What is your involvement at Garforth Town? 

I am the owner and also the manager. Initially when I took over the club, I hadn't planned on becoming the boss so soon. But it became apparent quite quickly that to take the club where I want to take it, I would have to get involved as manager also. 

How did you first become involved with Garforth? 

The club was struggling and not too far away from having big financial problems. A friend of mine on the local council introduced me to the people running the club as he knew I had a vision for a second professional side in Leeds.

I outlined my proposals to the board at Garforth and I think they could see that I could make my plans a reality by having control of the club. Also, by me becoming involved I could guarantee the financial stability of Garforth. 

How are things going this season for your team in the NCEL? 

Not great to be honest. We had a very bad start to the season and have only really started to recover again after Christmas, when I returned from my time in Southampton.

We are now on a very good run but realistically promotion is beyond us for this year. Instead, we are just gearing up for a really strong push towards the UniBond next season. 

What is the future potential of the club? 

I truly believe, in fact I know that Garforth will become a top club. It will move to being fully professional in the next couple of years.

We already have full-time trainees here, training 20 hours per week with their studies on top of this.

They are getting a fantastic football education and also helping us make progress with Garforth. Of course the team won't be full of just young players, but there will certainly be a very strong influence from the younger guys.

I have always said that Leeds is too big a city to just have one professional club. So I am convinced that we will change this in the not too distant future. 

After your experiences coaching at Southampton, do you enjoy being back on the Non-League scene? 

Yes. I have more than enough to get on with at Garforth. Here, I am in control of my own destiny and can implement all of my ideas fully. Southampton was a great learning experience, but also a very hard situation to be in and overall I am glad to be back. 

Can your coaching techniques help the players at Garforth? 

Of course. They can help players at any club and at any age. You have to focus on the basics - to pass the ball, to control it.

If players can't do this simple stuff very well then you have to go back and work on this with them, otherwise there is no foundation to build from.

My coaching will produce players the likes of which we have not yet seen. But the key ingredient to it all is the strive for perfection and instilling this in players, old and young alike, and giving them the motivation to want to train for the many hours and years required to achieve excellence. 

You have had a few star names playing at Garforth in the past, including Lee Sharpe and Socrates. Any others lined up? 

Yes, a few! Romario is up next!