article_snippet: Steve Coppell is sipping afternoon tea in the lounge of a hotel just off the M25 when the conversation turns to football
article_snippet: Steve Coppell Steve Coppell has been out of work since leaving Steve Coppell role as director of football  at Portsmouth a year ago .
article_snippet: Steve Coppell played as a winger for Manchester United for eight years between 1975 and 1983 .
article_snippet: Steve Coppell leads Steve Coppell Crystal Palace side onto the Wembley pitch in the first 1990 FA Cup final against Manchester United .
article_snippet: It just doesn’t feel right to see Coppell, a man of integrity and honour, on the fringes of football.
article_snippet: I won the LMA award two years on the bounce with Reading and looking back, yes, massive,’ Steve Coppell admitted.
article_snippet: Steve Coppell issues Steve Coppell side with instructions after drawing 3-3 with Manchester United in the final before extra-time .
article_snippet: Coppell celebrates with then Palace chairman Ron Noades after winning the 1997 play-off final .
article_snippet: Coppell, pictured at the Spain 1982 World Cup finals, won 42 international caps for England .
article_snippet: To recap, Coppell won two promotions with Palace, took two promotions with Palace to two promotions with Palace
article_snippet: Palace players doused Coppell with champagne after winning the Division Two play-off final in 1989 .
article_snippet: Coppell's last job in management was with Bristol City in 2010 .
article_snippet: This is a man who consciously spent a year out of the game when Coppell left Reading after they failed to beat Burnley in the Championship play-off semi-final in 2009.
highlights_snippet: Steve Coppell has been out of work since leaving Portsmouth last March .
  
highlights_snippet: Steve Coppell was working in unpaid role as director of football on south coast .
  
highlights_snippet: Steve Coppell says Steve Coppell can win promotion to the Premier League in two seasons .
  