: ISL: Des Buckingham – the teacher, ski instructor and pilot looking to help Mumbai City fly #IndiaNEWS At one end of a training ground in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, the Mumbai City FC team sat in a circle,

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ISL: Des Buckingham – the teacher, ski instructor and pilot looking to help Mumbai City fly #IndiaNEWS
At one end of a training ground in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, the Mumbai City FC team sat in a circle, stretching as they cooled down after practice. Nearby a team support staff member collected the 30-odd footballs used during the session. Des Buckingham marched over, picked up one and headed over to one end of the field. It was time for his routine end-of-session-penalty kick.Only this time, his shot sailed over the bar. On cue, from the group still stretching came a stray comment.“I won’t mention who, but somebody just said something about age catching up to me,�? Buckingham said.At 37, Buckingham is the youngest head coach in the Indian Super League – and this is his second season in charge of Mumbai City. To put that number into perspective, he’s only three years older than the oldest player in the squad, 34-year-old Mourtada Fall, and a year younger than India’s star striker Sunil Chhetri.In other words, Buckingham is young for a coach, but with nearly 20 years of experience under his belt, is an old coach.Indian football: Sanjeev Stalin’s chance to shine as his ISL dream brings him to Mumbai City FC “If you’d say I have 20 years coaching experience over being 37-years-old, you’d...Read more

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