in the division but it was a impressive stadium, great facility's and a lot of room to improve, the team was solid as well as the finances. After hours in with the chairman he offered me the job on the spot, the language was a problem but he decided to look past that, stating that
football is a universal language.
Walking into my office I felt at home straight away, I had had some photo's shipped over from England and they had all been put up by the staff. I sat down and got straight to work, a scout report had been filed for me to look over as well as getting prepared to meet the team and take the 1st day at training.
How would my new job go, my 1st job in management
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2013-12-06, 21:09 by nufcfan