article_snippet: Steve Coppell poses with Steve Coppell Manager of the Month award in 2006 during Steve Coppell spell in charge of Reading .
article_snippet: I just wanted to be known as a good manager, I never wanted to be famous,’ Steve Coppell admitted when Steve Coppell was reluctantly coaxed to the Runnymede-on-Thames Hotel.
article_snippet: It is clear, after a couple of hours in Coppell’s illuminating company, that Steve Coppell has the itch to work again, but it will only be on Steve Coppell terms.
article_snippet: Coppell is a student of the game, a manager who travelled all over the country to watch players at every level and build up an encyclopaedic knowledge of teams and tactics.
article_snippet: Coppell would rather sit in the stands than head for the directors’ box, convinced that speaking to the supporters who watch the players week in, week out will give Coppell a far better education.
article_snippet: Coppell admits being a manager consumes every part of your life and Coppell
article_snippet: Coppell is a fascinating man to listen to as Coppell talks through Coppell management career.
article_snippet: When you sit down with Coppell, Coppell is a million miles away from the monosyllabic character who would turn up at press conferences when Coppell was in work.
article_snippet: Watch Coppell press conferences.
article_snippet: One-word answers, but Coppell delivers.
article_snippet: So did Coppell, a popular figure in dressing rooms at Coppell clubs.
article_snippet: Coppell is tempted to move abroad Coppell, to test Coppell in another country if England really has turned England back on Coppell.
article_snippet: but I feel I have something to contribute to the game,’ Coppell said.
highlights_snippet: The 59-year-old admits Steve Coppell would contemplate managing abroad .