nopic
Register or sign in with your FaceBook account by clicking the button below
Share

Part II of our interview with released player Gavin

Gavin Strachan is optimistic he can find a new league club

By Ian Clarkson  June 08, 2009
Gavin would encourage players of all ages to consider a career after football. (©PAphotos)
Gavin would encourage players of all ages to consider a career after football. (©PAphotos)
qoute
Gavin Strachan
The PFA have been great and enabled me to take courses for the future
qoute_bottom
Gavin Strachan is on the look-out for a new club after being released by Notts County, and has a wealth of footballing experience to offer. The 30-year-old former Coventry, Hartlepool and Southend player also wrote a weekly blog for the BBC website last season as he broadened his horizons.

Givemefootball’s Ian Clarkson spoke exclusively to Strachan as he continued his search for a new club next season. Here’s Part II of his interview with us...

Q: Are you happy to travel to play in the Football League?

A: I would play anywhere to continue playing in the Football League. Ideally, it would be within an hour’s journey of where I'm based now but you have to be prepared to go where the work is. As I said previously, professional football is a great career and I want to continue playing for a few years yet.

Q: What level of football are you prepared to play at?

A: I am keen to stay in the Football League but I am fully aware the clubs are cutting their squad sizes because of the current economic climate.

There are going to be lots more good players playing in the Blue Square Premier League next season and I am not suffering from delusions of grandeur where I think I am too good for that level.

Q: So would you consider the Blue Square?

A: Ideally, I would stay in the Football League, but I will happily play in the blue Square Premier as there are a lot of full-time clubs at that level.

Q: You have been a blogger for the BBC website this year – are you making plans for a career away from football?

A: The PFA have been great and enabled me to attend courses for the future and there are now a lot of like-minded lads. I recently attended a Level 3 coaching course at West Bromwich Albion and there were around 30 guys on that.

Q: Is that a sign of the times?

A: I think the penny has dropped for a lot of players and they know that they need to prepare for life after football. I have hit 30 and you realise that it is a big, bad world out there and that the life of a footballer is a very fortunate one. That is why you want to maintain it as long as you can.


Powered by: GiveMeFootball.com, the latest football news

 
Advertisement
dot arrow
Quick Navigation
dot arrow
Premiership Results
Advertisement
dot arrow
Premier League
Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers
Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Hull City
Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Portsmouth Stoke City
Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dowie targets long-term Hull stay
Dowie targets long-term Hull stay Iain Dowie hopes to be at Hull beyond the end of the season after being appointed manager of

Hull defender Liam Cooper has signed a new three-year-deal, the

Ray Parlour reckons Theo Walcott can become a 'massive' player for the Gunners with a bit of consistency

GMF Editor Dave Smith looks at the remaining Premier League fixtures for the 'big three' and predicts the title outcome

Will Hoskins halted Watford's slide down the Coca-Cola Championship with a

Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin was unhurt after being involved in a traffic accident on

Andrey Arshavin was unhurt after being involved in a traffic accident on Monday