Amateur coach lands Seychelles job following mistaken identity
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An amateur coach has landed the job coaching the Seychelles' national team after the country's football association mistook him for a former Manchester City player.
Andrew Amers-Morrison was mistaken for retired defender Andy Morrison, who played for the Blues under Kevin Keegan, while holidaying in the tropical isles and offered the job.
Even FIFA, the world game's governing body, have been fooled. On Monday it listed Morrison – the real one – as the men's national team coach on its official website.
After realising that a mistake had been made, the Seychelles' football association called him in for a meeting before amazingly gave him six months to prove himself in the job.
The "fake" Morrison set up and runs the Samba Street Soccer School in London in 2005, a centre that helps disadvantaged children.
Meanwhile, the real one, assistant boss at non-league Northwich Victoria, was amused by the situation when told.
He told Northwich Guardian: "He's gone there and coached on the sand.
"It's audacious, I'll give him that."
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Andrew Amers-Morrison was mistaken for retired defender Andy Morrison, who played for the Blues under Kevin Keegan, while holidaying in the tropical isles and offered the job.
He signed a two-year contract in September to train a group of footballers ranked just inside the top 200 national teams on the planet.
Even FIFA, the world game's governing body, have been fooled. On Monday it listed Morrison – the real one – as the men's national team coach on its official website.
After realising that a mistake had been made, the Seychelles' football association called him in for a meeting before amazingly gave him six months to prove himself in the job.
The "fake" Morrison set up and runs the Samba Street Soccer School in London in 2005, a centre that helps disadvantaged children.
Meanwhile, the real one, assistant boss at non-league Northwich Victoria, was amused by the situation when told.
He told Northwich Guardian: "He's gone there and coached on the sand.
"It's audacious, I'll give him that."
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