Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
Charlie Nicholas urges SPFL to grasp chance to improve as he makes claim over part-time clubs
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer Celtic star Charlie Nicholas has urged the SPFL to take the chance being provided to them to improve the game in Scotland.
And he warned that the organisation needs to take power away from part time clubs in the lower leagues and focus on improving the game in the top flight.The outspoken pundit reckons it's time that the ambitious clubs are looked after first although he admits he does have sympathy for part time teams who can't afford full time football.
But he reckons the SPFL have to grasp the opportunity in front of them and improve the standards of the league. He reckons that doing so in the top flight will help throughout and the improvements will drip down the divisions.
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