JOHN O’SHEA HAS taken his first steps into coaching after his return to Reading as part of the Championship club’s backroom team was confirmed this morning.
The former Ireland defender called time on his decorated playing career at the end of last season and will now work alongside Reading boss Jose Gomes at the Madejski Stadium.
O’Shea — who won 118 caps for Ireland — played 11 times for the Royals last season, having joined the club as a free agent from Sunderland.
“John is an intelligent, modest, positive, highly-respected individual who enjoyed a quite remarkable playing career,” Gomes said.
“He competed at the very highest level and remained a model professional throughout — and he set a perfect example for our young players to follow last season.
“I am excited to work alongside him again, this time as a fellow coach and I’m delighted he has agreed to join us.”
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The score doesn’t even sum up the match, Spurs should have been up by more. Delighted with the win, North London is lilywhite. COYS!!
@AM: COYS
Tottenham are well and truly the kings of North London. Arsenal have been dethroned.
@SuzukaYuiMoa: and still right there with chance of being kings of PL. COYS !!
@SuzukaYuiMoa: I support neither team, but I don’t see how.
City may have a better team, but they aren’t the Kings of Manchester….
Considerably the better team…outstanding performance from Czech savings Arsenal from a hiding..
Spurs on a different level than Arsenal nowadays-we’re out before Chelsea next weekend, got to continue to apply pressure, you never know….
@Baz: Totally agree, we win and it’s 1pt. It’s amazing what pressure does. The fat lady may be clearing her throat but she ain’t singing yet.
Sweet victory but quiet on here usual spurs articles full of gooner mugs. As a lifelong spurs fan that was one of our most dominant NL performances could easy been 3 or 4-0 #wengerin
@Drogspur: I’ve been putting up with their taunts for years, born about 3 miles from WHL with lots of Woolwich friends / colleagues. We needed this monkey off our back, coys!!!
Also guaranteed CL next year, that’s even bigger IMO as a Spurs fan.
@Stephen Duggan: afraid not. If Spurs lose all their games and city and united win all theirs, and united win all theirs 6-0 then Spurs will finish fifth. ;)
@Stephen Duggan: being done via a game (the last NLD at WHL) against Arsenal denting their slim CL hopes while simultaneously guaranteeing a finish above them and keeping the pressure on Chelski it makes it all the sweeter though doesn’t it?
@FPL Thommo: Oh my!!! Never thought of that ;)
@Ronnie Pickering: When you put it like that……. HELL YEAH!!!!
Pity there’s no trophy for finishing above arsenal they could dust the cabinet down
@paddy: Arsenal sure treated it as a trophy the last decade or so.
Spurs Dominant today gulf in class evident by the league table showed between the two sides today. no heart from Arsenal players never looked like they wanted it and the fans blame the manager?
@Ronnie Pickering: it was only ever a sideshow for arsenal fans anyway look i dont begrudge them their “success” and ill have no problem admitting theyre the bigger club when they lift their 14th league title and 13th fa cup sure who could argue with that?
No st totteringham day this year.
@funkytown: Or CL Football LOL
Not that it will happen but adding Bale to that spurs side would make for a very exciting next season..
@Dave Fingleton: well if its not going to happen and its not why would you say it ? If me aunt had balls blah blah
@paddy: yep. Not going to happen. If Arsenal players had balls they might not have gotten the schooling they got today…blah..blah..blah..
@Dave Fingleton: Yeah it would. As would adding Lionel Messi to Arsenal’s team…
@Dave Fingleton: yeah sure why not throw in messi and griezman for the crack ffs it’s close but I don’t know why the spud fans are so excited Chelsea’s win today was the better of the two and 3 of there last 4 games are at home and they only need the 3 wins.
Do you have to mention youre a life long fan every time you come on anyway if its true even i couldnt begrudge you finishing above arsenal once every twenty years or so
@paddy: butt hurt, are we?
New manager next season Arsenal will be back
@Aidan O connor: Wenger has signed da ting.
@Aidan O connor: As a Spurs fan it’s my fervent wish that Wenger will be Arsenal manager next season.