Stuart Pearce

Stuart Pearce MBE is an English football coach, currently manager of England's youth team. He was previously manager of Manchester City, having been appointed as permanent manager after a period as caretaker following the retirement of Kevin Keegan. As a player, Pearce had a long and distinguished career, becoming one of the most highly regarded defenders his country has ever produced.

Attributed

• This must be the only industry in the world where you can have a total novice, who has not even been in management for one year, being touted for the top job in English football.
  • On being linked with the England football manager's job.
• “Before the match my daughter said: ‘Beenie the horse wants to sit next to you by the drinks holder on the touchline’. It is difficult to tell a seven-year-old: ‘This is the Premiership, I’m known as Psycho and I’m a hard man’.”
  • on the role a cuddly toy horse played in the defeat of West Ham.
• "We played extremely well with Beenie for the match against West Ham. He's come through our academy system, or rather my daughter's academy system, and he made the trip to Everton. Beenie got us a result today."
  • On Beenie's performance at Everton
• "Why should Manchester City pay me for not being their manager? I have been fortunate to earn a decent wage as a player, and now as a manager. I don't want to be wrangling with the chief executive for a couple of quid. My wife thinks I am an idiot - but that is my view."
  • On his decision not to have a compensation clause in his contract
• "I told them to go home, look at their wives and children and say 'How do you think your daddy played today?' I won't be able to look my family in the eye after that."
  • April 06 after City loss to Middlesbrough
• "He's done something that, at worst, is a little bit childish. At best, it's a bit of comedy that everyone should laugh off, but I still have to deal with it several days later."
  • On Joey Barton's bared backside at Everton
• "I'm thinking of taking a window cleaner's job to fill the spare hour in the evening."
  • Stuart Pearce believes he has plenty of time to juggle the England under-21 job with his position at Manchester City.
• "I'm an amateur in a professional's game"
  • A refreshing piece of self-deprecation from Stuart Pearce, although he was believed to be himself quoting David Green