A Game of Three Halves: The Official Kenny Swain Biography

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The FA reported that as part of their talent identification programme he had a major role in the development of players such as Daniel Sturridge, Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Phil Foden, Luke Shaw, Trent Alexander Arnold and many more progressing from the England Under-16 level to the senior national team. We make sure that all our signed items are either collected at our own signing sessions or through a limited number of trusted partners who we've dealt with over many years and are respected within the industry. George’s Park and by talking to the clubs over a few years was instrumental in better access to players.

He wasn't supposed to play but we were short of players so he and a lad named as Satchel played who is now a Sir. He left Villa in 1982 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and finally Crewe Alexandra.

He added he has nurtured many of the current England players through the system to provide the core of the squad. Portsmouth and Crewe were the last clubs to figure in an illustrious career that saw him play more than 100 games for five different clubs. He was in the Villa team that shared the 1981 Charity Shield and was twice voted into the Professional Footballers First Division team of the season: 1980-1 and 1982. Kenny, who was born in Birkenhead, made his league debut for Chelsea in 1974 and his best season was 1976-77 when he helped the young side gain promotion back to the old first division. Today, Kenny works in the England set-up, heading up the FA's talent ID programme, and has helped develop players such as Michael Owen, Joe Cole and Danny Welbeck.

Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973.Next, Kenny was signed by Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest, and he now paints an evocative personal picture of the most charismatic and controversial manager in English football history. All structured data from the main, Property, Lexeme, and EntitySchema namespaces is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License; text in the other namespaces is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Biography: Swain had played for Chelsea and won the league championship and European Cup with Aston Villa before joining Pompey in 1983. Saunders also signed another striker, Swain, from Chelsea, and moved him to right back where he became a pivotal member of Villa’s greatest team. He continues to work these days with the Premier League ensuring that the club’s academies are working to the correct guidelines.