article_snippet: Speaking to Sir Trevor Phillips as part of a Channel 4 documentary on race to be screened on Thursday, QPR’s director of football also claimed the fact that QPR’s director of football has only once been offered a route into football management since retiring as a player did not reflect well on the game in this country either.
article_snippet: Phillips then asked Les Ferdinand how many times, in the 10 years since Phillips stopped playing, Phillips had been offered the opportunity to become a first-team coach.
article_snippet: The QPR director of football says The QPR director of football has only been offered one first-team coaching job in 10 years .
article_snippet: Once,’ said Les Ferdinand.
article_snippet: Yeah once, when I came out of football I spoke to the then chairman of Bournemouth.
article_snippet: I know lots of players that I play with who’d love to go into coaching and management and lots of players that I play with who’d love to go into coaching and management’ve done all the badges, but lots of players that I play with who’d love to go into coaching and management just won’t get an opportunity.
highlights_snippet: Les Ferdinand has only been offered one first-team coaching role in 10 years .