"The earlier you begin your coaching, the better your chance of success"
Kenny Dalglish
McDonald’s Head Of Scottish Football
Sir Geoff Hurst MBE
McDonald's Director of Football
FACTFILE: Played 499 games for West Ham, scored 248 goals and won The FA Cup (64) and European Cup Winners Cup (65). Still the only man on the planet to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final when England won the World Cup in 1966. Kenneth Wolstenholme uttered the immortal words…"Some people are on the pitch, they think it’s all over…it is now."
Eric Harrison
McDonald's National Coach
FACTFILE: Regarded as one the greatest youth coaches in England, Harrison coached Manchester United’s youth team of ’92 which included David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs and the Neville brothers. He is the assistant coach for the Welsh national team.
Kenny Dalglish
McDonald's Head of Scottish Football
FACTFILE: Kenny Dalglish is one of the living legends of football in the UK. He made his first team debut for Celtic in October 1969 and won nine league titles in a row. He joined Liverpool in 1977 and won eight championships, two FA Cups, four League Cups and three European Cups. At international level, he played a record 102 times for Scotland and scored 30 goals.
Pat Jennings
McDonald's Head of Football, Northern Ireland
With over 1,000 first-class games under his belt and even scoring a famous goal in the 1967 Charity Shield, Pat Jennings is widely considered one of the game's greatest ever goalkeepers. Famous for his giant hands, Pat always provided a safe pairs of hands whether on international or domestic duty.
He began his English playing career with Watford in 1963 before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in 1964, where he played nearly 600 games, winning the 1967 FA Cup, the 1971 and 1973 Football League Cups and the UEFA Cup in 1972.
In 1977, Pat moved to Arsenal where he stayed for seven years, helping the Gunners reach three successive FA Cup Finals before finally winning the1979 FA Cup and helping them to a European Cup Winners final.
For his native Northern Ireland, he clocked up an incredible world record at the time of 119 international appearances between 1964 and 1986.
Pat was voted Footballer of the Year in 1973 and, three years later, became the Professional Footballer's Association Player of the Year. He subsequently received an MBE and OBE for services to football as well as the KSG bestowed on him by the Pope in 1999.
Ian Rush
McDonald's Head of Welsh Football
Ian Rush has been labelled one of the deadliest strikers in football history.
He made his debut for Chester City in the 79-80 season before moving on to Liverpool where he scored a total of 346 goals in the 660 games he played for them, winning the First Division Championship a number of times as well as The FA Cup three times and the European Cup in 1984 - the same year that he was named Footballer of the Year.
During his time at Liverpool, his attack partnership with Kenny Dalglish is widely rated the best ever in British football.
In 1987 he transferred to Juventus before re-signing with Liverpool the following season and he still holds the title as record goal scorer for the club to this day. He also played for and captained Wales 73 times scoring a record 28 goals.
